The Coalition for Government Procurement is the most effective voice for commercial companies selling in the Federal market.

On July 22, the Coalition submitted comments in response to DoD’s Request for Information (RFI) Defense Industrial Base Adoption of Artificial Intelligence for Defense Applications; Notice of Availability. The Coalition comments emphasized reducing regulatory burden, the need for DoD to provide unclassified representative datasets for testing, and for the DoD to consider a two-stage development process for AI.

The Coalition is excited to introduce a new resource for our healthcare members, called Coalition Consults. The first set of Consults address key contracting programs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical/surgical supply and medical device companies.

On June 17, the Coalition submitted comments in response to GSA’s Request for Information (RFI) regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Federal procurement. The purpose of GSA’s RFI was to gather information about whether to pursue a rulemaking to either restrict or eliminate PFAS under GSA contracts “while minimizing any unnecessary burdens on our industry and logistics partners.”

The Coalition would like to present our Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Market Report. The report provides insights into the Federal market, including sales data on the GSA and VA Schedules, governmentwide contract vehicles, Federal healthcare contracts, and more.

On behalf of members, the Coalition submitted comments on the Draft ASCEND Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Pool 1 Solicitation. The Coalition’s letter, in addition to other points, encourages GSA to rely upon Cloud Service Providers’ (CSPs) industry standard practices and requirements to the greatest extent possible.

On May 20, the Coalition submitted a letter to the FAR Council on FAR Case 2021-017, “Federal Acquisition Regulation: Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing.”

On behalf of members the Coalition submitted comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Information regarding the responsible procurement of AI. The Coalition’s comments emphasized that existing procurement methods can manage the purchase of the emerging technology and that the Federal government should not develop new procurement methodologies for AI.