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The Small Business Administration is trying to address the 40% decline in the small business industrial base over the last decade with new initiatives.
July 26, 2022 -
The Defense Department has issued a request for information on a study of finance. Three years in development, the study is supposed to take a comprehensive look at financing and the financial health of the defense industrial base. Many contractors think the study is too narrow in scope.
July 26, 2022 -
Although DLA and SBA have worked together on similar NMR waivers for many years, we recognize that SBA has recently taken exception to how the program has been implemented.
July 19, 2022 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, wrote to GSA on July 15 seeking answers to why the transition to UEI has struggled.
July 15, 2022 -
Allen Hill, the deputy assistant commissioner for Category Management in the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said agencies are moving toward managed services or the as-a-service model.
July 15, 2022 -
The Project on Government Oversight reviewed spending patterns of the Defense Logistics Agency under its Special Operational Equipment tailored logistics support program.
July 14, 2022 -
When it comes to federal contracts, Amazon seems to follow a simple three-word formula: protest, protest protest.
July 13, 2022 -
The General Services Administration lifted its two-month pause on the small business IT services governmentwide acquisition contract after updating the mentor-protégé requirements.
July 01, 2022 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. It’s an old question. An agency awards a services contract because of specific people the contractor promised…
June 29, 2022 -
The House Armed Services committee spent time last week marking up the defense authorization bill for 2023. As always, the NDAA has a lot to say about procurement and contractors. But it doesn't say anything about whether they're compensated for inflation.
June 28, 2022 -
The General Services Administration expects to release the draft RFP in early 2023 with the final one coming by March 2023.
June 21, 2022 -
Despite a lot of uncertainty in the broader economy, contractors have at least a somewhat optimistic view about the federal market. That’s thanks, in part, to a big influx of federal spending initiatives since the start of the pandemic. But vendors still see big challenges on the horizon, including increased competition and new demands to comply with federal regulatory requirements.
June 10, 2022 -
Mike Madsen, the deputy director of Defense Innovation Unit, said his organization in 2021 published 26 solicitations for commercial solutions for which it received 1,100 proposals. The solicitations on average received 43 proposals each.
June 10, 2022 -
When the government establishes a mandated source of supply, that means there's no way around it. That's what the Defense Logistics Agency found when it issued a solicitation for body armor parts.
June 08, 2022 -
GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the requirement to have maximum and minimum dollar thresholds.
June 07, 2022