Contracts/Awards
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Acme services contractor submits a bid using Sally, Bill and Jesse as the lead talent. Sally leaves for another company after the bids are in. Does that mean the bid is no longer valid? Well, not necessarily.
March 09, 2022 -
The inflation rate is at its highest since the 1990s and contractors are losing money and some may be thinking about leaving the federal industrial base altogether.
March 09, 2022 -
A new rule increasing the U.S.-made content in what the government buys is on the way. The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council published it yesterday. It increases the minimum U.S. content from 55% to 60%, and eventually to 75%. But, the rule has several exceptions
March 08, 2022 -
To fight and win the nation's wars, the Defense Department needs the best possible armaments. The National Armaments Consortium brings together contractors, researchers and academics in the development of new armament technologies for the military to acquire and test.
March 04, 2022 -
The arbiter found five separate protests filed by two losing bidders were 'without merit' on Thursday.
March 03, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the state of GSA’s major governmentwide contracting programs.
March 02, 2022 -
Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Government Accountability Office's FY21 bid protest report.
March 02, 2022 -
The Space Development Agency awarded OTAs to three firms, each of whom will need to launch interoperable satellites that conform to DoD's National Defense Space Architecture.
March 01, 2022 -
The government releases too little information about bid protests.
February 25, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on the emergence of POLARIS, the issues around CIO-SP4 and the new GSA Services MAC.
February 25, 2022 -
The Government Accountability Office said in a new report that the new Trust Funds Federal Financial System (FFS) will not go live in October 2023.
February 24, 2022 -
Since November at least six agencies issued notices or requests for information/proposals to industry seeking feedback on how to do more to protect their supply chains.
February 21, 2022 -
GSA is extending the continuity of services clause for Networx, WITS 3 and the local service contracts for a year that will allow agencies and vendors time to sunset services on the expired contracts.
February 15, 2022 -
Ricky Clark, the deputy director of NITAAC, said awards under the CIO-SP4 acquisition vehicles are planned for November.
February 11, 2022 -
On the 16th anniversary of Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower and his co-author Mike Lisagor will discuss their new boo, "How to Win in the Government Market."
February 11, 2022