Office of Federal Procurement Policy

GSA, DHS making big push to address shortcomings in contractor assessments

Two agencies are attempting to improve the Contractor Performance Assessment Retrieval System (CPARS) process, which many say isn’t working as intended.

Reporter's Notebook

$500B worth of the economy waiting on Biden White House procurement plans

Acquisition

Biden administration could mean several new federal procurement rules

Acquisition

OFPP Administrator Wooten gives Frictionless Acquisition a boost on his way out the door

Reporter's Notebook

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Launch of IT vendor management office part of next phase of category management

Reporter's Notebook

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Frictionless acquisition means changing hearts and minds, not necessarily processes

Acquisition Policy

Vendors who can’t work due to coronavirus asking for more clarity, consistency

OMB released much-anticipated guidance giving agencies important direction for how they should implement the provision in the stimulus bill that lets agencies…

Reporter's Notebook

New guidance, Defense Production Act and other coronavirus challenges vendors should know about

The Defense Department has set up a daily call with associations representing its vendors to take stock of how the coronavirus is impacting its industrial…

Contracts/Awards

Trump grants clemency to pair of former federal players

Federal Newscast

Among the group of clemencies President Trump granted yesterday were a former federal procurement chief and a one-time owner of a federal contractor.

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

GSA, DHS making big push to address shortcomings in contractor assessments

$500B worth of the economy waiting on Biden White House procurement plans

Biden administration could mean several new federal procurement rules

OFPP Administrator Wooten gives Frictionless Acquisition a boost on his way out the door

FAR Council to implement new rule regarding reverse auctions

What a Biden administration will mean for contractors

IRS, Army using automation to cut hours out of the acquisition process

Call to change how agencies rate contractor performance rises to new level

FDIC withdrew early retirement, buyout offers for employees because of pandemic

Launch of IT vendor management office part of next phase of category management

Frictionless acquisition means changing hearts and minds, not necessarily processes

Vendors who can’t work due to coronavirus asking for more clarity, consistency

New guidance, Defense Production Act and other coronavirus challenges vendors should know about

Trump grants clemency to pair of former federal players

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