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
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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
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
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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