Acquisition
D.C. region OKs buying deal
With a new joint electronic purchasing system in place, 17 governments in metropolitan Washington should be able to save time and money
People
Air Force rivals to join on e-buying
ACCWay and CIT-PAD hope to integrate their unique capabilities and add an equipment-tracking system to the Air Force portal.
Acquisition
Congress may renew contract bundling fight
Advocates say bundling saves agencies time and money; opponents believe it cuts small businesses out of procurement opportunities
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
The big push for Mr. Bush
The General Services Administration must buy, borrow or lease thousands of items -- and quickly -- for the upcoming presidential inauguration
Acquisition
Make vendors accountable
For most of the 1990s, the Clinton administration tried to clean up government procurement. Now it's the private sector's turn.
Acquisition
A setup for savings
Michigan designs a program to gauge whether e-procurement can save money
Acquisition
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The Air Force has awarded a $600 million contract to five companies for desktop computers, laptops and servers.
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
Book-buying made easy for feds
Fatbrain.com, an online seller of professional and technical books, has been added to the GSA schedule
Acquisition
'Blacklisting' rule revoked
Rule would have allowed contracting officers to exclude vendors that did not meet certain ethical standards
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
GSA adds BorderWare, Alacritech
BorderWare Technologies and Alacritech earn places on the GSA schedule
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
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
Acquisition
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
People
PricewaterhouseCoopers snares Army e-learn contract
An industry team led by PricewaterhouseCoopers captured a $453 million Army contract for a huge distancelearning portal
Modernization
Sprint adds PCS to GSA sked
Sprint has added PCS handsets to its list of telecommunications offerings available through Sprint's GSA schedule contract
People