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North Carolina · Fort Liberty

Government contracts at Fort Liberty: a small contractor's guide to winning work at the old Fort Bragg

The installation changed names in 2023. The contracts didn't. MICC, the 900th Contracting Battalion, $2.79B to small businesses — and why most firms in Cumberland County never see any of it.

May 21, 2026 · 8 min read Read →
North Carolina

Government contracts in North Carolina: what the state's small businesses are missing

Fort Liberty is the largest military installation in the US. NC IPS, NCDOT Bid Express, and 100 county portals post work that never touches SAM.gov. Here's the full picture.

May 18, 2026 · 6 min read Read →
Texas HUB Crisis

Texas pulled your HUB certification. It didn't touch your federal set-aside status.

EO-45 decertified 15,475 businesses overnight. 40% stopped competing. Your WOSB, SDVOSB, and 8(a) certifications were never part of the deal.

May 11, 2026 · 6 min read Read →
SAM.gov

How to read a SAM.gov solicitation in under 5 minutes

Most contractors start at page 1 and spend 30 minutes on something that was never a fit. Five fields tell you 80% of what you need to know before you read a single page of boilerplate.

April 27, 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Research & Intel

USASpending.gov: The free database that shows who won every federal contract (and what they charged)

Before you spend 40 hours on a proposal, find out who won last time, what they charged, and how competitive the field was. This database is free, public, and most contractors have never touched it.

April 26, 2026 · 8 min read Read →

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