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Solving the procurement shell game
Goals for the Federal Acquisition Management Information System
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Let vendors profit
We should welcome higher vendor profits when the vendor has delivered excellent results.
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Smart card accepted at portal
Pulsar Data Systems unveils a portal that uses smart card technology to enable agencies to purchase IT products
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E-procurement biz gets first customer
The Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments has signed with a new company formed by Bank of America and NIC Commerce
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eFederal joins the B2G race
A businesstogovernment procurement portal for credit card purchases, eFederal emphasizes customer service and support
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Mission: A better procurement database
Federal acquisition executives outline a transition to a system that will enable agencies to better tie their procurements to their mission
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NASA system may fly at Justice
NASA's pioneering World Wide Web-based site for procurement officials has sparked interest at the Justice Department as a way to make the move from file cabinets to e-procurement.
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GSA/vendor spat snares Hill
The General Services Administration and the vendor community have pulled Congress into their dispute over the GSA Advantage online ordering system, ending up with an audit and possibly hearings in September.
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Intellisource wins ODIN deal
NASA on Thursday awarded the latest Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA contract to Intellisource.
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Company 'leapfrogs' onto GSA schedule
Crucial Technology reached an agreement with Leapfrog Smart Products that enables Crucial's memory products to be listed on the GSA schedule
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Commerce starting over with Commits
The Commerce Department has suspended an estimated $1.5 billion governmentwide information technology services contract and has asked interested vendors to revise and resubmit their proposals.
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Not so 'reverse' auctions
I've been hearing a lot about the government's various experiments with 'reverse auction' purchasing techniques. In reverse auctions, sellers 'bid' against one another for specific orders by offering successively lower prices until a winner is declared.
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NASA pact attracts dot-coms
The upcoming followon to NASA's popular Science and Engineering Workstation Procurement is already attracting a new breed of potential competitors: dotcom startups that hope to take electronic procurement to the next level.
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Online selling can get complicated
FCW's DotGov Thursday column offers guidance for creating binding contracts that will be executed over the Internet
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NASA dishing up SEWP III
NASA plans to release a draft solicitation by the end of June for a second followon to its popular Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement contract
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NIH to open bidding on major IT contracts
Bidding opens July 3 for CIOSP 2, a $10 billion program, and Image World, a $15 billion program
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Online market set to go
FedBid.com, which combines online credit card purchasing and reverse auction technology to give agencies a new way to make small purchases, opens for business today.
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Learn to share
Almost anyone can talk the talk, but the General Services Administration and other agencies are walking the walk with shareinsavings contracting pilots.
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Agencies embrace credit cards
Agencies' use of government credit cards is on the rise, with sales estimated to exceed $16 billion this fiscal year
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