Contracting
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Federal acquisition experts say the Department of Homeland Security's chief procurement officer Soraya Correa’s decision to retire is a big loss for the government.
July 06, 2021 -
Defense officials said Tuesday they were cancelling the multibillion dollar sole-source contract. In its place, they will launch a new acquisition process that's expected to include awards to Amazon, Microsoft, and potentially other cloud producers.
July 06, 2021 -
The military services are exploring ways both through advanced technologies and policy changes that could dramatically shave time and bureaucracy from complex procurements.
July 06, 2021 -
The FBI has opened more than two dozen grand jury investigations this year alone related to federal contracting fraud.
July 02, 2021 -
An independent, cross-functional GSA team should be pulled together to look at the OASIS program, develop a business case, and analyze the best follow-on approach without reliance on or deference to what has been proposed thus far.
July 02, 2021 -
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said with the initial Federal Marketplace Strategy initiatives almost complete, FAS is rolling out the next projects.
July 01, 2021 -
Nick Wakeman, editor-in-chief for Washington Technology, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss his company's list of the top 100 contractors.
July 01, 2021 -
The National Institutes of Health Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) made changes to the CIO-SP4 solicitation last week that is causing major concerns among bidders.
June 30, 2021 -
Industry is concerned about an initiative under President Biden's executive order that could lead to requirements for a "software bill of materials."
June 29, 2021 -
Workhorse alleged the USPS vehicle award recipient submitted a prototype vehicle “entirely different” than the one selected for production, and that the winning design “skipped the prototype phase altogether.”
June 29, 2021 -
Jason Workmaster of Miller & Chevalier joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf discuss trends in oversight and key enforcement actions in the GSA schedules program.
June 28, 2021 -
Facilities management contracts sound like mundane things. But they're expensive, and they require no less oversight than any other type of contract.
June 25, 2021 -
The National Spectrum Consortium is devoted to R&D related to the emerging 5G and related Internet of Things technologies. Now it has a new executive director, Dr. Maren Leed.
June 25, 2021 -
DoD's review of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is ongoing, but officials want to address small business concerns about compliance costs.
June 24, 2021 -
The Alliance for Digital Innovation, an industry association, is proposing seven changes to the GWAC model to bring it into the 21st Century.
June 23, 2021