Government Contracting
SAM.gov outages in Q1 measurably pushed award timing.
The impact is small. The precedent for how contracting officers respond is not.
Signal Intelligence™ · generating Executive Brief
Analysis of Q1 award timing shows a measurable rightward drift correlating with the SAM.gov outages in mid-quarter. More consequential than the delay itself: several contracting officers issued extensions that industry associations are now citing as precedent for future disruptions.
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