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Supply chain challenges and inflation are having a negative impact on businesses across the economy. The federal procurement system, a subset of that economy, is not immune.
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.
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joined host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.
GSA's strategy creates vertical contract duplication, unnecessarily increasing bid and proposal, contract administration, and program management costs, says the Coalition for Government Procurement's Roger Waldron.
Robin Bourne, subject matter expert, federal acquisition, with the Gormley Group joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a deep dive into all things Multiple Award Schedule.
As part of the announcement, GSA provided the latest performance results for the pilot.
Three industry associations wrote to DoD and one wrote to GSA expressing concerns about governmentwide initiatives that will impact contractors. Also, details about the memorial service for Rob Coen.
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement focuses on the practical steps that GSA can take to modify the existing MAS program to include cost reimbursement capabilities.
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel at the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off The Shelf for a mid-year update on current programmatic, policy, and market trends in federal procurement.
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.
Given GSA’s discretion on this subject, and in the face of the proposed BIC MAC follow-on to OASIS, it is time for GSA to modify the MAS program to add cost reimbursement capability.
This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. As previous blogs have noted, the OASIS program is a strategic acquisition asset…
MAS consolidation has eliminated contracting stovepipes, duplication, and process burdens at the contract level. The next step for GSA is to streamline, reform, and enhance the underlying pricing policies governing contract negotiation, award, and compliance.
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.