Acquisition
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Section 6722 of the 2023 NDAA would require DHS to mandate a bill of materials for technology from current and future contractors and some in industry are calling the provision problematic.
September 14, 2022 -
Federal agencies are moving into the spend it or lose it stage of the fiscal year with just two weeks to go.
September 13, 2022 -
The Defense Pricing and Contracting office issued a deviation to the FAR giving contracting officers the ability to continue to award contracts even if companies are not fully registered in SAM.gov.
September 13, 2022 -
A recent attempt at a blanket purchase agreement landed the General Services Administration into a protest with Office Depot.
September 08, 2022 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy says there is growing demand for the Digital IT Acquisition Professional Program (DITAP) certification.
September 08, 2022 -
Within the next week, DoD hopes to update its policies to allow more vendors hit by inflation to request price increases on their fixed-price contracts.
September 08, 2022 -
Peter Lierni of Solutioneering joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the high turnover in business development and capture personnel and other issues impacting the procurement/RFP process.
September 07, 2022 -
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the acquisition workforce, transactional data reporting, and sustainability in procurement.
September 05, 2022 -
USDA and NOAA are among the agencies that are taking advantage of the continuity of service agreements, giving them an extra year to complete their transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
September 02, 2022 -
The General Services Administration started to do pre-award audits of companies before they get on the schedule contract to ensure they aren’t using any prohibited telecommunication products from China.
September 01, 2022 -
The draft "CAP" document laying CMMC assessment procedures is set to be revised after being roundly criticized.
August 31, 2022 -
Stephanie Alexander, partner and co-founder of GovMates and founder/CEO of BOOST, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some caveats for small businesses entering government contracting and innovation in the GovCon market.
August 31, 2022 -
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs need to be reauthorized by Sept. 30 or federal research and development efforts will stall.
August 30, 2022 -
Michael Parrish, chief acquisition officer and Phil Christy, deputy executive director, from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OLAC) join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on VA operations and key policy, program, and modernization initiatives.
August 29, 2022 -
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors can largely go back into effect — at least for now — overturning a lower court ruling that enjoined the contractor mandate nationwide.
August 26, 2022