Contracts/Awards
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Government contractors and GAO are likely to be busy this summer responding to several billion-dollar solicitations for IT services and dealing with the corresponding protests from the losing bidders.
May 31, 2016 -
George Washington University Law Professor Steve Schooner joins host Roger Waldron to discuss "Better Buying Power Principles" and their potential impact on DoD acquisition. May 31, 2016
May 27, 2016 -
Richard McKinney, the Transportation Department CIO, said he signed a memo along with the CFO and an assistant secretary to require bureau level CIOs to submit IT spending plans as part of how the agency is restructuring its oversight of technology.
May 27, 2016 -
What are the hot issues in small business contracting? Find out when contract attorney Steven Koprince joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. May 30, 2016
May 26, 2016 -
The government can't legally write a requirement so influenced by a contractor that only that company can win. But program managers and contract officers do have their ways of getting the company they really want, even when soliciting bids. Incumbents have their tricks, too. Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how to identify whether an RFQ is wired or winnable.
May 26, 2016 -
Contractors looking for work related to homeland security might naturally concentrate on the Homeland Security Department. But they'd be overlooking half of their opportunities. that's according to a new spending analysis by Bloomberg Government. Rob Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the details.
May 25, 2016 -
FedRAMP Accelerated aims to improve efficiency and transparency for parties on both sides of the authorization process.
May 20, 2016 -
DISA says it's moving away from acquisition and toward operations, still its SETI contract will be awarded as a best value contract to much fanfare.
May 20, 2016 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement and its members share GSA’s fundamental belief in Alliant 2 and IT Schedule 70 as important channels available to GSA’s customers to meet their IT needs.
May 20, 2016 -
Sometimes the government has really, really specific requirements it puts out for bids. For example, if it needs left-handed forklift operators, you can't bid right-handed ones. Or left-handed front-end loader operators. The Air Force and a company called All World Language Consultants didn't quite follow that policy. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 19, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform committee marked up three bills aimed at agency rulemaking, project and program management, and federal construction procurement on May 17.
May 19, 2016 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee continues pushing for acquisition reform in the 2017 defense authoritarian bill.
May 17, 2016 -
The General Services Administration picked 109 vendors for the $11.5 billion unrestricted and small business Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) contracts.
May 17, 2016 -
BirchGrove Consulting president Ray Bjorklund joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the President's proposed 2017 budget and what it means for contract addressable spending. May 17, 2016
May 16, 2016 -
Gormley Group President Bill Gormley joins host Roger Waldron to discuss category management initiatives coming out of the Office of Management and Budget and the keys to reorganizing procurement operations across GSA. May 10, 2016
May 16, 2016