Acquisition

Focus on competing widens

OMB proposal eyes older interagency service deals

Acquisition

Agencies may face competition

Federal Register notice proposes that contracts among agencies become open to competition

Acquisition

USPS preps $1 billion deal

Vendor sought for second-generation contract to supply computers, storage, software, support

Acquisition

Would outsourcing weaken DISN?

Manager says vendor could not enable 'surge capabilities' to give certain users network priority

Acquisition

HUD drawing up IT overhaul

HUD Information Technology Services would be a 10-year contract worth at least $500 million

Acquisition

Learning the value of sharing

I am information technology director for a suburb of Washington, D.C., where I can see the impact municipalities have on society

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OMB to broaden competition

Agreements between agencies to become open to public/private competition

Acquisition

The ITS waltz

Projects requiring federal and state governments to work together often take years to bring to fruition, and public projects that depend on industry support sometimes never materialize. So it's easy to understand why the concept of intelligent transportation systems, which is a threeway dance, has not lived up to expectations.

Acquisition

IRS picks Dynamics Research

Dynamics Research Corp. will continue work on the IRS' integrated collections systems

Acquisition

Accenture bets on e-procurement

The company has hired two buying experts to meet growing public-sector demand

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FAA regroups after protest is upheld

The Federal Aviation Administration is pondering its options after being told it jumped the gun in deciding to award an air traffic modernization contract without putting it out for bid

Acquisition

Mint preps IT upgrade

The U.S. Mint is seeking bids for three major contracts to upgrade and better manage its information technology, including a desktop outsourcing pact for 2,200 desktops

Acquisition

Web app relieves grunt work

One of TASC's first concerns in setting up VANITS was cutting the time it takes agencies to get contractors in place.

Acquisition

Comparing seats

The U.S. Mint's seat management contract, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, would be one of the largest in the federal government

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Mint calls for seat management

Mint calls for contract that includes seat management and infrastructure support

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FAA, Lockheed ink oceanic pact

$217 million deal makes final an agreement on oceanic air traffic control systems

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NSA's Mr. Fix-it

Procurement chief revamps a broken process

Acquisition

GSA Advantage carries a warning

The General Services Administration is sticking to its July 1 deadline for all vendors to be on the agency's online procurement system, threatening contractors with termination if they fail to make 'good-faith efforts' to move to GSA Advantage.

Acquisition

FBI awards Trilogy part 2

The FBI has awarded the second half of its Trilogy project to SAIC.

Acquisition

Pre-contract starts are risky

Most federal contracting experts divide the business into two spheres: contract formation and contract administration. A government official might serve as a procurement contracting officer or an administrative contracting officer, but seldom will one person do both jobs.