Fraud Alert:

Fake Government Requests for Quotes

The General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General is aware of scams involving disguised or “spoofed” email addresses that target small businesses and large businesses, including federal contractors registered in SAM.gov.

Scammers falsely claiming to be employees of a federal government agency use such “spoofed” email addresses to solicit fraudulent Requests for Quotations (RFQs). The fraudsters generally seek RFQs for electronic equipment (cell phones, laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices). These “spoofed” emails appear to originate from government email domains, including “.gov” or “.mil”, but have non-government domain extensions such as “.net”, “.org”, or “.com.”

•  John.Doe@gsa-org.com (fake)

•  John.Doe@dhs-usa.org (fake)

•  John.Doe@dod-mil-us.net (fake)

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Entity Administrators: An Important Role

What happens when the only person who has access to your SAM.gov account leaves your company? If this happens, no one else can access your SAM.gov account. If no one can access it, no one can renew it and it expires. If your SAM.gov account is inactive, you can't work with the federal government.

So, what do you do? You then undergo a rather time-consuming process to add more people as new entity administrators, that’s what you do.  

The process can take some time and effort but it’s meant to keep your entity safe from those who want to impersonate it. That’s why you may have to:

• Complete entity registration paperwork.
• Obtain notarized letters and pay the associated fees.
• Spend time on the phone with the service desk.

But it doesn't have to be that way. You can ask your entity administrator to log in to SAM.gov and appoint another administrator.

Join GSA for a webinar on June 25th to Learn About All the Roles in SAM.gov

If you need assistance, contact your specialist or call our office: 623-845-4700.

Cybersecurity Requirements for Federal Contracting

June 12, 2024

10:00 AM

Webinar

Please join the Arizona APEX Accelerator and Project Spectrum for a VIRTUAL webinar to learn more about Cybersecurity requirements for Federal Contracting.

Project Spectrum is a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recognized cybersecurity awareness initiative offering resources, training, and tools toward increasing cybersecurity awareness for businesses. 

The webinar will be an overview of Project Spectrum support and resources & overview of cybersecurity requirements.

Topics to Cover:

• Current Cyber Threat Landscape
• Why Small Businesses are Lucrative Targets
• Government Guidance, Mandates and Requirements (NIST, CMMC, FAR, DFARS)
• Project Spectrum's Cyber Advisory Services
• Project Spectrum's Training Courses
• Project Spectrum's Proprietary Cybersecurity Tool Development
• Engagement with Project Spectrum

Who should attend?

Any business in any industry that is interested in learning more about cybersecurity compliance. The importance of cybersecurity compliance will be essential when pursuing government contracts. Join the webinar to learn more about CMMC levels (1,2 & 3), NIST SP 800-171, FAR 52.204.21 and DFARS 252.204-7020 compliance.

Don't miss this FREE webinar to learn more about cybersecurity and cybersecurity tools aimed toward improving overall cyber hygiene for ALL businesses!

Reshoring & Sustaining the Industrial Base of the U.S.

June 11

12:00 PM

Webinar

Reshoring is Surging. How your Company can Benefit.

For decades, the U.S. lost 10,000s of businesses and millions of jobs to offshoring. The resulting broad hollowing out of U.S. manufacturing weakens our ability to ramp defense materiel production.

It is now clear that shorter supply chains are lower risk and are more profitable for OEMs for 20 to 30% of products that are now imported. Almost 2 million jobs have been announced reshoring since 2010. Geo-political risks add further motivation. Find how to accelerate and benefit from the trend.

Takeaways include how to:

• Identify the components and products most eligible to reshore.
• Quantify the costs and risks of offshoring, the benefit of restoring.
• Find companies that import what you make. Sell to them.
• Convince companies to reshore and buy from you.
• Justify automation to achieve needed competitiveness
• Strengthen skilled workforce recruitment

Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)

Small Business Training

June 18

9:00 AM

Webinar

Join us for an upcoming webinar where we will introduce you to the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP), a nationally recognized training program designed to teach Veteran small businesses how to increase their ability to win and manage government contracts. VIP is helping Veteran entrepreneurs create jobs and contribute to economic development across the country and internationally. Since the program's inception, over 2,500 Veteran-owned businesses have graduated and, through leveraging the tools, resources, and connections from VIP, secured over $34 Billion in federal prime contract awards.

Entity Administrators and Other Roles in SAM.gov

June 25

10:00 AM

Webinar

Some SAM.gov users have elevated access to the system for their entity (what we call “roles”). Each role allows users to do various things with the Entity Administrator having the highest access possible.

Be sure to register for the next IAE stakeholder forum (online event) that we will hold on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. EDT to learn about the:

• Various roles available in SAM.gov.
• Critical step of ensuring you always have more than one Entity Administrator.

There will be an opportunity for Q & A at the end.

This stakeholder forum is appropriate for all SAM.gov users who want to learn about entity roles.

You will be able to listen to the stakeholder forum through your computer audio. Closed captioning will be available. The program will be recorded.