The VA will suspend processing new SDVOSB and VOSB applications on May 21, 2018 while the VA transitions to a new case management system. Existing applications filed by May 21 will continue to be processed.
The agency inspector general said the service took “appropriate corrective actions” to address price variances on Schedules. Source: Federal Acquisition
The Government Accountability Office has issued the tenth edition of Bid Protests at GAO: A Descriptive Guide. GAO issued the guide to aid those interested in the bid protest process.
The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have issued a semiannual regulatory agenda for
The Defense Department may not be getting enough competition for a popular form of contracting. DoD spends 40 percent of its procurement budget through indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity or IDIQ type contracts and 75 percent of those competitions were open to a single contractor instead of multiple contractors. The Government Accountability Office said that between 2015 and 2017 the military included provisions that while not explicitly limiting competition, may have the potential, under certain circumstances, to reduce the number of contractors who are eligible to compete for the orders. GAO said the reasons vary including task orders set-aside for small businesses. (Government Accountability Office)
This week’s episode covers DFARS and SBA Mentor Protégé Program news and is hosted by partner Peter Eyre. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
The Digital Revolution is here. Contractors are reinventing their products, customer experiences, and business models — and transforming the public sector
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower’s guests are Katie Helwig, director of Small Business Programs at AFCEA, and Eric Strauss, director of Business Development for Connected Logistics and a member of the leadership committee at the FT Belvoir Chapter of AFCEA. The discussion focused on relationships, networking and AFCEA.
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) or Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contract holders can expect a roaring third and fourth quarter 2018, since many bids expected in the Q1 and Q2 were stalled in procurement. Exhibit 1 lists our pick of the Top IT Task Orders, Exhibit 2 lists our picks of Top Professional Services Task Orders for Q3 and Q4.
The agency inspector general said the service took “appropriate corrective actions” to address price variances on Schedules. Source: Federal Acquisition
With no fewer than three different panels examining defense acquisition rules to see which ones can be done away with, they have got their work cut out for them. There is plenty of evidence to show that defense acquisitions may need even more scrutiny. That could mean whatever recommendations the panels make may are muted by legislators looking to enact more rules. To find out more, Federal News Radio’s Eric White spoke with Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) has an ombudsman to investigate contractor complaints against maladministration. This ombudsman is not exactly a specific person but an email address that serves the same purpose.
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’ complaints of maladministration or
