Acquisition
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GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the requirement to have maximum and minimum dollar thresholds.
June 07, 2022 -
The General Services Administration is still in the process of consolidating its Schedules program into a single procurement vehicle. And although it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest changes in the program’s history, there’s a lot else going on with the Schedules that vendors need to be paying attention to.
June 07, 2022 -
Shelby Oakley, a director with the Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Team in the Government Accountability Office, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion highlighting GAO’s oversight role and its engagement with the executive branch.
June 06, 2022 -
Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the spring’s key procurement developments and the implications for government-wide contracting.
June 06, 2022 -
Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of key trends and developments impacting IT GWACs, MACs, Schedules, and eCommerce.
June 03, 2022 -
USPS announced it would soon publish a Notice of Intent that will supplement the Final Environmental Impact Statement for its next-generation delivery vehicle fleet.
June 02, 2022 -
B2G marketing professional Sheri Ascencio discusses her introduction to B2G, and how she leveraged her network in her job search.
June 01, 2022 -
The General Services Administration wants to ensure government-wide contracts have cybersecurity requirements baked in from the start.
June 01, 2022 -
Exactly who is responsible for labor law enforcement when it comes to federal contractors? The short answer the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, part of the Labor Department.
June 01, 2022 -
The Defense Department will bear some of the cost of increased goods and services.
May 31, 2022 -
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service in the GSA, said agency and vendor feedback on the draft statement of work is critical to make sure Ascend is successful.
May 30, 2022 -
The fact that government spends more on services than it does on stuff isn’t exactly new. But even within that services portfolio, federal contracts are increasingly consolidated within a relative handful of market segments.
May 24, 2022 -
The civilian and Defense sides of the government have taken a big step together to move the Defense Department's innovative, nontraditional contractors to the mainstream of federal contracting.
May 24, 2022 -
The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs launched a portal for contractors and subs to certify their affirmative action programs.
May 24, 2022 -
Moshe Schwartz argues the National Security Innovation and Industrial Base is becoming detached from the greater U.S. economic base as private industry increasingly opts not to work with the federal government in general, and the Defense Department in particular.
May 20, 2022