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Practical reads to help you move faster.

Practical reads to help you move faster.

Practical reads to help you move faster.

Federal contracting bid decisions: a blurred figure in profile with head bowed, dissolving into streaks of motion against a white background

Strategy

What Most Teams Get Wrong About Federal Contracting

A clear look at why teams waste time on the wrong opportunities and how better prioritization leads to better outcomes.

5 min read

by PursuIQ

Federal contracting bid decisions: a blurred figure in profile with head bowed, dissolving into streaks of motion against a white background

Strategy

What Most Teams Get Wrong About Federal Contracting

A clear look at why teams waste time on the wrong opportunities and how better prioritization leads to better outcomes.

5 min read

by PursuIQ

PursuIQ vs SamSearch comparison: a blurred stack of federal RFP documents dissolving into motion against a white background

Growth

PursuIQ vs SamSearch

PursuIQ scores which live opportunities are worth bidding on. SamSearch covers the whole workflow.

PursuIQ vs GovWin IQ comparison: a blurred stack of federal RFP documents against a white background

Growth

PursuIQ vs GovWin IQ

PursuIQ scores which live opportunities are worth bidding on. GovWin IQ maps the broader market.

DOGE contract terminations and the recompete cycle: a stack of loose papers with the top sheets blurring into smoke against a pale background

Strategy

10,000 Contracts Disappeared. Here's What Comes Next.

Most of the DOGE coverage has been about the cuts. The more useful story is the recompete cycle that follows.

The 2026 FAR overhaul and contracting officer discretion: a blurred figure bent low over a desk, smeared by long exposure, against a white background

Operations

The FAR Just Lost Half Its Words. The Power Shift Is Bigger.

The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul moved real authority back to contracting officers. That is a bigger shift than the page count.

AI proposal tools as table stakes in GovCon: three overlapping blurred profiles in a row facing the same direction against a white background

Growth

Everyone Has AI Now. That's Not the Edge Anymore.

Two years ago, AI proposals felt like an edge. Now they are standard. Execution is what sets winners apart.

Abstract image of a tall stack of paper with the top pages caught mid-turn in blue-tinted motion blur, illustrating the 2026 FAR overhaul and class deviations.

Operations

The FAR overhaul is not coming. It's already your rulebook.

Agencies are already bidding under FAR overhaul rules through class deviations, whether contractors have caught up or not.

Abstract image of a curling white sheet with blue-tinted contour lines flowing along its edge, illustrating DOGE termination claims and the 2026 GAO audit.

Strategy

The Wall of Receipts is not a map of the federal contracting market

GAO's August 2026 audit found DOGE's reported savings frequently do not match the actual contract, grant, or lease action that took place.

Abstract image of a magnifying glass over a page of soft unreadable lines in blue-tinted light, illustrating AI proposal evaluation in federal contracting 2026.

Growth

AI is not writing your proposals. It's reading them.

Federal agencies are already using AI to screen proposal compliance before a human evaluator opens the file in 2026.

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