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The negotiation and award of MAS contracts is the fundamental first step in providing customer agencies with access to commercial products, services and solutions. Fair and reasonable pricing grounded in the reality of the marketplace, not LPRC, however, is critical, especially if the government is to maintain an open, competitive and innovative MAS program that provides sound business opportunities for contractors that deliver best value solutions for customer agencies.
Companies leaders who want a piece of projects funded by last year's infrastructure bill, should pay attention.
Top Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are planning to introduce legislation that would pause the VA’s troubled rollout of a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) until sites already using the system show improvement.
In today's Federal Newscast: After eight years of double and triple billing DoD for genetic tests, LabCorp pays a $2.1 million settlement. An IRS watchdog says the agency's uncollected taxes estimate in not clear enough. And House Democrats want to create another investment option for TSP participants.
GovCon guru and attorney Alan Chvotkin, partner at Nichols Liu, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to share his key rules of government contracting.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) does all of its work overseas. It engages with local grantees and contractors to do the work in a particular country.
With all those congressional hearings, it's noisy on Capitol Hill this week. But contractors who listen closely will hear the sounds of opportunity, as agencies discuss their spending plans for 2024. For more on how to sharpen your hunting skills, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
The Commerce Department's inspector general is hiring fast to oversee billions of dollars in CHIPS Act spending.
Addressing the FAR price analysis requirements in FAS operations, enhancing and expanding training for the MAS contracting workforce, and providing management with the appropriate discretion to support the workforce are all key steps to addressing the challenges and questions surrounding MAS price analysis.
Labor leaders called on the Biden administration to investigate the workplace practices of federal contractor Maximus, claiming the company systemically prevents call center staff, who are predominately Black and Latina women, from advancing their careers.
Mark Krzysko, president of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss what his organization is doing for the GovCon community.
Federal contractors don't see a lot of room for growth after inflation in fiscal 2024, with a few large agencies actually requesting a reduction in funding relative to what was enacted in 2023.
A dozen unsuccessful bidders protested the award of CATTS IT services contract, claiming Commerce didn’t evaluate their proposals properly.
Still annoyed by the Trump administration's relocation of two Agriculture Department bureaus, a senator has introduced legislation to raise the bar for agency moves. It would require agencies to do some homework before they move.