Federal Contracting Made Easy's Podcast

Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of government contracting.  I am your host, Nancy, and today we will be going over "How To Read a Bid?"  Can you believe it?  We are already on episode number 84.  But before we get started let's roll that intro. Introduction We left off on our last episode with you reading the solicitation multiple times. But before we go on let's review where the government posts its solicitations.  Remember the Federal Business Opportunities website is where the government lists all bids over $25,000.  The only exception to this is the Federal Aviation Administration.  The purpose of reading the solicitation was to make sure that you thoroughly understood what the government is wanting to accomplish.  You may have highlighted certain items in order to draw attention to them later.  Now you can begin to break down the solicitation. We have broken this down into the following five steps. Step 1 The first and most important sections that you should read together are Supplies or Service