Contracting
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Brian Friel, co-founder of BD Squared, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the leading governmentwide, Best-in-Class IDIQ contract programs.
May 30, 2023 -
In an effort to adapt to modern acquisition policy, the Army is revamping its acquisition workforce.
May 29, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up IT spending across several major projects, but those contracting dollars are increasingly concentrated amongst a handful of large companies.
May 26, 2023 -
Space Force uses an acquisition formula that allows for satellite deliveries in a two-year time frame with increasing numbers in each delivery.
May 26, 2023 -
Carlen Capenos, the director of small business programs for the Defense Information Systems Agency, said a June 13 webinar will help small businesses understand what it takes to get a facility clearance.
May 26, 2023 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council is out with a new proposed rule regarding small businesses. Specifically, it would align the FAR with the Small Business Administration, when it comes to Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, together known as SBIR and STTR.
May 24, 2023 -
The Biden administration is seeking feedback on how federal agencies could benefit from generative artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT, to meet its mission.
May 23, 2023 -
In leading GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Commissioner Sonny Hashmi has established “North Star Goals” for the organization in its efforts to support customer agency missions on behalf of the American people. North Star Goals are generally long-term, stretch goals.
May 19, 2023 -
The Pentagon wants to expand use of commercial products to speed up acquisition, but it wants more transparency in pricing.
May 17, 2023 -
Regardless of what deal Congress figures out, federal spending is going to rise sharply next year. That will mean more acquisition contracts than ever. Some federal contractors might have technical debt in their ability to manage large volumes of contracts.
May 17, 2023 -
Charlotte Phelan, assistant commissioner of the, Office of Enterprise Strategy Management at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a discussion of the role, responsibilities, and priorities of her office in supporting FAS’s government-wide contracting programs.
May 16, 2023 -
If the U.S. is to prevail in the world's strategic hot spots, the Defense Department will have to adopt some of the strategies China seems to be using successfully.
May 15, 2023 -
Miller said she was unaware of any data about the success rate of these types of attacks, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of companies losing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars to these scam artists.
May 12, 2023 -
The Defense Acquisition University seeks to prepare future contract officers for new challenges as it increases its course offerings and expands ways to learn.
May 12, 2023 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes in his blog that GSA's memo from March extending the economic price adjustment (EPA) highlighted unnecessary, inappropriate and counterproductive pricing language in the MAS solicitation.
May 12, 2023