Acquisition

Kelman: The comeback kid

GSA's Drabkin deserves our thanks.

Acquisition

Big guys took small-biz deals, CPI says

The Center for Public Integrity says DOD awarded more than $47 billion designated for small businesses to companies earning more than $100 million during a six-year period.

Acquisition

Purchasing results

OFPP policy imposes goals for performance-based buys

Acquisition

Dems criticize small-biz record

Agencies did not do well at sending contracting dollars to small businesses in fiscal 2003, despite what Bush administration officials say, Democrats claim.

Acquisition

Nadler: New size rules fall short

SBA missed an opportunity to plug a loophole in size regulations.

Acquisition

GSA picks hotel system vendor

CW Government Travel will manage the Federal Premier Lodging Program.

Acquisition

Rethinking time and materials

Proposed rule would expand commercial-style contracting

Acquisition

Hourly billing rule proposed

A new rule would authorize the use of time and materials contracts and labor-hour contracts for the procurement of commercial services.

Acquisition

Commerce COMMITS to 51

The Commerce Department has picked 51 companies to take part in a small-business-only IT contract.

Acquisition

An era of competition

States move ahead with strategic sourcing

Acquisition

GSA policy gets it wrong, trade group says

A new program intended to ensure that federal IT contracts are used properly would unfairly penalize contractors, says the president of ITAA.

Acquisition

Contract coming for small-biz system

GSA expects to roll out the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System during the next year.

Acquisition

Md. firm wins $111 million FDA job

ITSolutions will provide desktop support, network administration, network engineering and architecture, and telecom services.

Acquisition

FTS charts procurement variants

Officials at the Federal Technology Service are working on a chart that would show how policies differ from one region to another.

Acquisition

NOAA to bid out $500M in IT work

The 10-year performance-based contract will provide life cycle support for the Marine Observation Network and Data Assembly Center.

Acquisition

Procurement data to be free to most

Outsourced GSA system will be available to heavy users for a small fee

Acquisition

Editorial: Get it right

Deciding what is right and wrong is more difficult in procurement cases in which the line between IT and non-IT is less clear.

Acquisition

Vendors to be rated on small-biz support

Under a final rule to be published soon, small-business subcontracting will become a factor in past-performance evaluations.

Acquisition

FPDS reports go free

Accessing the Federal Procurement Data System directly requires a one-time fee, though.

Acquisition

IT hot spots

As fourth-quarter buying heats up, FCW highlights technology that sizzles