IAC-MAC: Are you ready for one of FY18’s biggest IDIQs? | Lohfeld
The Department of Defense (DOD) will release the final RFP for the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (IAC-MAC) on October 3. This $28 billion IDIQ was on Lohfeld Consulting’s top 20 opportunities list for FY17, but final RFP release slipped to first quarter FY18.
Source: IAC-MAC: Are you ready for one of FY18’s biggest IDIQs? | Lohfeld
Technical Interchanges of IR&D Projects No Longer Required as a Condition of Allowability | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
Good news for major defense contractors.
The Department of Defense issued a class deviation regarding the requirement for Independent Research and Development technical exchanges. (See Class Deviation 2017-O0010 dated September 14, 2017).
At NASCIO 2017 State CIOs Will Reveal Best Practices for Cloud, Procurement and More | StateTech Magazine
Leaders will exchange ideas on resource sharing, budgeting, diversity and the buying process at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers 2017 Annual Conference.
How the House wants to make federal procurement less complex, more competitive – FederalNewsRadio.com
As the House and Senate go to conference to solve differences in the Defense authorization bill in the next few weeks, the acquisition community will be watching Section 801 of the lower chamber’s bill closely.
2018 NDAA Passed by Senate | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
By a wide margin, 89-8, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday. The House passed its version back in July. Now conferees from the House and Senate will meet to reconcile the differences in the competing versions.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2018 NDAA Passed by Senate
5 Things You Should Know: SBA All-Small Mentor-Protege Program – SmallGovCon
SBA’s All Small Mentor-Protege Program is a great business assistance tool. Here are five things you should know about the SBA All Small Mentor-Protege Program.
Source: 5 Things You Should Know: SBA All-Small Mentor-Protege Program – SmallGovCon
Paul Murphy: Mid-tier contractors face unique hurdles – FederalNewsRadio.com
Small companies have an array of regulations and programs to help them get federal contracts. Big companies have the resources to field large, professional federal capture teams. For contractors in the middle, life can be tougher. Paul Murphy, senior data analyst at Bloomberg Government, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the challenges of mid-tier contractors.
Source: Paul Murphy: Mid-tier contractors face unique hurdles – FederalNewsRadio.com
Here are Greater D.C.’s Fastest Growing Companies of 2017 – Washington Business Journal
The award plaques from our 2016 Fastest Growing Companies event.
Source: Here are Greater D.C.’s Fastest Growing Companies of 2017 – Washington Business Journal
GSA looks to blockchain for speeding procurement processes — GCN
While best known for financial applications, blockchain has public-sector use cases that range from supply chain to public records. The General Services Administration may soon add one more, as GSA is looking into how distributed ledger technology can speed up the FASt Lane process for IT Schedule 70 contracts through automation.
Source: GSA looks to blockchain for speeding procurement processes — GCN
What is a solicitation? | Government Sales Insider
In our last “What is…?” post, we covered one of the basics of federal contracting: the concept of a prime contractor and subcontractors, or “primes” and “subs.” However, we left a key question unanswered – how does the government actually decide which company to award prime contracts to?