GSA launched its schedules transparency initiative four months ago and NASA awards a new $2.9 billion contract to provide its employees new end user services.
Source: GSA’s eBuy Open pilot reminds us why FBO.gov remains a problem
The perception that bid protests are mucking up the federal procurement process is one of those urban myths that will not die, like how Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 or that the Air Force hides away UFOs in the desert.
Source: GSA launches enhanced debriefing pilot, but why not make it permanent?
An offeror provided a procuring agency with only the first pages of its teaming agreements with proposed subcontractors–and received a “Marginal” score on the small business participation factor as a result.
We are tracking three Defense Health Agency (DHA) contracts that are expected to drop between March and January 2020: Audio Visual and Simulation Services, Defense Health Agency Medical Q Coded Services (MQS-8A), and TRICARE Overseas Program 2021 (TOP). Learn more about these opportunities in the descriptions below.
Source: 3 DHA Contracts Expected To Drop | Are They On Your Radar?
There are tons of valuable government contracting events in the DC metro area, from networking happy hours to training seminars to opportunity overviews. We’ve narrowed down the top 5 events that you should attend in the upcoming weeks.
One of the best ways to improve your writing is to use active verbs instead of nominalizations.
Source: Improve your Writing Series – Avoid Nominalizations in your Proposals | Lohfeld
The state, local, and education (SLED) government market trended lower in Q4, affected both by cyclical forces and an uptick in economic and political uncertainty.
Source: [Free Report] State & Local Procurement Snapshot – Q4 2018
This report examines the Department of Defense’s (DOD) efforts to modernize its IT ecosystem over the coming years.
Highlights include:
- Policy analysis surrounding DOD’s reorg and IT acquisition environment
- Insights into the contract vehicles and contracting authorities DOD uses to buy IT goods and services
- Five-year forecasts for the Defense IT budget, cloud, cybersecurity, big data, and health IT verticals
- Recommendations to help contractors navigate the Defense IT marketplace
Source: [Free Summary] Defense IT Priorities and Strategies, 2018-2023
In all competitive procurements, agencies must identify and analyze, as soon as possible, whether a potential contractor has an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest. (OCIs come in three general varieties: unequal access to information, biased ground rules, and impaired objectivity.) If the agency finds one, it must avoid, neutralize, or mitigate the potential OCI to ensure fairness.
Source: GAO: Agency Didn’t Reasonably Evaluate a Potential OCI | SmallGovCon – Government Contracts Law Blog
When choosing the most appropriate awardee for any federal contract, agencies are required to fully document all procurement decisions and their rationale, especially when those decisions could narrow the competition.