Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the impact of Covid 19 on the government contracting market.
A year after a critical inspector report found McKinsey and Company’s prices were 10% higher than originally proposed, GSA decided to end the firm’s schedule contract.
Widespread personnel changes at GSA and future budget warnings from the Defense Department make for uncertainty on the part of contractors.
The General Services Administration’s inspector general reviewed new schedule contracts or those being renewed over a three-year period and found the agency may not be getting the price discounts that the government should expect.
Federal contractors, especially small businesses, must apply for assistance under the CARES Act stimulus bill, at a time when demand for their services is higher than ever.
The General Services Administration, in response to the pandemic, has opened up the multiple award schedule contracts to state and local governments.
Contractors may not all be aware of the Defense Department's new adaptive acquisition framework. But they should be.
Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to federal marketing and sales consultant Larry Allen for more details on what it means for contractors.
The General Services Administration’s senior procurement executive Jeff Koses sent to industry for comments a draft acquisition letter detailing how buying consumption based cloud services could work.
Pitch days are growing in popularity. They often go with the use of non-traditional acquisition techniques.
It gives more authority over bigger acquisitions to the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, and takes it away from the armed services.
At least in time for the calendar 2020, but not fiscal 2020, Congress and the White House established a budget. So it's a better start to the new year than least year's dismal shutdown.
With some of the latest ironies, federal marketing and procurement consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Congress is still unable to create long term spending packages. Meanwhile there's some new rules for them to follow in order to do business with the government.
The last couple of weeks have been busy on the federal acquisition front. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen had more insights.