DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) issued a solicitation to purchase diesel and aviation fuel. It received 31 proposals by the April 3, 2017 cutoff date. On April 8th, a company named Ghazanfar emailed DLA saying that it had submitted a proposal on March 13th but hand not received any reply or feedback about the process or progress on the proposal.
Government contracts attorney focusing on small businesses. SBA size protests and appeals, GAO protests, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB programs, and more.
Onvia’s latest quarterly procurement trends report shows a 5.4 percent increase in bidding opportunities at state, local and education agencies.
Source: Onvia: Report sees continued strength in the government market
Measure would also help agencies negotiate better prices on their purchases, senators say.
Source: Senate Passes Bill to ‘Crack Down’ on Feds Spending Improperly – Pay & Benefits – GovExec.com
Frank Kendall sees NDAA-mandated split of his former job as doomed to fail.
Source: Former Pentagon Acquisitions Chief Belittles Reorg Plan – Contracting – GovExec.com
Citrix’ Mike Singer says the fourth quarter of the fiscal year has traditionally been a strong period of federal government spending as agencies move to use their remaining funds. He outlines some strategies for vendors and federal buyers.
Source: Citrix: Federal agencies need to get their IT requests in early before the end of the fiscal year
The term “data analytics” refers to qualitative and quantitative techniques and processes used to enhance productivity, business gain, and very importantly, to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. Perhaps you’ve received calls from your credit card company asking you to confirm certain recent charges to your card. How did thy pick you? How did they pick particular charges? Well, somehow, those charges were outside the norm for you. How do they know that? Through the use of “data analytics”. Or, you might have noticed that when accessing a website, you see advertising for an item that you just read up on. You might have been reading about all the wonderful features of the latest Ford or GM model then you browse headlines on CNN and find advertising for Ford or GM. How do they do that? Through the use of “data analytics”.
Unequal evaluation: an incumbent contractor didn’t receive a strength for proposing to retain its own employees, but a challenger got a strength for proposing
Source: Unequal Evaluation: Incumbent Not Credited For Retaining Its Own Employees – SmallGovCon
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners Ready to Prime Allen discusses a new service available to people interested in tracking everything. By everything I mean if you’re interested in getting work with any organization that posts their solicitations in a public and or private forum, BD Squared will find it and help you win the work. I know you’re saying that this is merely simple Business Development right? Brian Friel and his team take the traditional business development and add one important step. What is it? Tune in to this edition of CTP’s Ready to Prime to find out.
The Pentagon has released its long-anticipated report detailing plans to restructure the organizations that manage acquisition and technology research for the Department of Defense.
Source: What DOD’s reorg means for tech and acquisition — FCW
