Acquisition
FAA awards ITT $1B NextGen air traffic contract
The company will build an air traffic surveillance system that FAA hopes will reduce flight delays and enhance safety as the skies get more crowded.
Acquisition
Nortel to support immigration agency efforts
The company has won a contract from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to provide support in program management, acquisition and administration.
Acquisition
GSA issues stricter rules on year-end spending requests
Agency asks for breathing room to award contracts before the end of the fiscal year.
Acquisition
Are reverse auctions paying off?
Government officials plan to gauge the auctions' success through two surveys.
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Lent: Fixing an image problem
Here’s a novel way for government contractors to have a positive image in the market: Earn it.
Acquisition
Feds earn low grades from SBA
Half of all agencies received failing marks on first rating of small-business contracting.
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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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