Other Transaction Agreement

SOCOM cuts years out of some SBIR phase 3 awards

Lisa Sanders, the director of science and technology for SOCOM, said Congress gave them authority to test out new approaches to SBIR agreements.

Defense News

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Court of Federal Claims asserts more jurisdiction over OTAs

Acquisition Policy

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

procurement policy, FAR, Federal Acquisition Regulation,Contracting

Pentagon wants to be ‘approachable’ for small businesses

Defense

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The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Acquisition

ODNI

Intel agencies see ‘appealing’ use cases for OTAs

Acquisition Policy

James Hopkins, a D Department robotics engineer at NSWC IHEODTD, evaluates the external battery adapter for the MK 1 Mod 0 PackBot's operator control station. U.S. Navy photos by Matthew Poynor.

Another agency discovers the benefits of other transaction authority

Technology

Innovation in the GovCon market

Amtower Off-Center

Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

Defense

AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

Artificial Intelligence

OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

Commentary

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

Space Operations

Amid explosion in DoD’s use of OTAs, myths abound about how and whether to use them

DoD’s use of other transaction agreements has expanded ten-fold in the past five years, but even inside the acquisition workforce, there are still persistent…

On DoD

DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

A new analysis of contracting data by the Center for Strategic and International Studies shows some glimmers of a shift in spending priorities starting…

Defense

Rise in OTAs for federal contracting brings mixed blessings

Acquisition

The IBM Center for the Business of Government has sponsored a detailed analysis of OTAs and how the government is using them.