Acquisition
Coalition aims at Trade Agreements Act
The Coalition for Government Procurement believes the law reduces competition in the government market and raises the costs of supplying goods.
Acquisition
Input: IT companies to get $20B in set-asides
The firm forecasts that about 70 percent of the total for fiscal 2006 will come through professional services contracting.
Acquisition
Editorial: The culture war
The decision to pull the share-in-savings rule is part of a divisive culture in which agencies cannot try anything new or innovative. That needs to change
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New (fiscal) year resolution: Get your IT budget fit
Tips for learning to do more with less
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Share-in-savings on life support
Congress fails to renew authority for acquisition method
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Share in savings struggles for second chance
Rep. Tom Davis will try to restore statutory authority for share-in-savings contracting.
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GSA skeds see first spending drop in a decade
Research firm logs a 2 percent drop, following five years of double-digit growth in IT sales through the contracts.
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GSA Preferred takes budget hit
Most of the agency's other IT projects held steady in the Bush administration's fiscal 2007 budget request.
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FAR Council withdraws share-in-savings rule
The future of the contracting practice is uncertain after Congress fails to revive expired statutory authority.
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Davis: Fed market must be open
Rep. Tom Davis will continue to oppose efforts to limit competition from vendors with overseas operations.
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GSA IG reportedly probes companies
The agency has sent subpoenas to approximately 30 companies for records related to their GSA schedule activities, industry sources say.
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GSA taps FedBid for reverse auctions
The Internet marketplace, which specializes in public-sector acquisition of commercial items, will provide reverse auction services to GSA and other agencies.
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AlphaInsight earns another State contract
This pact, combined with one awarded last year, makes the company responsible for the infrastructure and applications of the department's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations.
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Second draft Alliant RFP expected
GSA officials are reportedly planning to issue a second set of draft RFPs for the long-awaited Alliant contract.
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Groups aim to create contracting opportunities for women
Women Impacting Public Policy and the American Small Business Coalition have partnered to try to help women entrepreneurs.
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AT&T extends fee waiver
Agencies purchasing AT&T services on a crossover contract will not pay customary charges.
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Rule change eases subcontracting process
In some cases, contractors will no longer need to inform agencies when hiring subcontractors, under a new rule published today.
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