Despite decreasing small business participation, the SBA says the government met its FY 2017 contracting goals.
Source: Small Business Participation Declines, But SBA Still Gives Government High Marks – SmallGovCon
It was not too long ago — around this time last year in fact — that defense stocks continually reached and breached new all-time highs in hopes of increases in military spending under a Donald Trump administration after years of flat or declining budgets.
Source: Defense market should brace for a reality check — Washington Technology
The General Services Administration is making cybersecurity services simpler for federal acquisition professionals to order via a special item number on the Schedule 70 IT acquisition vehicle.
The federal government remains on a hot streak in meeting its small business contracting goals.
For the fifth year in a row, it exceeded its governmentwide small business contracting goal — about 23 percent of its contracting spending — on small businesses.
Source: SBA scorecard: Small business contracts exceed $100B for first time ever – FederalNewsRadio.com
We are tracking three contracts expected to drop in the upcoming months: Infrastructure Design Engineering Architecture and Integration 3 Small Business Set Aside (IDEAI 3), Training Content Contract Multiple Award Contract (TCC) (MAC), and NOAA Mission IT Services (NMITS). Get all the details on these opportunities below.
Source: May Monthly Insights Newsletter | Top 3 Contracts to Watch
The Professional Services Council is urging the Senate to reject a Defense Department proposal that would limit bid protests.
Source: PSC objects to DOD proposal for bid protest limits — Washington Technology
This week GSA Administrator Emily Murphy joined Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of GSA operations and her key priorities:
- Ethical Leadership
- Reduce Duplication
- Increase Competition
- Improve Transparency.
The closest thing to a federal IT report card was released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The news was not good.
Details of the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are beginning to emerge but are no where near complete as representatives introduce amendments to the proposed legislation almost daily. If past years are an indication, we won’t see the 2019 NDAA signed into law until late fall.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
The challenge of a solicitation’s terms as overly restrictive can be a tough burden to meet at the GAO–and the mere fact that the protester isn’t capable of meeting the agency’s requirements isn’t enough, by itself, to demonstrate that the solicitation is overly restrictive.
Source: At GAO, Challenge of Restrictive Terms of Solicitation Tough Burden to Meet – SmallGovCon
