Contracting
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The General Services Administration says it’s creating more visibility into the transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program through meetings with deputy secretaries, letters to agency CIOs and agency transition managers and briefings with smaller agencies.
July 13, 2020 -
An IG inspection found half a billion dollars in unfunded maintenance items at DoD health care facilities, including at least seven that could cause death or serious injuries.
July 13, 2020 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council will require all contracts released or awarded after Aug. 13 to include a clause prohibiting agencies to award a contract to a company if they use telecommunications products or services from Huawei, ZTE or other prohibit products from Chinese companies.
July 10, 2020 -
On July 2, the General Services Administration announced the cancellation of the Alliant 2 Small Business solicitation.
July 10, 2020 -
Irv Dennis, the CFO for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said his office already has kicked off initiatives to implement robotics process automation and data analytics ahead incoming help from the IT Modernization Centers of Excellence program.
July 09, 2020 -
After five years of trying to establish a deal, agency decides it's better to start over.
July 08, 2020 -
The General Services Administration is taking corrective action under its $5.5 billion 2GIT contract by changing the self-scoring evaluation approach.
July 08, 2020 -
The General Services Administration has struggled for years to establish a new government wide acquisition contract for small businesses.
July 07, 2020 -
Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced a bill to codify the IT modernization Centers of Excellence initiative as part of a growing acknowledgement on Capitol Hill that agencies need more resources to move off legacy technology.
July 06, 2020 -
TRANSCOM says the apparent need for corrective action was triggered by an honest mistake in the government's System for Award Management. But the command's position is difficult to reconcile with other publicly-available evidence.
July 06, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Doug Mashkuri, VP and general manager of GovLoop, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss what contractors should consider when selecting a virtual meeting platform.
July 03, 2020 -
Proposal would let DoD roll over half its unspent funds into the next fiscal year, but procedural quirks are blocking the legislation for now.
July 02, 2020 -
The National Defense Authorization Act is the most visible thing on which Congress is making progress. But it's not the only thing.
June 30, 2020 -
In April, I reflected on our current situation and the role of the procurement system. The changes in the government’s operating dynamic have been staggering and, in all likelihood, will continue.
June 30, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, joins host Roger Waldron talk about section 889, the so-called Huawei provision.
June 30, 2020