Federal Acquisition Service
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Roger Waldron, of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes that the obsessive focus on the price over the solution delivered is a direct threat to the President's Management Agenda’s goals.
December 10, 2021 -
GSA has begun development on Alliant 3, will begin releasing RFPs for the Polaris small business contract in January, and is prioritizing development of Services MAC, a follow-on to OASIS.
November 18, 2021 -
Judith Zawatsky, assistant commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service’s Office of Systems Management, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the ongoing, transformational work on the Integrated Award Environment.
August 17, 2021 -
GSA has redesigned its auctions, which act as a clearinghouse for the government’s surplus assets and equipment, to include cryptocurrency.
July 12, 2021 -
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said with the initial Federal Marketplace Strategy initiatives almost complete, FAS is rolling out the next projects.
July 01, 2021 -
Julie Dunne, the former commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service and member of the Federal Acquisition Security Council, explains the steps the Biden administration can take to energize the Federal Acquisition Security Council.
June 17, 2021 -
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service flipped the switch on May 24 for the new SAM.gov portal bringing together 1.5 million users across six acquisition websites under one umbrella.
May 24, 2021 -
In Part 3 of his series, Roger Waldron examines the unprecedented success of OASIS SB and OASIS Unrestricted in delivering best value mission support to customer agencies for complex, professional services, especially DoD.
May 07, 2021 -
Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of interagency contracting, with a focus on the Federal Acquisition Service’s portfolio of governmentwide contract vehicles.
April 29, 2021 -
As the central procurement arm of the federal government, the General Services Administration plays a strategic role in implementing the Biden administration’s policy priorities. Over the coming weeks, the FAR & Beyond blog will focus on these and other key priorities and how GSA makes a difference.
February 12, 2021 -
Multiple award schedule consolidation is all about breaking down barriers, eliminating stovepipes, and streamlining procurement processes.
February 05, 2021 -
The General Services Administration is keeping contractors on their toes with the release of three acquisition initiatives — Polaris, the new small business governmentwide contract, and two requests for information around emerging technology and professional services.
January 12, 2021 -
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, aligning, and expanding GSA’s GWAC, Multiple Award Contract, and MAS service contract offerings.
December 18, 2020 -
Multiple vendors as well as consultants, lawyers and a major GSA-focused trade association representing hundreds of schedule holders say the pendulum has swung too far in how the Federal Acquisition Service is requiring vendors to renegotiate prices.
December 15, 2020 -
At the Defense Logistics Agency, for example, it spans from raw materials to manufacturing, to storage and outbound logistics or delivery.
October 22, 2020