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GSA opens competition for federal funding database
The agency decides against a sole-source award and competes contract with small businesses.
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SBA: Half of agencies miss small-business goals
In its first score cards, SBA handed out 12 red scores, which show that agencies did not reach their annual small-business goals.
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GSA puts schedules in Express lane
Phase 2 of the agency's program to speed contract awards triples the number of available products.
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Interagency contracts worry GSA
The agency sees them as obstacles to success in its five-year plan.
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Petrillo: Keepin' it simple
A plain-meaning approach is a risky way to interpret federal contracting laws.
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The changing face of acquisition
OFPP finalizing interagency contracting guidance, focusing on workforce issues.
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Company to help LA move digital files
The city uses YouSendIt primarily to send contracts with large engineering diagrams and to deliver software updates to city end users, a spokeswoman said.
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GSA: Alliant has everything
The new megacontract incorporates the federal enterprise architecture and the Defense Department's enterprise architecture.
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Three vendors protest Navy RFP for IT asset management
The companies allege the service wired the contract to another vendor and put restrictive clauses in the solicitation.
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Alliant goes to 29 contractors
The contract spans a five-year period with one five-year extension option, and has a ceiling of $50 billion.
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Allen: Schedule contracts work
Maintaining the commercial nature of GSA's schedule contracts is key to continued success.
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Kelman: History matters
Revitalizing past performance could create a better-functioning procurement system.
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What is inherently governmental?
Comptroller General David Walker said it’s time to question the phrase’s meaning.
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SBA proposes changes to determining companies' size
Under a new proposal, a small business' size could be calculated using a three-year average number of employees instead of using an annual average.
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Grassley, Sun's McNealy seek end to dispute
The two parties need to agree on an auditor to review the company's pricing practices.
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Grassley asks Sun to give contract info to GSA IG
The company says the IG has prejudged the contract and has offered to participate in a neutral audit.
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Unearned award fees persist
Lawmakers continue to criticize the practice of giving bonuses to contractors who produce unsatisfactory results.
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Petrillo: Contracting goes global
Changes in WTO trade agreement could affect federal procurement practices in this country.
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SBA: Tech can help small-biz set-aside record
The agency plans to create an electronic system to help analyze procurements and improve agencies' ability to identify small businesses capable of providing requested goods and services.
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