Coalition for Government Procurement

  • This week the General Services Administration's MAS Program Management Office provided an update about GSA’s plans to merge the program’s 24 schedules into a single one.

    March 22, 2019
  • Erik Bruice, vice president of Health Solutions at Northrop Grumman, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss how the military health market is changing and how his company is using technology to help address military health.

    March 15, 2019
  • The Coalition for Government Procurement said the Section 809 Panel's approach to the concept of “readily available” products and services to reform the federal acquisition process raises concerns for accountability and transparency.

    March 15, 2019
  • Through the strong, coordinated management framework afforded by the single schedule concept, GSA can address contract inconsistencies by providing its acquisition centers and personnel with consistent guidance.

    March 08, 2019
  • Tom Sisti, vice president and chief legislative counsel for SAP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of commercial item contracting and the e-commerce implementation of Section 846 of the FY18 National Defense Authorization Act.

    March 07, 2019
  • Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the top procurement issues in 2019 including the challenges posed by GSA's schedules modernization initiative.

    March 07, 2019
  • The Coalition for Government Procurement and the Naval Postgraduate School found agencies were getting better deals through GSA Advantage than through pilots using Amazon.

    February 11, 2019
  • Roger Waldron examines GSA’s unique opportunity to leverage e-commerce to increase best value deliverables, foster economic growth and expand federal customers' access to commercial solutions.

    February 08, 2019
  • Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin discusses schedule modernization, bid protests, Section 846 and transactional data reporting and more during a wide ranging discussion with host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf.

    January 28, 2019
  • As cyber and supply chain issues continue to evolve, the success of the federal procurement system is contingent upon the government’s ability to secure and defend the nation’s digital information infrastructure.

    January 25, 2019
  • Angela Styles, partner at Bracewell LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implication of Section 846, GSA's eCommerce efforts, JEDI cloud procurement, and key trends shaping the federal procurement market.

    January 21, 2019
  • The Coalition for Government Procurement highlights provisions in the Multiple Award Schedules program for federal customers that provide a readily available, streamlined process mirroring the commercial market through its thousands of contracts that provide tens-of-millions of items.

    January 18, 2019
  • There are many benefits associated with ensuring competition, but recent reform proposals for commercial e-Commerce raise concerns about whether competition will continue to be leveraged for agency purchasers.

    January 11, 2019
  • Andrew Hunter of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joined Off the Shelf to discuss current trends in defense acquisition and the artificial intelligence ecosystem in national security.

    January 08, 2019
  • Tom Afferton, vice president of Civil Solutions at Northrop Grumman, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss IT modernization and how cloud migration, cyber protection and process automation are helping federal agencies meet customer needs.

    December 31, 2018