Acquisition Policy
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The federal fourth quarter spending spree is in full swing with agencies expected to spend more money during the last three months of 2020 than they have spent in the previous five years during the final quarter of the fiscal year.
July 14, 2020 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council will require all contracts released or awarded after Aug. 13 to include a clause prohibiting agencies to award a contract to a company if they use telecommunications products or services from Huawei, ZTE or other prohibit products from Chinese companies.
July 10, 2020 -
On July 2, the General Services Administration announced the cancellation of the Alliant 2 Small Business solicitation.
July 10, 2020 -
After five years of trying to establish a deal, agency decides it's better to start over.
July 08, 2020 -
The General Services Administration is taking corrective action under its $5.5 billion 2GIT contract by changing the self-scoring evaluation approach.
July 08, 2020 -
The General Services Administration has struggled for years to establish a new government wide acquisition contract for small businesses.
July 07, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Doug Mashkuri, VP and general manager of GovLoop, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss what contractors should consider when selecting a virtual meeting platform.
July 03, 2020 -
Proposal would let DoD roll over half its unspent funds into the next fiscal year, but procedural quirks are blocking the legislation for now.
July 02, 2020 -
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.
June 30, 2020 -
The General Services Administration awarded proof-of-concepts to Amazon Business, Overstock.com and Fischer Scientific on Friday to provide agencies access to their commercial e-commerce platforms for purchases below the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000.
June 29, 2020 -
The private organization administering the Cybersecurity Certification Model Certification Program on DoD's behalf opened the application process for five types of participants in the CMMC "ecosystem."
June 24, 2020 -
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.
June 23, 2020 -
Although the Defense contracting community has never dealt with a situation quite like the current pandemic, the Pentagon's IG says there are enough lessons from past emergencies to help minimize waste, fraud and abuse.
June 18, 2020 -
The escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over Chinese telecom giant Huawei has contractors wondering about telecom policy generally.
June 16, 2020 -
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.
June 13, 2020