Industry

Industry pressure forces NASA to press pause on SEWP VI

A public letter writing campaign from vendors detailing concerns about the lack of clarity of the SEWP VI solicitation pushed NASA’s decision.

Contracts/Awards

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GSA marks key milestone in schedules modernization effort

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New data strategy, OMB Circular to set foundation for OFPP’s Better Contracting Initiative

Acquisition Policy

The end of the beginning phase for GSA’s OASIS+ is near

Contracts/Awards

First Look

Sen. Ernst to agencies: No more ‘easy As’ on the SBA scorecard

Acquisition Policy

Verizon calls its own foul in how it managed GSA’s cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time high

The Small Business Administration is trying to address the 40% decline in the small business industrial base over the last decade with new initiatives.

Contracting

First Look

Growing frustrations puts GSA on hot seat to fix the transition to UEI

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, wrote to GSA on July 15 seeking answers to why…

Reporter's Notebook

Polaris, Services MAC will be the first governmentwide contracts without maximum dollar values

Reporter's Notebook

GSA issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in March for Polaris and plans to issue a similar one for the Services MAC to remove the requirement to have maximum and minimum dollar thresholds.

Industry

Industry pressure forces NASA to press pause on SEWP VI

GSA marks key milestone in schedules modernization effort

New data strategy, OMB Circular to set foundation for OFPP’s Better Contracting Initiative

The end of the beginning phase for GSA’s OASIS+ is near

Sen. Ernst to agencies: No more ‘easy As’ on the SBA scorecard

Verizon calls its own foul in how it managed GSA’s cybersecurity

DoJ’s two big False Claims Act settlements a sign of things to come?

Is GSA’s Alliant 3 vehicle tilted too much to small, very large contractors?

The era of ‘big bang’ IT projects at VA is over

NITAAC to take corrective action on CIO-SP4 after 119 protests

50,000 companies on hold because of GSA’s UEI validation problems

Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time high

Growing frustrations puts GSA on hot seat to fix the transition to UEI

Polaris, Services MAC will be the first governmentwide contracts without maximum dollar values