FedBid

GSA to close down reverse auction platform after 5 years

After five years, experts say General Services Administration’s tool never did enough to meet customer’s specific acquisition needs.

Reporter's Notebook

Breaking the ‘institutional density’ of industry, government communications

Reporter's Notebook

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Banned serial protester chose wrong forum to change small business policies

Reporter's Notebook

Exclusive

Strategic sourcing: Evolving or devolving?

Acquisition Policy

Federal News Countdown: Shutdown averted, DoD policy bill agreement

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More oversight of reverse auctions needed

Commentary

Joe Jordan: There’s good news in the small business contracting numbers

Long-time in coming, OFPP reverse auction memo rings hollow

Congress

All things procurement

Amtower Off-Center

Reverse auctions draw strong criticism on Capitol Hill

Congress

Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

Federal Drive

All things procurement

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the top procurement issues in 2015, and how they are impacting…

Amtower Off-Center

Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

FedBid is back in the federal market. The Air Force announced it has lifted the suspension and stopped the debarment process for the reverse auction vendor….

Air Force cancels suspension of FedBid

Defense

FedBid and the Air Force came to an agreement to end the reverse auction company’s stay from bidding on new contracts. FedBid must implement and maintain a code of business and ethics conduct program and have a third party report on its efforts for a year. Additionally, Ali Saadat, the founder and former CEO of FedBid, resigned on Feb. 5.