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Benefit from over 65 years of experience in government contracting.

Step 3

Familiarize yourself with federal contracting procedures.

Be familiar with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) which is the bible of government procurement; and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) which is the supplement to the FAR for DOD procurement procedures. Be aware that other federal departments may have their own supplements as well such as the Navy Acquisition Procedures Supplement (NAPS).

FAR in HTML format – www.arnet.gov/far

Download the Zipped FAR
PDF format (.pdf) (26 MB)

DFARS in HTML format – www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html

Download the Zipped DFARS
PDF format (.pdf) (3.75 MB)
Word format (.doc) (27.5 MB)

NAPS in HTML format - http://www.abm.rda.hq.navy.mil/naps/index.html

Download the NAPS
Word format (.doc) (340 KB)

Selling to the Military is an introduction to the broad subject of contracting with agencies within the Department of Defense (DOD), the largest procuring agency of the federal government. The handbook provides an introduction to DOD contracting principles and practices, and provides lists of products and services keyed to particular major buying offices.

Read the handbook online at:

www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/publications/selling/index.html

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