Defense Parts: Allowed, On Time, Under the Last Award
Posted by FedOpp on Oct 3rd 2026
A defense parts RFQ is a buy you can send only when three things are true: you are allowed to quote it, you can deliver in the stated days, and your price is under the last award. Then you build the DIBBS batch file. Allowed. On time. Under the last award. Then the batch file.
This is for the quote clerk at a machine shop, fabricator, distributor, or reseller. One person, a pa
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CMMC Level 1 Self-Assessment: A 2026 Guide for Small Shops
Posted by FedOpp on Sep 27th 2026
CMMC is the Defense Department's program for verifying that contractors protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). As of late September 2026, CMMC is paused in Phase 1: the Phase II requirements that were scheduled for November 10, 2026 were suspended on July 13, 2026, but the Phase 1 self-assessment requirements remain in place (D
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Small Business Set-Asides on SAM.gov for Machine Shops
Posted by FedOpp on Sep 27th 2026
A small business set-aside is a federal buy that only qualifying small businesses can compete for, and it's one of the main ways government contracts for small business get reserved. For a machine shop, the ones that matter are total small business set-asides and the four socio-economic programs: 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB) and women-owned (WOSB/EDWOS
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