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The American Small Business League filed a lawsuit May 3 calling on the Small Business Administration to stop what its president claims amounts to giving small business contracts to large firms and "inflating" numbers to meet compliance goals.
The U.S. Postal Service procurement officials say supply chain diversity not only brings small, minority-owned, and women-owned companies into the business of government, but keeps the agency flexible enough to meet new challenges.
Industry partners are trying to give the next DHA CIO a leg up when the position is filled.
The Postal Service has several big indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts worth billions, but it doesn't always follow the rules. Lucine Willis, deputy director for supply management and facilities in USPS' Office of Inspector General, fills in the all details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Professional Services Council and IT Alliance for Public Sector say lowest price technically acceptable is the wrong process to use when evaluating ENCORE III bidders.
Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), chairman and ranking member of the Small Business Committee respectively, wrote a letter to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth in early April asking for more details on how GSA is ensuring category management doesn’t impact small businesses.
A provision tucked into the annual Defense authorization bill would order the DoD to look into how often LPTA is used, and whether DoD is following it's own guidance on when and how to use it.
Kareem El-Alaily, managing director of Censeo Consulting Group, argues for why there is a growing importance of negotiating better terms and conditions in enterprise software license sourcing.
The DATA Act will make it easier for the federal government to prepare for the future and help citizens, but before it can do that, agencies need help in meeting the May 2017 implementation deadline.
Federal spending fell by 2 percent last year, but the rate of decline has slowed and at some agencies, contract spending is on the rise. Those are some of the findings in the latest scorecard from Govini. Matt Hummer, Govini's director of analytics, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on contract spending trends.
The military services are slowly, but surely adopting a new instruction to better services procurement. Meanwhile, DoD may have found a better way to collaborate with small business.
The General Services Administration has been asking industry for comments on the price reduction clause. Contractors, you better drop what you're doing and respond. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, has more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The nation’s highest court is hearing arguments over a False Claims Act lawsuit that could have long-term implications on federal contractors.
Luke McCormack, the DHS chief information officer, and Soraya Correa, the DHS chief procurement officer, are collaborating to move the department into a more agile process for buying and developing technology systems.