Growth Masters Federal: Thinking, Planning and Collaborating to Build Value in the Federal Market

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses procurement policies and regulations that are impacting small businesses with Cherylyn Harley LeBon, Partner, Cohen Seglias and Lisa Anderson, CPA, Strategic Business Advisor and Virtual CFO, Anavo Transformation Solutions. Special thanks to Brontide for co-sponsoring this event.

These are links to the websites and documents mentioned in the discussion:

EO 14275

RFO Part 19

GSA's interpretation and implementation of Part 19 deviations

NDAA Senate bill

NDAA House bill; Chairman's Mark: subtitle C, Section 1821

DoD programs:Transition to Warfighter to accelerate technology, t

the Software Acquisition Pathway which was established under the 2020 NDAA,

the Innovation Ecosystem Initiative to remove barriers for innovators and changes to the OTA (which operates outside of the FAR), provides the flexibility to adopt commercial best practices.

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Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses CMMC Leadership with industry thought leaders Laura and Toby Musser, Co-CEO's of MNS Group.

Linds mentioned in this episode: NDAA Chairman's Mark

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Shirley Collier, President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast is a guest of the Capital Bank's Pickup Pickup podcast. She and Jill Cochones, Vice President and Government Contracting Specialist at Capital Bank of Maryland discuss the business development and banking strategies necessary to thrive in the changing federal marketplace.

These are links to the resources referenced:

EO14275 “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement”

FARPart 19 – Small Business – New procurement rules that restricts sole sourceawards and priority for small disadvantaged businesses

FAR19.104 – Rule of 2 changes

TitleVIII of the 2026 NDAA – Senate Armed Forces Committee recommendations onacquisition policy. See page 143

Justificationand Approval increased thresholds – Increases the ceiling for non-competedirect awards for all sized companies to $500m

AdministrativeProcedure Act – Explains the public comment period required beforeregulations become effective

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Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and host of the Growth Masters Federal Podcast discusses inadvertent mistakes small GovCons make that negatively affect market value with Brian MacMillan, M&A Managing Director at BWFA and Gregory Stone, IP and Technology Practice Co-Chair at Whiteford.

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Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market, LLC and host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses enterprise risk management for small GovCons with India Clark, CPA, Leader, Client Accounting and Advisory Services in DC for CLA. For more information reach out to us at [email protected] or visit our website.

Shirley Collier, Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast and Founder of Scale2Market, LLC interviews Jacob Barclay, CEO/Founder of Barclay Group on how to ensure and measure return on investment in your federal BD dollars given the chaos and complexity of the federal marketplace. For more information, reach out to us: [email protected].

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast channel discusses current and anticipated changes to how the federal government buys from small businesses with Steven Koprince, author, speaker and consultant to small GovCons. For more information, reach out to us: [email protected]

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast discusses risks and opportunities for small GovCons amidst the chaos in the federal market with Richard Vartain and Dave Dorey with the law firm Liff Walsh and Simmons. For more information, visit our website.

Shirley Collier, President of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Master Federal Podcast was the featured speaker on Government Contractor Chat discussing ways for small contractors to win contracts and grow.

Shirley Collier, President and Founder of Scale2Market and Host of the Growth Masters Federal podcast was interviewed by Ken Rochon and Dr. Ken Smiley on how changes in the federal marketplace are affecting small contractors.