Intro

It was supposed to be a great year for M&A in the government contracting sector. New SBA rules were expected to drive GovCon sellers to market as they raced to beat the rules' implementation. But then the Department of Government Efficiency happened, which sought to cut government budgets, something that threatened to negatively affected many GovCon businesses since, as the name implies, government contracts are key to their value. Helping to identify the trends that are pulling GovCon businesses in two extreme directions, Wright Lewis, a Partner at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, stops by the Smart Business Dealmakers Podcast to talk about the factors weighing most heavily on M&A in the sector.