Coalition for Government Procurement
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This August, GSA took two significant, interconnected steps towards increasing competition and access to the commercial market through its government-wide contract vehicles.
September 11, 2020 -
Robin Bourne, a subject matter expert at the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of schedules consolidation, contract duplication, category management and best in class contracts.
September 09, 2020 -
The General Services Administration is asking vendors to bid on ASTRO, a new multiple award contract for manned, unmanned and robotics platforms, without providing up-front pricing.
August 31, 2020 -
This month marked a major milestone for the Federal Supply Schedule program as the General Services Administration and FSS contractors entered the third and final phase of Schedules Consolidation.
August 21, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Gormley Group President Bill Gormley will discuss the current state of the GSA schedules program, and the state of the federal procurement market.
August 20, 2020 -
Sheppard Mullin's Jonathan Aronie, David Douglass and Charles Kreindler join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss government oversight in the age of Covid-19 and what it means for contractors.
August 05, 2020 -
The Schedules have been tested and perfected over time and recover their own costs, all without need to assign personnel and establish duplicative bureaucracies and processes.
July 31, 2020 -
Bloomberg Government's Cameron Leuthy and Brian Friel with BD Squared, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss contracting opportunities in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
July 20, 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 -
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 -
The General Services Administration awarded proof-of-concepts to Amazon Business, Overstock.com and Fischer Scientific on Friday to provide agencies access to their commercial e-commerce platforms for purchases below the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000.
June 29, 2020 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the recent procedural delays in the awarding of major IDIQ contracts.
June 23, 2020 -
It has been exactly one week since our friend, Lenny Loewentritt, passed away after battling cancer. Many of us in the procurement community are still trying to process this sad news.
June 19, 2020