Coalition for Government Procurement
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The Coalition for Government Procurement wrote a letter to GSA asking how they are going to incorporate the White House executive order and DHS’s report on supply chain risk management into the e-commerce platform initiative.
June 02, 2020 -
We need to focus on the new authority we have for unpriced services contracts and incorporate that so that we can really focus on the technical qualifications of vendors and drive down pricing at the task order level when it matters most.
May 29, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging interview where they discuss schedules modernization, the status of Section 889, and government operations during the time of Covid-19.
May 26, 2020 -
A year after a critical inspector report found McKinsey and Company’s prices were 10% higher than originally proposed, GSA decided to end the firm’s schedule contract.
May 19, 2020 -
The General Services Administration’s 2GIT $5.5 billion IT services contract is facing its 13th bid protest while its Alliant 2 Small Business contract remains in limbo more than two years after making initial awards.
May 19, 2020 -
GSA has an opportunity to take the Multiple Award Schedule program to the next level, bringing 21st-century solutions to the federal customer and reforming a policy that is stuck in the 1980s.
May 15, 2020 -
Federal Acquisition Service and the GSA IG formed a working group to improve the value of pre-award audits under the MAS program. Roger Waldron writes why the establishment of the working group is a positive development.
May 01, 2020 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general reviewed new schedule contracts or those being renewed over a three-year period and found the agency may not be getting the price discounts that the government should expect.
April 28, 2020 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement says the MAS Consolidation and Catalog Management is a common-sense vision can deliver innovative, best value, commercial solutions to meet customer agency needs.
April 24, 2020 -
OMB released much-anticipated guidance giving agencies important direction for how they should implement the provision in the stimulus bill that lets agencies pay contractors to keep them in a state of ready.
April 21, 2020 -
The procurement system is the backbone of government operations. In times of crisis, it has been foundational to response and recovery. We are seeing that again today.
April 17, 2020 -
Upon a return to more normal operations, GSA can address gaps in the solicitation that undermine the integrity of the federal market.
April 10, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, the Booz Allen Hamilton Immersive Technologies team joins host Roger Waldron to explain how technological advances in virtual and augmented reality are changing the way the Department of Defense trains, plans and executes.
April 06, 2020 -
The Office Management and Budget released FAQs for agencies and contractors to deal with coronavirus while DoD released a memo detailing what essential vendors mean for them.
March 23, 2020 -
This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. As promised last week, this blog addresses the recent hearing before the House…
March 13, 2020