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GAUGE Report 2025 ExcerptSPOTLIGHT ON SMBs:
KEY STRATEGIES  FOR SURVIVING  AND THRIVING IN  GOVCON

A focused eBook excerpt from the 2025 GAUGE Report.

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Despite the name, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) play an outsize role in the GovCon landscape. This eBook aims to illuminate the opportunities and challenges they face, and to provide the insights—from general guidance to checklists to practical steps—that SMBs can follow to maintain compliance, scale growth, build resilience and support long-term success in an increasingly competitive, changing business environment.

 
Inside the eBook

The Government Contractor’s Survival Guide

  • Mission Critical items to implement immediately 
  • Operational priorities after solving immediate needs.
  • Strategic growth initiatives to respond to future concerns.
 
Inside the eBook

RM Maturity Model

Assess your level, and see what you can do to move through higher levels of the Resource Management Maturity Model.

  • Level 1 → Level 2
    Ad hoc to project-based
  • Level 2 → Level 3
    Project-based to Structured
  • Level 3 → Level 4
    Structured to Proactive
  • Level 4 → Level 5
    Proactive to Strategic
 
Inside the eBook

Impact of PMO and Resource Management Maturity

  • Ways to close the performance gap between larger firms and SMBs.
  • Five ways a PMO can lead compliance improvement.
  • “PMO-lite” items to implement for quick wins.

Gauge 2025 SMB Stats

Federal Spending
48%
of SMBs say uncertain federal spending is their second-biggest financial challenge
Political Concerns
48%
of SMBs cite political uncertainty as the top issue keeping leaders up at night (up over 10% pt. from 2024)
Optimism in GovCon
2x
SMBs report starting new lines of business 2x more often than average

See what SMBs can do to survive and thrive in a shifting GovCon landscape.