Auxo Insights

Regardless of whether you’re holding a kickoff meeting because it’s the first paid milestone of your SBIR contract or it’s the first formal meeting of a different kind of...

There can be a LOT of reviews when you’re executing a USG contract. As a result, I HIGHLY recommend you read your full Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) list and look at the associated...

If you’re interested in getting involved in Federal acquisition but you don’t know where to start, here are 3 simple steps to get you going

1. Register on Sam.gov

This is free and...

When approaching the USG for the first time, it can be overwhelming to understand which organizations are responsible for what. If it makes you feel better, even people working in the DoD are...

The defense market is no different from any other marketplace in that it is constantly changing. So how do you stay up to date on how the defense sector of the USG is changing and investing? One...

Systems engineering is a phrase seen more and more in government acquisitions. There are dedicated courses on how to apply systems engineering to various projects and how to effectively integrate...

In almost every SBIR solicitation, there is a request for companies to explain who they believe their competitors are and how they believe they’re different from those competitors. This...

A reoccurring conversation that I’ve had as an acquisitions professional revolves around the support required for a product, service, or program to be fielded. Whether it’s a...

A lot of people use the terms Statement of Work (SOW), Statement of Objective (SOO), and Performance Work Statement (PWS) interchangeably, but they’re actually three different documents meant...

This week’s blog will be short and to the point. If you submit one of your contractual USG deliverables marked “Proprietary” or “Company Confidential” you are in...

You know the feeling- you prioritize and then you reprioritize. Sometimes it’s a conscious and deliberate process and sometimes things come up and you re-prioritize on the fly. During this...

I’ve spent the past week at SOF Week in Tampa, FL. If you’ve never been or have never heard of it, it’s a roughly week-long conference that’s jointly hosted by SOCOM and...