The General Services Administration hopes a new pilot program to increase transparency in a fast track government buying service will lead to more competition, but some government vendors worry it will just produce more legal wrangling.
Source: GSA Hopes eBuy Transparency Will Lead To More Competition, Not More Protests – Nextgov
The competitive pool for the FBI’s $5 billion IT commodity and services contract has been shrinking throughout the year and recently got even smaller.
Rather than hold a full and open competition for spots on the Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract, also known as ITSSS or IT Triple-S, the bureau announced Friday that spots will be awarded to vendors that already hold contracts on the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70.
Source: FBI Drops Full and Open Competition for $5 Billion IT Recompete – Nextgov
Political protests against contractors that assist with controversial Trump administration priorities such as ramping up security along the southern border has become a “huge problem” for Customs and Border Protection, a top acquisitions official said Thursday.
Source: No Easy Fix for Silicon Valley Angst About Government Contracts – Nextgov
The federal government could spend close to half its appropriated budget in the final fiscal quarter, which ends Sept. 30.
Source: ‘Unprecedented’ Government Spending Spree Picks Up Speed
A newly launched pilot program lets the agency’s contracting experts help push deals over the finish line.
Source: How GSA is Helping Small Businesses Get Contracts Faster – Nextgov
The Defense Department on Thursday officially began accepting proposals for its highly-anticipated Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract.
Source: Bidding Begins for Pentagon’s Controversial $10 Billion War Cloud – Nextgov
The Senate Appropriations subcommittees forwarded a smorgasboard of funding bills to the full committee last week. Here’s a rundown.
Source: Congress Lays Out Tech Funding in Spending Bills and Focuses on Supply Chain Threats – Nextgov
Agencies that want a shot at funding had better make their proposals interesting.
Source: Technology Modernization Fund Board Doesn’t Want Boring Proposals – Nextgov
The Technology Modernization Fund Board awarded almost half of its initial funding to three federal modernization programs Thursday.
Source: Modernization Board Awards Half Its First Year Funding to Three Projects – Nextgov
Officials say the Defense Department’s multibillion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract is expected to be bid out in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year.
Source: Pentagon’s Second Multibillion Cloud Contract to Be Bid in Coming Months