Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

FAS’s Services Marketplace Initiative and Next Steps for the OASIS Follow-on Procurement

This week, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) posted a blog highlighting the completion of the OASIS on-ramps and announcing a new Federal Marketplace initiative, the Services Marketplace.  The blog outlines three goals

Opportunities for Positive Change in the New Year

Readers of the blog and Friday Flash know that the Coalition recently released its white paper, “Overview of Approaches to Acquisition Management Reform and Digital Transformation.” Recognizing that we face

Section 876 Implementation: Exploring the Possibilities

Blog readers will recall that, over the summer, we highlighted GSA’s issuance of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the implementation of Section 876, “Increasing Competition At The Task Order,”

Thank You for Making Our Fall Training Conference a Success!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Coalition’s very first virtual Fall Training Conference: Focusing on the Business of Government.  Certainly, we would have preferred to see everyone in person, but we were

Remembering a Harlem Hellfighter on Veterans Day

Remembering a Harlem Hellfighter on Veterans Day   This week, with the celebration of Veterans Day, our nation again honored those selfless souls that stood in harm’s way to defend

The Election Explained

In less than two weeks, Coalition members will be treated to a post-election breakdown at the Coalition’s 2020 Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government. This virtual event takes place on November

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy Confirmed for Fall Training Conference

There are less than three weeks until the Coalition’s 2020 Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government. This virtual training event will take place on November 17 – 18, and it is a

25 Days Until our Fall Training Conference!

We have less than a month to go until the Coalition’s 2020 Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government. This virtual training event will take place on November 17 – 18, and it

Schedules Consolidation – An Integrated Commercial Services Marketplace!

GSA’s Schedules Consolidation initiative continues apace, with the agency and its contractors implementing Phase 3, the consolidation of multiple schedule contracts into a single contract for those impacted contractors. Phase

2020 All Member Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government

Temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing colors, and registration is officially open for The Coalition’s 2020 All Member Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government.  This virtual training event will take