Acquisition

Procurement reporting system being replaced

GSA awards $24 million contract for Web-based system

Acquisition

Convergence is next year's story

Bundled procurements of local and long-distance services will make FTS 2001more useful until Networx is ready

Acquisition

Cooperative buying rule resolves main obstacles

State and local governments will be able to add items and conditions to GSA schedule contracts

Acquisition

SARA moves to House

Legislation that would streamline how agencies buy services passed the House Government Reform Committee

Acquisition

SARA moves to full House

The House Government Reform Committee approved sweeping services acquisition reform

Acquisition

Cooperative purchasing rule published

State and local governments can use GSA's schedules contracts for IT acquisitions

Acquisition

GAO upholds protest against USAJobs award

GAO has upheld the protest of a contract awarded for the upgrade of USAJobs

Acquisition

Cooperative purchasing still not in effect

GSA has not yet published rules that would allow state governments to use federal schedules for information technology purchases

Acquisition

SARA gets optimistic launch

Proponents of the Services Acquisition Reform Act say they believe the bill has a good chance of passing this time around

Acquisition

OMB crafts enterprise licensing plan

OMB plans to unveil a strategy to create governmentwide enterprise software licensing agreements

Acquisition

GSA seeks to boost HUBZone firms

To kick-start the use of a $2.5 billion technology contract for Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) firms, the General Services Administration held a workshop April 29 for the 36 companies involve

Acquisition

BPA regs raise anxieties

Proposed rule would force agencies to seek multiple bids

Acquisition

Small businesses welcome scrutiny

Many small businesses that hold multiple-award contracts say they support a proposed rule that requires them to recertify their small-business status annually.

Acquisition

EPA planning $650M contract

Agency to release solicitation for a nine-year, $650 million systems development contract

Acquisition

Davis reintroduces SARA

The long-expected, controversial version is intended to streamline the federal buying processes

Acquisition

DFAS officials rethink outsourcing deal

Officials are re-evaluating contract after an audit detemined the work could have been performed more efficiently in-house

Acquisition

GSA awards procurement data system

Next-generation system will replace the 20-year-old Federal Procurement Data System

Acquisition

Small biz recertification rule posted

Small businesses would have to recertify size once a year if they are on a multiple-award contract

Acquisition

FTS leader embraces 'risk'

Bates says FTS is poised to grow and is taking chances in new directions

Acquisition

Davis offers sales seminars

Conferences are intended to help vendors learn about selling IT services in the federal marketplace