The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a request for proposals that industry finds puzzling.
As the the Internet of Things and 5G become more prevalent, analysts say the government needs a strategy on how it buys hardware and software.
Adding Other Direct Costs to the Professional Services Schedule would increase opportunities for agencies to achieve comprehensive services solutions.
Jackie Space, founder of a Silicon Valley company called BMNT, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, federal managers often blame the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) for getting in the way of collaboration between government and industry. Space advises using authorities already in the FAR to try non-traditional relationships.
