NASA’s transparency on acquisitions is a lesson others should heed | FederalNewsRadio.com
The space agency released its entire source selection document for why it chose SAIC over CACI for a $447.8 million award.
Source: NASA’s transparency on acquisitions is a lesson others should heed | FederalNewsRadio.com
Gender in work winning Survey | Strategic Proposals
Past research has suggested that there are disparities between genders in the bid and proposal profession in the UK in terms of salary levels and opportunities for career development. We believe that, if this is indeed the case, our community needs to more fully understand and then tackle any issues.
A new survey launched today takes a deeper dive into this area than previous studies. We’d be grateful if you could spare ten minutes to complete it. You can find the survey here:
Attention Executives: How do you know if someone is ready to be a proposal manager? | PropLibrary
Most companies assign whoever’s available to the role of proposal manager. Often it’s the future project manager, someone with a technical writing or editorial background, or an ambitious administrative assistant. Excellent proposal managers can come from these and other backgrounds. But so can failures. We’ve identified seven key things to look for when selecting someone to manage a proposal effort.
Source: Attention Executives: How do you know if someone is ready to be a proposal manager? | PropLibrary
Proposal management and organizational development | PropLibrary
If you want to go after contracts that are bigger than yourself, you have to work with other people. And that means you need to organize and manage the effort. Proposal management means answering questions like:
Source: Proposal management and organizational development | PropLibrary
Expertise as a Differentiation Strategy | Hinge Marketing
Have you been competing for work that you are more than qualified to perform, only to be underbid by your competition? Or maybe you have been the one underbidding, which leaves you no room for growth or prosperity.
Source: Expertise as a Differentiation Strategy | Hinge Marketing
The mid-tier paradox: too small to compete, too large to survive | Bloomberg Government
Many “small” businesses listed in Federal Procurement Data Systems find themselves in a paradox—they’re at once too small to compete with large contractors, but also too large to benefit from small business set-asides.
Source: The mid-tier paradox: too small to compete, too large to survive | Bloomberg Government
GSA awards 109 human capital contracts worth $11.5B | Federal Times
The agency rolled out a new category management procurement on May 16, awarding 109 human capital contracts to vendors.
Source: GSA awards 109 human capital contracts worth $11.5B | Federal Times
Agencies still not making the grade with IT reforms | FederalNewsRadio.com
House lawmakers are set to release the second scorecard grading agencies implementation of the FITARA and progress across all four categories is limited.
Source: Agencies still not making the grade with IT reforms | FederalNewsRadio.com
Contracting reform tops list of Senate NDAA acquisition changes | FederalNewsRadio.com
The Senate Armed Services Committee continues pushing for acquisition reform in the 2017 defense authoritarian bill.
Source: Contracting reform tops list of Senate NDAA acquisition changes | FederalNewsRadio.com
Final rule beefs up mandates for contractor information systems security | Fierce Government IT
A new final rule four years in the making amends the Federal Acquisition Regulations, or FAR, with new sections on the basic safeguarding of contractor information systems.
Source: Final rule beefs up mandates for contractor information systems security | Fierce Government IT