Government Contracting Success: How She Won Her First Federal Government Contract | The Interview

[@samuelamezcua2105]

Imagine having a channel with videos that only have positive comments, what an awesome blessing Derek keep it up!

[@GovKidMethod]

What a nice compliment, thank you so much Samuel!

[@arteikahunter1876]

Very inspiring! New sub I have been looking into this since I started my business a few months back.I’m not giving up.Some people make it seem impossible to do this and want to charge thousands of dollars for information. But if you continue to stay consistent, search and study anything is possible. Thank you for this video

[@Jacquesmyers1031]

Wow. Her superpower is her ability to remain humble.

[@royalflush1992br]

The lack of views you get on your videos are ridiculous! Your videos are a gold mine! Keep up the great content Derek! And congratulations Florentyna!

[@GovKidMethod]

Haha, thanks Bernald. Tell KZbin that! We're getting there with help of awesome community member stories like Florentyna!

[@sidqbushra]

I agree 100%

[@b3953]

So inspiring!! Congratulations

[@Mrswatkins2u2]

Your videos are relevant and resonate with us newbies. Period. You show us your screen, your thoughts and you walk us through REAL life situations. Thank you.

[@GovKidMethod]

Love that...thank you for sharing, Kathy!

[@mnwoods]

That's exactly what I love love love about his videos. His thought process looking through it and asking questions usually mimics EXACTLY what I'm thinking.

[@naturecalls601]

You are awesome. You gave me the foundation for government contracting. Got my DUNS number, registered the company and am going to finish the whole process of registration. Thank you much.

[@judah6152]

Congratulations!

[@kortneyester6675]

I'm new. Found you out of a frustrated search. I feel so much better. So proud of Florentyna. Go girl!

[@qureshim4226]

This is truly inspiring. Thanks Derek. I am in IT consulting and will hopefully win a contract.

[@breeLastacia]

Congrats 🎉 Florentyna I’m proud of you and I’m inspired!

[@jenadolph6254]

Congrats Florentyna!! Handwork pays off

[@nelyd2353]

Congratulation Florentyna!!!! Great job!!!!

[@mlmiles1]

Congrats, Florentyna! I’m incredibly impressed with your journey.

[@lj123900]

Hello Derek I really appreciate the time you take to help people and educate them on this whole govt contracting thing. By listening and watching your videos you saved me alot of money with the implementation of making the capability statement on my own. its crazy how much these companies charge to get the ball rolling on this. I'm aware that it can be a very lucrative business and somethings are worth it but $999.99 for a document is a little much for me. Thanks!

[@GovKidMethod]

I’m so glad you didn’t pay that much for a cap statement 😕

[@komemcm]

I’m inspired. Great job Florentyna and thanks Derek for all that you do! I’m just getting started and trying to navigate through this process. Watching this story has fueled my intent to make my way down this path. Thanks!

[@brandondurham9074]

What an awesome story at a perfect time. Congratulations number one to both of you and Florentyna is an inspiration to us all! I just found your channel and started learning about govcon 2 weeks ago. Love your content Derek keep it up! I look forward to connecting with you soon.

[@GovKidMethod]

Warm welcome, Brandon. Thank you! Indeed she is :)

[@sanantoniopresa5398]

Well deserved! good for her... and you leading her in the right direction.

[@nailahsuccess7785]

Love it 1st time I'm seeing you're channel! I'm next! 💕

[@anthonyfoxlive]

Love these interviews!!

[@Explicit610]

That's very inspirational 👏 ! Good for you! congrats

[@FB-osi]

Wow, she basically started with nothing! There should be no excuse! Great interview.

[@michelleliulama6291]

So glad to see this as I am also a newbie and someone asked me why I didn’t have a capability statement and I was looking to see what other new businesses listed on their capability statement having no past experience. Inspired by this interview! Still…what does a new business list on their capability statement? Thank you Derek for this channel!

[@GovKidMethod]

Check out some of our statements for examples HERE: govkidmethod.com/p/capability-statements

[@sterilekleendisinfecting2718]

very inspirational....good job Florentyna

[@qureshim4226]

Congratulations Florentyna.

[@julierains8947]

Thank you Derek love your content! So glad I found your channel. Very motivating to hear beginners are able to win bids without having to have past experience. How is the pay vs regular commercial cleaning job?

[@HospitalityLove.]

This has truly blessed me!

[@kimberlyyates3144]

Outstanding!

[@lalakue9042]

Wow, 3 job! Hard work do payoff... congrats to her! 🎉🎊

[@33travellers36]

I actually just watched the Street Salt video too, thanks Derek! I am also trying to get my first contract. Where can I have a talk with you? Thanks DJ!

[@iandulan]

Congrats on your first win looking to soak up the content and take some action as well

[@TracyElmanVO]

I really appreciate the interview. Thank you and good luck to her and her company 😊

[@fulinaclarke1123]

Great job Florentyna, very proud of you. I got my CAGE code and everything, I’m just scared and not too sure on the bidding process. Thanks for the giving us first time bidder hope 🙏 wishing you many more contacts to come.

[@Tennallej]

That is amazing! Congratulations 🎉 I am a fellow Native American from the Navajo reservation trying to start my contracting business with data entry, bookkeeping, project management & possibly medical billing/coding. You really inspired me Florentyna to keep going. I got distracted and I am right there at my SAM registration and it’s not matching with the IRS for some reason. Anyways I’ve been putting off fixing the problem for weeks now and this was a sign to try a little each day. I’m the same way listening to videos while I do medical billing from home or walking my dogs. I have Derek in my airpods. Thank you for this. It was a sign I needed to get back out there n finish.

[@purtygap484]

TIN IS A SSN.....

[@mlmiles1]

Derek - for a future video, can you please cover the downsides of buying past performance as a strategy? That’d be really helpful.

[@lonniekittler2385]

This is good stuff here!

[@GovKidMethod]

Thanks!

[@tonyaporter333able]

Great information

[@kingz_1451]

Hi, is there anything for IT Recruiters in this government space?

[@mindsightent]

Awesome content.

[@Explicit610]

Do you do any training? I would like to learn more. Please let me know.

[@GovKidMethod]

Everything is at govkidmethod.com

[@mlmiles1]

Florentyna, how did you approach writing the proposal itself. In other words what was your proposal writing process?

[@KCsingingjourney]

I have your videos on repeat as well. LOL.

[@kineticbill1360]

can i bid any contracts in others countries

[@mlmiles1]

Derek - we just saw a LPTA solicitation come across that does not call for past performance. Should we provide two or three past performance references anyway? Also, how would they assess technically acceptable without understanding our past performance history?

[@mlmiles1]

FYI -- I think I found a comprehensive answer to my question at : smallgovcon.com/gaobidprotests/gao-past-performance-evaluation-not-required-in-lpta-set-aside-competition/ It looks like I do not need to provide past performance if it is a LPTA contract.

[@GovKidMethod]

The truest way to approach responding to any bid is to give the government what they’ve asked for and ONLY what they’ve asked for

[@mlmiles1]

@@GovKidMethod Love that answer. That is the plan. Honestly, it makes me a little nervous to only send in a skinny submission but that's what we will do. Less is more!

[@kingz_1451]

How do you actually get paid when landing a contract?

[@Adam11580]

How can she keep her job, two of them and do the contract job? Doesn't she have to perform the contract work as well?

[@SouthFlaRon1958]

SOUTH FLORIDA RON

[@stlaww77]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@latanyabeamon7239]

Can you help me too?

[@Idontneednohandlers3]

she does not sound that excited but good info