Contracts/Awards
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production should slow down a bit, says the program\'s chief, Navy Vice Adm. David Venlet. Potential airframe cracks and hot spots are showing up on the planes, Reuters reports.
December 05, 2011 -
A new report from GAO shows vendors filed the largest number of bid protests in 2011 since 1995. At the same time, a recent report shows increased use of suspension and debarment. These two reports show a growing tension between agencies and vendors.
December 05, 2011 -
GSA\'s Dave McClure said agencies have an opportunity to be creative and work more closely together to meet mission needs. Several factors can help agencies manage risk better, including support from senior managers and a more tolerant Congress.
December 02, 2011 -
Jeremy Farber helped found PC Recycler in 2003, and in 2009, the company was added to the General Services Administration\'s list of contractors providing both on- and off-site data-destruction services for federal agencies.
December 01, 2011 -
The Air Force has reinstated Advanced C4 Solutions, Superior Communications Solutions and Iron Bow Technologies after the government reviewed all the facts. The contractors, who were suspended on Oct. 24th, were working on a project at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
December 01, 2011 -
Shay Assad, the department\'s director of procurement and acquisition policy, said the department won\'t target contractors\' profits, even as the Pentagon aims to make cuts. The Pentagon has said its concerned with cost reduction, not margin reduction.
December 01, 2011 -
The agency has released an RFI asking for infrastructure and platform-as-a-service options.
December 01, 2011 -
Joseph Jordan will begin his new job in mid-December as adviser to OMB Deputy Director Jeff Zients, an OMB spokeswoman told Federal News Radio. He joined the Small Business Administration in March 2009.
December 01, 2011 -
Debra Roth, a partner at Shaw, Bransford and Roth, discusses the implications surrounding the recent case of a Medal of Honor recipient suing his former employer for defamation.
December 01, 2011 -
Earl Devaney said he is stepping down as the head of the Recovery Board, created to oversee spending under the $787 billion stimulus fund program.
December 01, 2011 -
The department must decide by Dec. 15 whether or not it will follow GAO\'s recommendations after losing a bid protest decision. VA tries to explain why service-disabled veteran owned firms do not receive the highest priority for all contracts. Lawmakers express frustration over the agency\'s explanation.
December 01, 2011 -
Steve Kelman, a professor of public management at Harvard University\'s Kennedy School of Government and the former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said in an in interview on In Depth with Francis Rose that agencies should consider a range of options to find contracting savings. His own list of cost-savings tips runs the gamut from \"Nobody\'s ever done this,\" to \"So old, it\'s new again.\"
November 30, 2011 -
Host Roger Waldron will discuss the GSA schedules program and other issues with Bill Gormley, chairman of the Coalition for Government Procurement. November 29, 2011(Encore presentation January 24, 2012)
November 29, 2011 -
Larry Allen, the president of Allen Federal and the former president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what these new contracts could mean for federal agencies — and why there are so many.
November 29, 2011 -
The new ceiling on the deal is $7.4 billion. The planes have never been used in combat and have in fact been grounded several times due to ongoing issues with the Onboard Oxygen Generating System and other malfunctions.
November 23, 2011