Federal agency officials are optimistic that efforts to optimize spending across government will continue, but some experts say deep agency cuts could short circuit some IT spending.
Source: Will deep budget cuts alter federal buying strategies? — FCW
Category management has saved $2 billion since 2012, but there’s more low-hanging fruit to grab.
Source: Category Management Continues Efforts to Get Better Deal for Federal Bucks – Nextgov.com
Unless the solicitation says otherwise, an agency is not required to evaluate a subcontractor’s past performance under an FSS acquisition issued under FAR Part
Source: Evaluation Of Subcontractor Past Performance Not Required For FSS Procurements – SmallGovCon
The U.S. Navy needed 270 gas stoves for base housing in Italy. Using FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, the Navy specified on a brand name or equal basis a model manufactured by Glem Gas and listed as salient characteristics a depth of 60 centimeters and internal volume of 95 liters. To be considered for award, offerors of equal products must include sufficient information to show that the offered items meet the salient characteristics listed in the solicitation. Award was to be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Navy Erred but Error Had No Impact on Solicitation
If you are a vendor or buyer in the government market, here’s seven government technology (govtech) trades shows and conferences you can’t miss in 2017.
Source: 7 Government Technology Conferences You Can’t Miss in 2017 | Onvia
An Air Force Master Sergeant has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison and ordered to pay $126 thousand in restitution for accepting bribes. That seems like a pretty stiff sentence compared to similar cases involving much larger sums of money.
Better Buying Power coincided with several consecutive years of declines in the rate of cost growth for the Pentagon’s major weapons systems.
When President Donald Trump issued his executive order freezing federal hiring, it contained a clause against using contractors to make up for it.
Source: David Berteau: What the hiring freeze means for contractors – FederalNewsRadio.com
This blog post is written by Timothy Wood, Public Sector Operations & Supply Chain Management Practice Area Leader, IBM Global Business Services.
The President issued an Executive Order (EO) last Friday designed to add teeth to his regulatory reform agenda. The EO requires agencies to dedicate an individual and a task force infrastructure to enforce his previous EO concerning two for one offsets for any new regulations at zero cost.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Executive Order on Enforcing Regulatory Reform
