Federal agencies don’t always want the top-of-the-line solution. With budgets tight and funding uncertain, “state of the market” responses may drive more business than “state of the art”. At least one GSA official confirmed this basic mind set at the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Fall Conference. Federal agencies are trying to get fund multiple priority projects with limited funds. As a result, more than Read more
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Although Blanket Purchase Agreements are alive and well on the GSA Schedules program, other GWAC and MAC vehicles do not have similar capabilities. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently made that clear in sustaining a protest filed by Harris Corp over FBI plans to restrict competition and set up a BPA-like construct using DHS’s Tacom IDIQ. GAO stated that the FBI’s plans violated the “Fair Read more
A lot of digital ink, including some in this space, is dedicated to ensuring that government contractors have the right contracts. That’s true, especially in IT where standing contracts account for at least half of federal business. No matter how many contracts your firm holds, though, you have to have the right people to pursue business and ensure proper management of those contracts. Few of us would use a Read more
We thought the answers to what a company has to disclose in terms of commercial sales when obtaining a GSA Schedule contract, modification, or extension were well understood. Judging by recent questions, however, perhaps we should not have so assumed. To be clear, when submitting a new offer or extension package to GSA, ALL commercial sales practices need to be disclosed. That means “All”. Read more