Contracts/Awards
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Vendors still have a Sept. 22 deadline to submit bids for the General Services Administration’s OASIS+ governmentwide professional services vehicle despite a protest before GAO.
September 12, 2023 -
DOJ and the General Services Administration’s inspector general says Verizon’s cyber protections fell short of requirements outlined in the Trusted Internet Connections initiative from October 2017 to August 2021.
September 06, 2023 -
Mark Fox, director of Federal Sales at Amazon Business, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a discussion on procurement transformation, e-commerce, and the role data management can and does play in supporting the federal mission.
August 31, 2023 -
GovCon consultant Mike LeJeune of RSM Federal joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on branding and marketing in GovCon.
August 30, 2023 -
After almost five years, the Office of Management and Budget is close to issuing new guidance for how agencies should implement the 21st Century IDEA Act, while the transition to EIS will take longer for eight agencies.
August 24, 2023 -
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of Insformation Solutions at Deltek, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the latest Clarity Study on trends and contractors perspectives of the government market.
August 14, 2023 -
Currently, paradoxes in the MAS contract negotiation process and procedures are creating significant, contradictory and unnecessary hurdles for contracting officers seeking to negotiate “fair and reasonable” pricing. In turn, contractors, including small business contractors, are seeing impacts regarding their access to the federal market and opportunities to compete for customer agency requirements.
August 14, 2023 -
New data from GAO found 27 agencies spent more than $40 million through the Commercial Platforms, with 96% going to one of the three providers.
August 09, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast, five years since issuing the notice of proposed rulemaking, agencies can finally conduct 360 degree reviews with their contractors.
August 09, 2023 -
Protests of agency solicitations or contract awards draw protests about two thousand times every year. It's no fun for either side. But there are things the government can do in crafting an acquisition to lower the chances of a protest.
August 07, 2023 -
A recent survey from the Professional Services Council highlights optimism in the federal acquisition workforce, particularly around communications with industry and the use of longer-term multi-agency contracts.
July 28, 2023 -
Peter Hutt, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the False Claims Act, including the basics of the law and its impact in the government contracts market.
July 18, 2023 -
A coalition of medium-sized companies offers several recommendations to the Alliant 3 acquisition strategy, including expanding the number of awardees and changing the past performance requirements.
July 13, 2023 -
NITAAC says it would extend the CIO-SP3 governmentwide acquisition contract another six months, through April 2024 after it decided to take corrective action on the follow-on contract.
July 11, 2023 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the hottest topics in procurement.
July 05, 2023