This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster from Miller & Chevalier provides an update on some key legal developments including his insights on the recent bid protest decisions on JEDI and LOGCAP V.
This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Miller, executive editor for the Federal News Network, takes a look back at the big Federal procurement events, stories and programs that made news over a long, hot summer.
By the end of next year, all organizations working with the government will have a new identifier. This major shift has generated some questions, which GSA is trying to answer.
The agency inspector general said the service took “appropriate corrective actions” to address price variances on Schedules. Source: Federal Acquisition
Federal agencies should stop custom-building tech products and services, according to the Alliance for Digital Innovation. Source: Report: Government Wasted
Doing your laundry isn’t fun, it is a chore. The same can be said about the RFP process for your new ERP. I am not going to tell you there is a way to make it fun, but there are ways to make it faster and less onerous. Like laundry, an RFP can be a heavy load to undertake, but it can also be a light load. It may even be a quick few steps. It is important to do it right though, since you don’t want to start again with a rewash or RFP reissue.
As we’ve continued to explore how enterprises make buying decisions, we’ve discovered that the biggest challenges often exist within the buying team. Fundamentally, for all we talk about buying processes, many organizations don’t really have one. Or at least one they execute consistently. Instead, it is a mix of practices, politics, and “gut feel.” The end result is that many buying teams have regrets about what their buying decisions almost immediately. This puts them on a path to marginal success at best.
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews Larry Allen (formerly of Allen Federal), managing director of the Federal Market Access practice at BDO.
Topics discussed include:
Larry Allen, managing director, Federal Market Access practice, BDO
end-of-FY spending for IT expected to top $18 billion, along with an increase of use of the micropurchase card (new spending limit of $10,000)
Assisted Acquisitions Service at NIH closing abruptly
NITAAC issues and rumors
GSA IG weighing in on TDR program
GSA Schedule consolidation target date of Oct 1 closing in
The largest governmentwide acquisition contracts expect the end of the fiscal 2019 buying season will top last year’s and are extending hours of operation to accommodate demand.
Increasingly the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security are looking to “other transaction authority” agreements to acquire emerging technologies. Procurements
For decades the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule system has provided a popular way for agencies to acquire commercial goods and services. It’s popular to the tune of $45 billion a year. Now GSA will consolidate 24 distinct schedules into one. Centre Law Group managing partner Barbara Kinosky joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio to explain what it means to contractors and buyers.
From market research and contract writing assistance to online purchasing – eTools eliminate paperwork, speed acquisition time, and turn Contracting Officers (COs) into heroes for their agency.
