Articles by Roger Waldron

• Let’s get real: The schedules are best in class contracts

  The Schedules have been tested and perfected over time and recover their own costs, all without need to assign personnel and establish duplicative bureaucracies and processes.

  Commentary
  July 31, 2020
• Unpriced schedules: Instantly promoting small business opportunities

  On July 2, the General Services Administration announced the cancellation of the Alliant 2 Small Business solicitation.

  Commentary
  July 10, 2020
• Reflections on federal procurement community’s ability to adapt, succeed

  In April, I reflected on our current situation and the role of the procurement system. The changes in the government’s operating dynamic have been staggering and, in all likelihood, will continue.

  Commentary
  June 30, 2020
• The business implications of Section 889

  This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, joins host Roger Waldron talk about section 889, the so-called Huawei provision.

  Off the Shelf
  June 30, 2020
• The future of IDIQ contracts

  Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf, to discuss the recent procedural delays in the awarding of major IDIQ contracts.

  Off the Shelf
  June 23, 2020
• Our friend Lenny Loewentritt

  It has been exactly one week since our friend, Lenny Loewentritt, passed away after battling cancer. Many of us in the procurement community are still trying to process this sad news.

  Commentary
  June 19, 2020
• Section 889, GSA’s eCommerce initiative & more

  This week on Off the Shelf, Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement, joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top issues affecting contractors.

  Off the Shelf
  June 13, 2020
• The ‘unpriced schedules’ – best in class

  We need to focus on the new authority we have for unpriced services contracts and incorporate that so that we can really focus on the technical qualifications of vendors and drive down pricing at the task order level when it matters most.

  Commentary
  May 29, 2020
• JEDI and DoD cloud implementation

  This week on Off the Shelf, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging interview where they discuss schedules modernization, the status of Section 889, and government operations during the time of Covid-19.

  Off the Shelf
  May 26, 2020
• Unpriced schedule — now?!

  GSA has an opportunity to take the Multiple Award Schedule program to the next level, bringing 21st-century solutions to the federal customer and reforming a policy that is stuck in the 1980s.

  Commentary
  May 15, 2020
• FAS-IG working group: Deja vu all over again

  Federal Acquisition Service and the GSA IG formed a working group to improve the value of pre-award audits under the MAS program. Roger Waldron writes why the establishment of the working group is a positive development.

  Commentary
  May 01, 2020
• GSA’s federal marketplace strategy: Building blocks for schedules transformation and commercial solutions

  Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement says the MAS Consolidation and Catalog Management is a common-sense vision can deliver innovative, best value, commercial solutions to meet customer agency needs.

  Commentary
  April 24, 2020
• Reflections from my back porch

  The procurement system is the backbone of government operations. In times of crisis, it has been foundational to response and recovery. We are seeing that again today.

  Commentary
  April 17, 2020
• The key provisions in this year’s NDAA

  This week on Off the Shelf, Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss how key provisions in the Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA will impact procurement and operations at the Defense Department.

  Off the Shelf
  April 12, 2020

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