Justice Department Grantee Faulted for Sole-Source Youth Mentoring Contracts – Contracting – GovExec.com
Rules against contractor lobbying also were not strictly enforced, IG finds.
Insufficient Experience Information Sinks Offeror’s Proposal – SmallGovCon
An offeror’s failure to be specific enough in responding to a solicitation may result in reasonable rejection of the offeror’s proposal.
Source: Insufficient Experience Information Sinks Offeror’s Proposal – SmallGovCon
Industry asks for delay in fair pay, safe workplace rule implementation – FederalNewsRadio.com
Six industry associations wrote to FAR Council asking to delay implementing the order requiring vendors to disclose violations of 14 labor laws by a year.
Source: Industry asks for delay in fair pay, safe workplace rule implementation – FederalNewsRadio.com
Consultancies are adapting to the digital world | Forrester Blogs
The age of the customer is characterized by customer empowerment, digital technology, and new business models. These factors are changing who buys consulting, what they’re expecting, how consultants execute on these projects, and how clients pay for them. As a result, firms including Deloitte, McKinsey, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cognizant and others are changing delivery, hiring and contracting models to:
Source: Consultancies are adapting to the digital world | Forrester Blogs
Senate Fails at Two Attempts to Move Ahead With Bill Preventing a Shutdown – Management – GovExec.com
Funding for Flint, Mich., remains contentious, along with new VA whistleblower office.
Changes Coming to DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
The Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule regarding its Mentor-Protege program last week. The Mentor-Protege program has been around since 1991 and was intended to provide incentives to major DoD contractors to furnish eligible small business – primarily disadvantaged small business -concerns with assistance designed to enhance the capabilities of eligible small business concerns to perform as subcontractors and suppliers under DoD contracts (and subcontracts) and to increase the participation of such business concerns as subcontractors and suppliers under DoD contracts as well as non-DoD contracts and commercial contracts.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Changes Coming to DoD’s Mentor-Protege Program
Senate fails to avert government shutdown – FederalNewsRadio.com
The Senate held a cloture vote ended debate on the bill, allowing a final passage vote on a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.
Source: Senate fails to avert government shutdown – FederalNewsRadio.com
Top 125 Vendors To Watch – InformationWeek
InformationWeek and its sister publications Dark Reading and Network Computing have teamed up to bring you a roundup of the hottest vendors in cloud, data management, DevOps, networking, and security. The 100 vendors you’ll find here range from established players making strides in their markets to newcomers setting the stage for the future.
GAO Task Order Protest Jurisdiction Ends September 30, 2016 – SmallGovCon
On September 30, 2016, the GAO’s jurisdiction to hear protests challenging a civilian agency’s task order award ends.
Source: GAO Task Order Protest Jurisdiction Ends September 30, 2016 – SmallGovCon
Outdated Federal IT Gobbles Up Vendor Opportunities | Government | E-Commerce Times
U.S. government agencies spend an overwhelming amount of their annual information technology budgets simply to maintain old and out-of-date systems. As a result, the amount of money available for investing in modernizing IT keeps shrinking, thus depriving vendors of major marketing opportunities at the federal level. The official federal IT budget has remained at about $82 billion per year for several years.
Source: Outdated Federal IT Gobbles Up Vendor Opportunities | Government | E-Commerce Times