Brian Friel

Best-in-Class IDIQs: A deep dive

Brian Friel, co-founder of BD Squared, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the leading governmentwide, Best-in-Class…

Off the Shelf

Trends shaping the federal procurement market

Off the Shelf

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

Contracts/Awards

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

Reporter's Notebook

Fourth quarter spending: Winners and losers

Off the Shelf

FILE- This April 26, 2017, file photo shows a Google icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. New Mexico is suing Google, Twitter and other companies that develop and market mobile gaming apps for children, saying the apps violate state and federal laws by collecting personal information that could compromise privacy. The lawsuit filed in federal court late Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, comes as data-sharing concerns persist among users. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Interior, DHS, GSA add drama, intrigue, tragedy and comedy to the federal procurement soap opera

Reporter's Notebook

Business development is key

An analysis of the federal budget

Off the Shelf

The Lay of the (contracting) Land

Amtower Off-Center

26 protests of $11.5B training contract kicks off busy summer of IT

Reporter's Notebook

“Big competitions” in the federal marketplace

Off the Shelf

Brian Friel: Contractors to face fewer opportunities and fiercer competition

Fiscal year 2016 will be the seventh straight year of a constrained federal contracting market. Contractors will face fewer opportunities and fiercer competition….

Federal Drive

Brian Friel: DoD, DHS go big on OASIS contract

OASIS is one big multiple award contract, and it continues to grow. The Defense Department leads the pack with the Air Force accounting for half of its…

Brian Friel: $92 billion in RFPs still to come this fiscal year

Federal Drive

Contractors have a busy rest of the summer. Requests for proposals now or about to be on the street will amount to $92 billion worth of future opportunities. That’s according to analysis by Bloomberg Government. More than half of that will come from the General Services Administration’s forthcoming Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions multiple award program. Brian Friel is a government contracts analyst at Bloomberg. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to preview these upcoming multiple award…