Contracting
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Contracting officers and program managers don't appreciate it when prime contractors bid using a particular sub only to pull a switcheroo after the award and the work starts. Small businesses hate being escorted to the dance, only to have their date abandon them at the punch bowl. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin new rules to curb bait and switch are coming from the FAR Council.
August 11, 2016 -
The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program is introducing two new tools this month to speed up and simplify the authorization process for cloud standards providers.
August 10, 2016 -
Tiffany Hixson, assistant commissioner of GSA's Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the Professional Services Category Strategic plan. August 9, 2016
August 10, 2016 -
The rapid acquisition office the Pentagon set up a decade ago to fight against improvised explosives spent at least $112 million to deliver the military services several programs that were never proven to work, the Defense Department’s inspector general said Tuesday.
August 10, 2016 -
A new policy from the Office of Management and Budget sets agencies on a path toward sharing new, custom-developed source code across government. The goal is to cut back on the $6 billion agencies spend annually on new software.
August 09, 2016 -
TRICARE contract protests are now so inevitable that a company might want to file one even if they're one of the winners.
August 08, 2016 -
The Defense Department will revise its final request for bids in a massive information technology services contract known as ENCORE III following months of industry complaints.
August 08, 2016 -
DHS, EPA, 18F and others are developing separate contracts for dev/ops services, creating both a much needed culture change, but possibly also another area where contract proliferation and duplication reign.
August 08, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed the MEGABYTE Act into law, and GSA released two new shared services offerings to keep the “slow” summer months hopping.
August 08, 2016 -
The Small Business Administration is asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit claiming it cooks the books when it comes to federal contracting goals.
August 05, 2016 -
What are the current issues facing the government contracting market? Find out when Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. August 8, 2016
August 05, 2016 -
August is usually a slow time for federal procurement, but Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, says that's not the case this year.
August 05, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget issued a final memo banning most new contracts for mobile devices and services.
August 04, 2016 -
Federal contractors have been coping with a flood of new regulations and executive orders affecting them, their supply chains and their employees. In general, new rules don't apply to existing contracts, but they can affect solicitations you've got in the pipeline. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig Leonard, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details.
August 04, 2016 -
The Defense Department will likely have to make significant changes to a much-anticipated IT services contract known as ENCORE III following a legal decision that upheld challenges by two prospective bidders.
August 04, 2016