Contracting
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The General Services Administration changed the requirements for bidding on the $10 billion Polaris small business contract at the last minute causing some small firms to second guess their plans.
March 29, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bi-partisan group of Senators are taking aim at organizational conflicts of interest among federal contractors.
March 29, 2022 -
Memi Whitehead, the deputy assistant commissioner of GSA’s Integrated Award Environment, said a six-month effort to test and prepare for the changeover went well.
March 28, 2022 -
Amy Haseltine, the deputy assistant commissioner for acquisitions in the Office of the IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service, said GSA is offering a neutral environment to address EIS transition challenges.
March 25, 2022 -
Effective immediately, the Acquisition Letter brings pricing flexibility for Multiple Awards Schedule contractors suffering the impact of inflation across their business operations.
March 25, 2022 -
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss how inflation is impacting the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedules program.
March 25, 2022 -
Ken Dodds, vice president and industry expert at Live Oak Bank, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a review of 2021’s key small business policy changes, program developments and market trends.
March 25, 2022 -
Brian Chidester, Industry vice president - Worldwide Public Sector at Genesys, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on trends in government contracting.
March 25, 2022 -
The Postal Service, under intense pressure from Congress and the Biden administration, has doubled its initial order for electric vehicles as part of its next-generation delivery vehicle fleet.
March 24, 2022 -
U.S. Transportation Command says it will once again pause the transition to its long-planned overhaul of the military's household goods moving system because of yet another bid protest.
March 24, 2022 -
Some of the world's top architects have designed federal buildings and now, GSA has inked a memorandum of understanding with the National Organization of Minority Architects.
March 23, 2022 -
The procurement environment is a little confusing at the moment. Appropriations came through with only a half a year to obligate them. The 2023 budget schedule is foggy. And inflation overlays the buying power of every dollar.
March 22, 2022 -
Despite decades of reform efforts, procurement in the federal marketplace still struggles with challenges centering on issues like the coordinated management of acquisition.
March 18, 2022 -
All the General Services Administration was trying to do was get new office space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Rhode Island. But, in a word, if bungled the procurement. The inspector general said so. So did the courts.
March 17, 2022 -
Contractors and their representatives report troubles with the Multiple Award Schedule system. The MAS is the long running and very popular system for delivering routine products to the government. The General Services Administration has operated the schedules for decades.
March 15, 2022