While we usually reserve this space to promote the myriad and well-known capabilities of Allen Federal, today we give a shout out to the General Services Administration. The agency has made significant improvements in customer and contractor training and is always responsive when industry has questions. Like most large organizations, there always things to work on, but, overall, we find GSA officials to be easy to work with and always professional. We work with many agencies, some of which also do a nice job in this regard, but GSA’s work is deserving of special recognition. Industry does see the improvements and appreciates the agency’s efforts
A “slow/micromanaged Cold War resource system,” is “the number one obstacle to us competing” according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Major General Cameron Holt. In remarks made recently before the Government Contracting Pricing Summit and reported in the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Friday Flash, Holt goes on Read more
Contractors with long memories may recall several past attempts to prohibit the government from doing business with companies either accused or adjudged of having committed labor, environmental, or other offenses, often not related to their performance on a government Read more
Contractors absolutely must know the environment in which they operate. On the business side, this means knowing about acquisition cycle times, relationships, available budgets and other items that, successfully navigated, can make companies money. On the compliance side this means understanding who may try to take some of that money away and how they Read more
Waiting for CMMC implementation to secure your network? The Department of Defense recently reminded its contracting officers, and by extension contractors, that there are already requirements in place mandating secure standards for covered contractor information systems. The memo was meant as a “reminder” to contracting officers, meaning that contractors can expect to see increased oversight in this area very soon. One existing clause, Read more