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Contracting changes how businesses do business
Performance-based contracting demands that companies amend how they have bid on contracts in the past, one expert says.
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Large companies get larger, smaller firms smaller
Large information technology companies’ share of federal contracting dollars is increasing, and small and midsize IT firms are losing market share.
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SARA panel takes stand against T&M contracts
Panelists also rebuff industry groups that wanted the panel to recommend repealing a provision of SARA that requires competition on some time-and-material contracts.
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Survey finds support for commercial procurement practices
Government Futures reports that federal procurement is at the crossroads of progress and stagnation.
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OFPP's Denett: Competition works
The OFPP administrator says GWACs are not proliferating but simply filling market needs.
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GSA taps 40-plus firms for VETS deal
The five-year contract, set aside for serviced-disabled, veteran-owned business, has a $5 billion ceiling.
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SEWP stays with NASA; Doan upset by decision
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy announced that NASA would remain the executive agent for the Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement, despite the objections of GSA.
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EPA awards $10.5M task order to SRA
SRA will provide information technology support to the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which strives to clean contaminated properties and build revitalized communities.
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Six months into the Lurita Doan era
GSA’s new administrator lives up to her lightning rod reputation.
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ITAA opposes withholding tax on government contractors
The Senate amendment would call for collecting the new withholding tax this month, nearly five years sooner than originally planned.
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SBA, ASBL reach accord on FOIA suit
At issue in the yearlong legal skirmish was ASBL's demand that SBA reveal GTSI as the company the SBA inspector general had recommended for debarment.
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SBA: Avoid negative cycles, find success
The cycles of growth and decline that small businesses experience tend to persist and are not easily reversed, according to a study from SBA’s Office of Advocacy.
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ITAA official criticizes SARA panel recommendations
Trey Hodgkins said the Acquisition Advisory Panel’s recommendations for commercial practices "threaten to roll back a decade of procurement reforms."
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Texas extends ACS contract
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded Affiliated Computer Services a two-year, $230 million contract extension for Medicaid claims processing.
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DOE to use Compusearch for procurement management
The software company will support Energy's Strategic Integrated Procurement Enterprise System program.
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Indiana, IBM near $1B deal
The contract for a social service eligibility system would be worth as much as $1.16 billion over 10 years.
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Agencies still struggling with performance contracts
Officials say agencies have still not mastered the art of measuring performance baselines.
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Doan says small businesses can take on big jobs
Responding to criticism that some contracts are too large for small firms to handle, GSA's administrator strikes back.
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State keeps Harris Corp. busy with consular affairs
The $42 million follow-on contract calls for Harris to provide technical support services at more than 230 U.S. embassies and consulates.
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