Growth of OTAs, corresponding myths gave DoD plenty of reason to update its guide
Part of that sigh of relief that you may have heard coming from the Pentagon when Congress passed the 2024 defense authorization bill was for no major new…
GSA’s Polaris contract pulled back into protest vortex
GSA’s Polaris contract has been pulled back into the protest vortex. The General Services Administration’s small business governmentwide acquisition contract, known as Polaris, faces a new complaint. VCH…
Contractors can be forgiven if they’re grumpy this month
As another continuing resolution looms, agencies are in limbo as they consider starting new projects. Then you have some unfortunate protest rulings. No wonder federal contractors are nervous…
Procurement trends at the VA
Greg Giddens, co-founder and partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting, joins Off the Shelf for a discussion of the key procurement trends at the Department of Veterans Affairs (the…
What sections 9 and 10 of the executive order on AI mean for government contractors
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. While the EO contains many mandates that…
Another possible challenge for DoD’s $18B moving contract: No movers
For the moment, the Pentagon’s transition to a new multibillion dollar contract for household goods moves is being held up by IT integration issues between Defense Department systems…
What Will Employees Think Is Most Important in 2024?
Experts offer workplace predictions for the upcoming year. The post What Will Employees Think Is Most Important in 2024? appeared first on Training.
Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface
Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts…
What is fair and reasonable: GSA’s proposed economic price adjustment clause
On November 16, 2023, the General Services Administration issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. The…
Pentagon plan calls for ‘generational’ changes to defense industrial base
The Pentagon on Thursday released a much-anticipated strategy to start remedying what officials say are serious shortfalls in the industrial base needed for national defense — so serious,…