Small GovCons: What to know about how the RFO, NDAA, OMB and the 2026 budget are changing procurement policies
From Growth Masters Federal: Thinking, Planning and Collaborating to Build Value in the Federal Market by Shirley Collier, President
December 4, 2025 · 52 min · Season 8 · Episode 13
About this episode
Shirley Collier discusses the impact of procurement policies and regulations on small businesses with expert guests.
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. To find and communicate with your elected officials .
People in this episode
Host: Shirley Collier
Guests: Cherylyn Harley LeBon, Lisa Anderson
Topics covered
- procurement policies
- small businesses
- federal market
- NDAA
- OMB
- 2026 budget
Keywords
- RFO
- NDAA
- OMB
- budget
- procurement
Sponsors
Brontide
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