Federal Acquisition Service

GSA previews major upcoming GWACs, new Services MAC

GSA has begun development on Alliant 3, will begin releasing RFPs for the Polaris small business contract in January, and is prioritizing development of…

Contracts/Awards

The future of the Integrated Award Environment

Off the Shelf

In this Feb. 7, 2018, photo, a neon sign hanging in the window of Healthy Harvest Indoor Gardening in Hillsboro, Ore., shows that the business accepts bitcoin as payment. Purchases with bitcoin and other digital currencies remain rare relative to cash and credit cards. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

GSA sells over $1 million in cryptocurrency

Technology

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA’s next set of acquisition modernization initiatives to focus on services, automation, data

Ask the CIO

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The federal marketplace needs a unified effort to mitigate supply chain security risk

Commentary

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How users drove GSA’s design of new acquisition platform

Reporter's Notebook

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Part 3: OASIS is built to last

Commentary

The state of interagency contracting

Off the Shelf

GSA’s procurement programs and the administration’s domestic sourcing priorities: Creating opportunities, closing loopholes

Commentary

MAS consolidation: Opportunities in the FAS engine room

Commentary

GSA kick starts 2021 with an acquisition potpourri

Reporter's Notebook

FAS’ Services Marketplace Initiative and next steps for the OASIS follow-on procurement

FAS outlined three goals of the Services Marketplace initiative, while setting forth a series of efforts to achieve the goals. Chief among them are rationalizing,…

Commentary

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Vendors, consultants describe an increase in ‘bullying’ tactics by GSA to get lower schedule prices

Multiple vendors as well as consultants, lawyers and a major GSA-focused trade association representing hundreds of schedule holders say the pendulum has…

Reporter's Notebook

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DLA, civilian agency leaders explain what supply chain management means to them

Cybersecurity

At the Defense Logistics Agency, for example, it spans from raw materials to manufacturing, to storage and outbound logistics or delivery.