Contracts/Awards
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The procurement environment is a little confusing at the moment. Appropriations came through with only a half a year to obligate them. The 2023 budget schedule is foggy. And inflation overlays the buying power of every dollar.
March 22, 2022 -
All the General Services Administration was trying to do was get new office space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Rhode Island. But, in a word, if bungled the procurement. The inspector general said so. So did the courts.
March 17, 2022 -
Contractors and their representatives report troubles with the Multiple Award Schedule system. The MAS is the long running and very popular system for delivering routine products to the government. The General Services Administration has operated the schedules for decades.
March 15, 2022 -
Although small business spending took a hit last year, more set-asides for women-owned small businesses are popping up on larger contract vehicles like OASIS and certain GWACs.
March 10, 2022 -
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 Does that mean the bid is no longer valid?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