October 24, 2026 11:30am PST Saturday Live

🚨 Are you looking for government opportunities in the same places—and wondering what else is out there? This week’s Skool community call is about Beyond the State Portal: Finding More Buyers and Bid Opportunities! We’ll discuss how to expand your search to include: ✅ City and county purchasing portals ✅ School districts, colleges, and universities ✅ Individual departments and facilities ✅ Platforms such as PlanetBids, OpenGov, Public Purchase, and BidNet Direct ✅ Purchasing groups and their participating agency lists We’ll also talk about free searches versus paid alerts, finding direct quote opportunities, and building a manageable list of buyers that fit what your business offers. Bring your questions and be ready to share what you sell or the services you provide. Let’s turn searching into a more focused plan of action! 📅 Check our scheduled community event for the call details and Zoom link. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83628756598?pwd=qc8F2kS9LzRnakTIUSQuWYORTm1m8A.1 What’s one portal you currently use to find opportunities? Drop it below! 👇

Replay -Added 🆓 FREE Government Contracting Q&A 📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026 🕚 11:30am – 12:00pm (PST) Whether you're just getting started or have questions along the way, join us for a live Government Contracting Q&A! We'll discuss topics such as: ✅ SAM.gov Registration ✅ Certifications ✅ Finding Government Opportunities ✅ Where to Get Started ✅ General Government Contracting Questions Everyone is welcome! Please use the Zoom link below to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83628756598?pwd=qc8F2kS9LzRnakTIUSQuWYORTm1m8A.1 ⭐ Government Contracting Monthly Subscription Members Program- Replay of both (Videos) Added to Member Program 🕦 12:15pm (PST) Government Contracting Members will receive a separate Zoom invitation for our exclusive members-only training by email. During this session, we'll continue our in-depth training with topics including: - Live contract searches - Government portals - Bid opportunities - Real-world examples - Lessons learned - Member Q&A We look forward to connecting with you all, have a great day.

Sharing a few clips from Silas and our last Saturday Skool Community Zoom! One takeaway: don’t stop at registering with your state’s procurement portal. Go deeper within your state—cities, counties, school districts, public universities, housing authorities, and transit agencies may have separate vendor portals or marketplaces. Then look beyond your state. Where else can your business realistically deliver products or perform services? Explore those markets and check their registration and eligibility requirements. Start with a focused approach: ✅ Identify agencies that purchase what you offer. ✅ Find their official procurement portals and register where appropriate. ✅ Select accurate product and service categories and turn on bid notifications. ✅ Review past awards and introduce your business to purchasing contacts. Registration opens the door. Research, relationships, and follow-through help you move forward. Watch the clips, then share below: 👇🏽 What’s one new agency or market you’re going to explore this week?

I’d love some feedback from those of you who have successfully built a GovCon business using a prime contractor/integrator model. Right now, I’m continuing to build out my company’s core offering around leadership, resilience, workforce development, and training, while also pursuing additional certifications that strengthen what we can deliver directly. In the meantime, I’m trying to better understand how to legitimately and profitably pursue opportunities where my company serves as the prime/integrator and brings in qualified subcontractors or teaming partners to perform portions of the work. My challenge has been finding opportunities where the pricing actually makes sense. I’ve been bidding for about a year, and in several cases the subcontractor pricing leaves very little—or no—margin for the prime once you factor in management, compliance, risk, proposal costs, and contract administration. So my questions are: How are you identifying contracts that are actually viable for an integrator/subcontracting model? How do you determine whether there is enough margin before spending time on the bid? Are there certain contract types, industries, or dollar ranges that work better for this model? And while you’re still building out your own direct capabilities, how do you structure the business so you’re adding legitimate value as the prime rather than simply passing work through? I’m not looking for shortcuts. I’m trying to understand how people have built this model correctly, compliantly, and profitably while continuing to develop more in-house capability. Would really appreciate hearing what has worked and what hasn’t from those actually doing it.