Dr. Shirley Ayangbah

Commodity codes are the single most under-considered part of a Cal eProcure registration, and the one that most determines whether it produces anything. They are UNSPSC codes, you need at least one to submit, and state buyers use them to find suppliers. A registration with four narrowly chosen codes hears about a fraction of what

Most Cal eProcure login failures come down to one of five things: the temporary password never arrived, the account was created under a different Tax ID, the browser is unsupported, the wrong support desk was contacted, or the account was never actually completed. Here is how to tell which one you have and what to

Cal eProcure registration is free and takes most businesses under an hour if the paperwork is ready. The system asks for a Federal Employer Identification Number, your legal business name, a primary address, at least one contact, and at least one commodity code. What follows is each screen in order, and the points where registrations

Grants fund what you want to do. Contracts pay you for what the government wants done. The difference decides which one you should pursue, and both start in SAM.gov.

A capability statement is a one-page document a contracting officer can act on. Here is what belongs on it, what does not, and why most of them fail.

California SB certification: 100 employees or fewer, $19M average gross receipts, principal office in California. What it gets you, and what Microbusiness and SB-PW add.

SAM.gov is free. The government charges nothing to get a UEI, register, or renew. So what are consultants charging for, and when is it worth paying?

Entity validation rejections almost always come down to a mismatch between what you typed and what your documents say. Here is how to find the mismatch and clear it.

SAM.gov registrations expire every 365 days. An expired registration makes you ineligible for award and can hold up payment on work you are already doing. Here is what to do.