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GSA picks hotel system vendor
CW Government Travel will manage the Federal Premier Lodging Program.
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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.
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Commerce COMMITS to 51
The Commerce Department has picked 51 companies to take part in a small-business-only IT contract.
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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.
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Contract coming for small-biz system
GSA expects to roll out the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System during the next year.
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Md. firm wins $111 million FDA job
ITSolutions will provide desktop support, network administration, network engineering and architecture, and telecom services.
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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.
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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.
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Procurement data to be free to most
Outsourced GSA system will be available to heavy users for a small fee
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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.
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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.
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FPDS reports go free
Accessing the Federal Procurement Data System directly requires a one-time fee, though.
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Postal Service to use SAP
The deal includes $14 million for the MySAP Business Suite and $21 million for SAP's services arm.
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Aronie: The simple made complex
Complex procurements render GSA buys more susceptible to protest.
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CACI predicts '05 growth
The IT contractor forecast revenue of at least $1.5 billion in 2005.
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Nurses hired on IT contract, senator charges
Sen. Charles Grassley says an IT deal for the Energy Department shouldn't have been for medical assistance work.
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