July 2018 Monthly Insights Newsletter | Top 3 Contracts to Watch
July 2018 Monthly Insights: Top 3 Contracts to Watch
Source: July 2018 Monthly Insights Newsletter | Top 3 Contracts to Watch
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How consultants help break the government inefficiency myth – FederalNewsRadio.com
If you’re an entrepreneur in the D.C. region, you likely have many friends who work as technology consultants to the federal government. It’s one of largest industries in our region, but how many people actually know what these consultants do on a daily basis? Robert McNamara, managing director at PwC PS, hopes to clear up some confusion. PricewaterhouseCooper’s Public Sector, now called Guidehouse, recently spun out of PwC as its own company, giving McNamara the chance to start from scratch, putting together a new team and devising new strategies for making the government more helpful and efficient.
Source: How consultants help break the government inefficiency myth – FederalNewsRadio.com
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What to Expect from FBI’s ITAP 2 Contract
The Information Technology Acquisition Program (ITAP) will expire soon and the FBI is expected to continue this work with the release ITAP 2. ITAP 2 will be competed as a Firm Fixed Price IDIQ BPA Small Business Set Aside and is expected to be released early 2019. This contract consists of furnishing the FBI with standard IT products such as desktops, laptops, printers, scanners, Storage Area Networks, etc. In addition to supplying the equipment, contractors must also provide services such as task management, service calls, instillation, and fulfill orders.
Source: Red Team’s Take | What to Expect from FBI’s ITAP 2 Contract
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GAO: Agency Closing Time is 4:30 p.m., not 5:00 p.m. – SmallGovCon
Unless an agency designates different business hours, the FAR says that a government agency is deemed to close at 4:30 p.m. local time–not 5:00 p.m., as it would be easy to assume.
Source: GAO: Agency Closing Time is 4:30 p.m., not 5:00 p.m. – SmallGovCon
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Navy: Final NGEN services solicitation coming soon — Defense Systems
The Navy is ready to proceed on formally kicking off the competition for the services piece of its main IT network contract and has set a date for when the final RFP will drop.
Source: Navy: Final NGEN services solicitation coming soon — Defense Systems
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Outsourcing Smart Fleet Maintenance: A Growing Trend in Government Contracting | GovWin+Onvia
The number of bids and RFPs for smart vehicle maintenance released by state, local and education agencies has increased by 40% over the last 12 months, according to the latest yearly report from the research team at GovWin+Onvia, 10 Hotspots in Government Contracting for 2018.
Source: Outsourcing Smart Fleet Maintenance: A Growing Trend in Government Contracting | GovWin+Onvia
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CAS Board Published Final Rule on Exemption from CAS
The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) published a final rule yesterday revising the exemption for contracts and subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items. This final rule clarifies the types of contracts that are exempt from the application of CAS when acquiring commercial items. It becomes effective on August 16, 2018.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: CAS Board Published Final Rule on Exemption from CAS
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Navy sets RFP release date for NGEN-R, one of biggest government IT contracts of 2018 – Washington Business Journal
NGEN-R is a follow-on to the five-year, $3.5 billion contract maintaining and modernizing the Navy’s IT networks. Some of the biggest names in federal contracting are vying for it.
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GAO: Bid Protests Must Be Timely Received Through EPDS – SmallGovCon
When it comes to timely filing a bid protest, government contractors should keep one overriding principle in mind: late is late, and it probably won’t matter why the protest wasn’t timely received. GAO recently reaffirmed this principle when it dismissed a bid protest that wasn’t timely received by its new, mandatory Electronic Protest Docketing System.
Source: GAO: Bid Protests Must Be Timely Received Through EPDS – SmallGovCon
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As OTAs grow, prime contractors are reaping the benefits – FederalNewsRadio.com
For the Department of Defense, what was once an obscure acquisition approach has now turned into a methodology to fund research, prototyping, and in some cases, the production of systems to the tune of tens of billions of dollars.
Source: As OTAs grow, prime contractors are reaping the benefits – FederalNewsRadio.com
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