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Small biz key to CIO-SP 2
The National Institutes of Health awarded the follow-on to its innovative Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners contract last month
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Congress may renew contract bundling fight
Advocates say bundling saves agencies time and money; opponents believe it cuts small businesses out of procurement opportunities
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Three firms vie for ASSIST2 work
The Justice Department has opened for competition work on roughly $300 million in IT support services under the ASSIST2 program
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Book-buying made easy for feds
Fatbrain.com, an online seller of professional and technical books, has been added to the GSA schedule
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23 firms part of Image World award
NIH has awarded a follow-on to its Image World contract to 23 large and small imaging companies
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'Blacklisting' rule revoked
Rule would have allowed contracting officers to exclude vendors that did not meet certain ethical standards
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GSA adds BorderWare, Alacritech
BorderWare Technologies and Alacritech earn places on the GSA schedule
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New procurement rule draws fire
A new rule says companies that repeatedly violate federal tax, labor, safety, environment and antitrust laws shouldn't be awarded government contracts
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NIH follows up with CIO-SP 2
CIOSP 2, potentially worth $19.5 billion, provides agencies the opportunity to outsource IT services and support to 48 vendors
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Qwest protests bridge contracts
Qwest has filed a protest with GSA, claiming that FTS 2000/2001 bridge contracts awarded to AT?#038; Amp;T and Sprint Corp. were not contested fairly
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GAO guides Coast Guard on IT
The Coast Guard needs to work harder to execute the policies and procedures it sets for managing its IT acquisitions and programs
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Industry Watch
The Bureau of the Public Debt awarded a contract Dec. 4 worth up to $7 million for offtheshelf financial software from Oracle Corp.
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Bureau buys financial software
The Bureau of the Public Debt awarded a contract worth up to $7 million for offtheshelf financial software from Oracle
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Unisys to help with GSA pilot
Unisys has signed a contract to help with a pilot sales force management application for GSA's Federal Technology Service
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eFederal wins place on GSA schedule
Products from eFederal Systems Inc. will be available on a Federal Supply Service schedule
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Guidance coming on FSS services
Two years after information technology services became available to agencies on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service schedule contracts, GSA is moving to provide regulatory guidance on how to buy those services.
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Purchasing in Internet time
Of all the influences transforming the information technology buying process for state and local government officials, a key yet frequently overlooked factor is the sharply increased speed at which most IT service vendors are now accustomed to doing business.
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The art of the deal
Otto Doll, director of South Dakota's Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, has a way to get buy-in on technology issues from skeptical lawmakers.
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