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The pilot programs follow a Defense Innovation Board study that found the Pentagon's current spending restrictions routinely "doom" software development efforts.
The Coalition for Government Procurement, an industry association, asked White House advisor Peter Navarro to further explain how the President’s executive order and GSA’s e-commerce platform solicitation fit together.
HHS' decision to shut down its assisted acquisition services at the Program Support Center leaves vendors waiting for payment, costing the government hundreds of thousands in penalties and puts agency mission at risk.
GSA implemented a government-wide e-commerce program pursuant to Section 846 of the 2018 NDAA which is rooted in non-compliance with the Trade Agreements Act, the Buy American Act, and various socioeconomic laws.
An old lesson had a new airing when a contractor challenged the set-up of a blanket purchasing agreement.
Federal Business Council CEO David Powell joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how to develop your criteria for selecting and participating in events.
This week on Off the Shelf, Alan Thomas, excecutive vice president for special projects at Trowbridge and former commissioner of the Federal Acquistion Service, joined host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of MAS consolidation, eCommerce and the state of the federal market.
Stacy Bostjanick, the director of the CMMC policy office in the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, said the first set of third-party assessment organizations should be in place by late summer in preparation for the first set of procurements requiring the cyber standards this fall.
In January, GAO released a report examining the current state of the non-pharmaceutical Federal Supply Schedules, and making 11 recommendations.
Deltek Senior Vice President Kevin Plexico and Bob Lohfeld, CEO of Lohfeld Consulting Group join host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the growth of GWACs over the last five years, best in class contracts, category management and the impact of GWACs and IDIQs on small businesses.
The Trump administration is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud, waste and abuse
Contractors may not all be aware of the Defense Department's new adaptive acquisition framework. But they should be.
The General Services Administration says the number of help desk calls about the beta.sam.gov website is at or below the levels that came in for the old site. Some contractors, however, say the new site continues to struggle and remains frustrating to many.
Ken Dodds, government contracting industry expert at Live Oak Bank, and David Black, partner and co-chair of Holland & Knight’s Government Contracts Group, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss category management, Best-In-Class contracts, and the state of federal small business contracting.