Polaris

Trends shaping the federal procurement market

Brian Friel, Co-Founder of BD Squared, LLC, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of the federal procurement…

Off the Shelf

Top contracting issues in FY 2023

Amtower Off-Center

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82 agencies sign MOUs to gain more time to transition to EIS

Contracts/Awards

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GSA hits the play button on Polaris by finalizing solicitation updates

Contracts/Awards

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

Reporter's Notebook

Key trends in IT GWACs & eCommerce

Off the Shelf

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

Federal Newscast

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

Contracts/Awards

In the relatively small world of government contracting, it pays not to be a jerk

Contracting

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

Federal Newscast

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

Reporter's Notebook

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All things contracting

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on…

Amtower Off-Center

Procurement: A look back and a look ahead

Jason Miller, executive editor of the Federal News Network, provides a wrap up of the key procurement developments in 2021 and takes a sneak peak at what’s…

Off the Shelf

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Advice for contractors who want to gain a little more control over their fates

Contracting

For a federal contractor, the best motivation for a new year’s resolution is a better shot at more work.