Acquisition
Letter: Use a simple rule: Go for the lowest price
The simplest way for contracting activities to avoid protests is to use the "lowest price technically acceptable" source selection process.
Acquisition
GSA re-examines Alliant Small Business awards
The agency asks 62 small businesses on the governmentwide acquisition contract to extend their offers until Oct. 28.
Acquisition
EPA suspends IBM from new governmentwide work
The company is surprised by the move, and an investigation is under way.
Acquisition
Alliant faces months-long setback
GSA officials opt to re-evaluate all 62 bids following ruling on successful protests.
Acquisition
Have feds cheapened contract bonuses?
Oversight officials still unhappy about companies' expected performance fees.
Acquisition
Editorial: GSA's Alliant lessons
GSA needs to take proactive steps to assure its customers that they can have faith in the government's contracting organization.
Acquisition
GSA to reevaluate Alliant bids
A Court of Federal Claims decision has led the agency to reconsider the proposals.
Acquisition
A 'who's who' in small-biz rule
Officials propose changes to make contracting set-aside decisions easier.
Acquisition
Contractors that accessed Obama's passport file named
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Acquisition
GSA to go ahead with Alliant
Officials must decide specific remedy after court rules in favor of protesters.
Acquisition
Kelman: Can we talk?
A system being deployed in the United Kingdom offers a glimpse of how a partnership can work.
Acquisition
Nortel keeps SSA contract
The company prevailed in a protest of its $300 million contract to build a VOIP network for the agency.
Acquisition
GSA awards $2.5 billion contract for contact center services
Nine companies win spots on the USA Contact contract, designed to help federal agencies set up contact centers quickly during emergencies.
Acquisition
Officials: Reconsider inherently governmental functions
Flexibility in defining the term leads to concerns about acquisition policies, procurement officials say.
Acquisition
EPA IG wants fewer cost-plus contracts
The agency also gave the contractors high ratings without sufficient documentation, the inspector general says.
Acquisition
New method weds enterprise architecture, acquisition
A soon-to-be-issued RFI would ask for best practices for model-based acquisition strategy.
Acquisition
Officials try to clarify acquisition rules
The proposal tries to ensure that the Federal Acquisition Regulation clearly reflects the Small Business Administration’s interpretation of the Small Business Act and precedence of small-business programs.
Acquisition
Letter: Contract should remain bundled, but keep small businesses involved, too
The answer isn't to unbundle contracts; it is to insure that the bundled contracts specify small-business participation in a measurable and enforceable way.
Acquisition