Small GovCon Strategies for Preparing for Changes to the FAR
From Growth Masters Federal: Thinking, Planning and Collaborating to Build Value in the Federal Market by Shirley Collier, President
November 19, 2025 · 49 min
About this episode
Shirley Collier discusses business development and banking strategies for the changing federal marketplace with Jill Cochones.
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 For more information visit our website or email us at getinfo@scale2market.com.
People in this episode
Host: Shirley Collier
Guest: Jill Cochones
Topics covered
- government contracting
- federal procurement
- business development
- banking strategies
Keywords
- FAR
- EO14275
- NDAA
- small business
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Scale2Market, Capital Bank of Maryland
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