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GovClose LIVE

Heat. You All right, Delve Close Live. Thanks everyone for coming. I'm Rick Howard. You should be able to hear me. We're doing things a litt…

Start and Grow a Government Contract Business

Federal contracting isn't something you learn from a textbook. It's something you do. At GovCon Close, you build real capture plans. You wor…

I Can't Find My Business on Sam.gov. (This is why and how to fix it)

You registered your company in sam.gov, got prepared to sell to the government, maybe you got distracted. Now, 2 years have gone by and your…

GSA Contracts For Dummies

All right. Today we're talking about small business contracts with the federal government. I'm going to go over how to find some of the rece…

LIVE: Deep Dive on DHS Government Contracts 📱

All right, we're live now. Department of Homeland Security. So, most people don't think of Department of Homeland Security as a potential cu…

The $25M Contracts You'll Never Find on SAM.gov

More and more, I'm seeing that we aren't finding all of the opportunities on sam.gov. A lot of the government contract opportunities are goi…

LIVE: Deep Dive on DHS Government Contracts

All right, we're live now. Department of Homeland Security. So, most people don't think of Department of Homeland Security as a potential cu…

Sam.gov New Features Replace $20K Paid Tools

FPDS is dead and SAM.gov is awesome. Now look, FPDS used to be where everyone would go to search for government contracts that were awarded.…

Best 3 Government Contracts for Small Business Owners.

All right. What are the three best contracts for small businesses? You know, we get questions about small business contracts all the time. A…

$100M Anduril Contract, ONI Marketplace, OTA Awards and SBIR Best Practices

All right, we're live now. How's everyone going today? What do we got? May 6th. Bunch of uh annoying music playing in the background. Well, …

Will AI Replace Government Contractors in 2026?

Will AI replace government contracting consultants, account executives, BD, proposal writers, all the above? What's the dumbest reason you'v…

He left US Special Ops to Make $18.7K /Month With Government Contracts

towards the end of my stint in the Air Force, realizing I was wearing $115,000 worth of gear, and I just a simple question of where did all …

How Anyone Can Make $30K+/Month From the Government

Hey guys, Ricky here. Today we're going to talk about how to make money in government contracting. I'm going to show you how to build wealth…

Small Business Government Contracts

All right. Today we're talking about small business contracts with the federal government. I'm going to go over how to find some of the rece…

The Mysterious U.S. Program Pumping Billions Into Small Businesses

The SBIR program is back and it was reauthorized on April 13th. And there's a brand new $30 million phase two that never existed before. We'…

Best 3 Government Contracts for Small Business Owners. 📱

All right. What are the three best contracts for small businesses? You know, we get questions about small business contracts all the time. A…

The Government is Paying For You To Become a Defense Contractor (But Not For Long)

The US government is paying for 15 people to go through the most elite government contracting and cyber program ever assembled. But the catc…

Government Contracting: The Most Misunderstood Career in America

314 professionals. That's how many people have been through the GV closed program now, either graduated or currently going through. Some are…

$1.5 Trillion: MASSIVE Defense Contracts Inbound for 2027

This might be the most important thing for any business involved in government contracting to understand and most people aren't talking abou…

The Rise of Solo Consultants (and Why it Pays So Well)

What does a consultant actually do? I get this question all the time. Specifically, "Hey Rick, what does consulting have to do with governme…

The Government Sales Bootcamp: Live Breakdown at 2 p.m. EST 📱

you'll pick up some things I'm sure today also as I'm going through this if you have any questions. So, we are going to be having this event…

The Government Sales Bootcamp: Live Breakdown at 2 p.m. EST

you know, with all the virtual training that we've been doing and everyone getting great results and doing really uh great work building bus…

The Outreach Strategy I’d Use to Get More Federal Contract Clients

Success in government contracting can be very rewarding. But, you need two things to be able to see that success. One, you need to understan…

Government Contract Careers for Veterans in 2026

Veterans often struggle to find the right job, the right community, and even purpose after transitioning from the military. You can spend ye…

How to sell Computers to the Government

All right. The $12 billion computer manufacturing market, the federal market for computer manufacturing. What the government's buying? Why a…

Healthcare: Government Contract Entrypoints in 2025

All right, Alexa off. Alexa is running my life, guys. We're talking about healthcare today and federal spending and there's a lot of project…

How to Win Government Contracts: One-Day Federal Sales Workshop | Houston, TX — March 25

Learning how to sell to the US federal government can transform your business and even your personal life. This is a wealth generator, but i…

5 Federal Markets No One's Watching

All right, federal contracting. How much is the government spending? Today we're going to go over some of the top federal spending trends. W…

Why Most Proposals Don't Win Government Contracts (and what you can do about it)

Over 99% of companies fail at selling to the US federal government. Most companies don't even know that government contracting exists. And e…

Semiconductors: Record Federal Spending

semiconductors. It's what we're talking about today in Gov close. Taking a look at federal spending over FY24 and also why are we expecting …

Sam.gov Meetings That Win Contracts in 2026

Meetings win government contracts. But, if you're not meeting with the right people in the government, those meetings are just a waste of ti…

Talk Less, Make More

I have closed millions of dollars in contracts for my company on Zoom. That's right. And that doesn't even include the government contracts …

The AI Government Contracting Gold Rush

All right. Uh US government spending what's happening here in the next couple of years. You know, uh we hear a lot about the DoD and other t…

Gov Money 101: How Contractors Position For Expiring Funds

I broke a lot of hots when I ran an acquisition's branch in the US Air Force. Companies would come in with a great product. It would fit our…

SDVOSB Contracts

The service disabled, better owned, small business certification program. What is it? Why would you want it? Who qualifies for it? How can y…