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Second round for Commits
The Commerce Department late last week identified 30 vendors that it plans to award pieces of its estimated $1.5 billion governmentwide information technology services contract.
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Feds buy in to reverse auctions
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other agencies have thrown their weight behind online reverse auctions as a way to purchase goods and services in government, and save some money in the process.
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Commits winners
The Commerce Department identified 30 vendors that it plans to award a piece of its estimated $1.5 billion Commerce Information Technology Solutions program (Commits)
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DLA taps Andersen for modernization
Defense Logistics Agency tapped Andersen Consulting to provide up to $389 million in systems integration services
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Air Force finds savings via auction
In its first test of online auctions, the Air Force saved about 27 percent off the price of computer equipment
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Nipping at FTS' heels
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, which brokered the lowest government longdistance phone rates ever as part of its FTS 2001 program, may have more competition in telecommunications from within the federal family.
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Online bidding running in Missouri
Vendors wanting to bid on Missouri state contracts can now do so online.
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Federal Supply Service chief retiring
Frank Pugliese, FSS commissioner, announced his retirement to the private sector after 28 years with GSA
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IRS renews Unisys pact
Unisys Corp. has received a $100 million contract renewal from the Internal Revenue Service to streamline IT services under TIPSS2
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Census contract keeps numbers crunching
The U.S. Census Bureau has renewed a multimilliondollar contract with SAS Institute Inc. for software and services
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Companies streamline Buyers.gov
Frictionless Commerce Inc. and CyberSystem Technologies Inc. will power the 'Quick Quote' section of Buyers.gov, providing buyers with advanced decision support and the backend integration to manage the entire purchasing process
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Reverse auctions move forward
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other agencies have thrown their weight behind the use of online reverse auctions to purchase goods and services in government
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E-procurement hub serves gov buyers
PartnershipAmerica.com was launched today as a new online marketplace connecting government IT buyers on the federal, state and local levels with solutions providers in the private sector.
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Education to 'share'
The Education Department's groundbreaking shareinsavings contract announced last week may encourage other agencies to embrace the concept, but they will have to overcome cultural barriers first.
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SEWP buying site put on back burner
Instead of trying to fit a square block into a round hole, NASA is taking a step back from its plan to build a World Wide Webbased ordering site in order to study the best model for its customers
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Ask the right questions
With the flurry of seat management articles lately, I can't help but wonder if the federal information technology community will ever 'get it' when it comes to how best to use this powerful resource.
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Chase for NIH billions is on
The National Institutes of Health formally opened bidding this week for two major contracts with values totaling billions of dollars over a decade
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Education signs incentive-based contract
The Education Department signed the federal government's first shareinsavings IT contract in a deal to modernize student loan systems
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What's up with Seat?
When the General Services Administration awarded the first desktop outsourcing contract two years ago this month, many agencies met the deal with skepticism and even downright disdain.
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