Alliant 2 RFI
On July 14th GSA issued an Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback on a revised list of Leading Edge Technologies (LETS) for the Alliant 2 Unrestricted and Small Business Set-Aside
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Golf, Excellence in Partnership Awards, and Fall Training Conference
Golf, Excellence in Partnership Awards, and Fall Training Conference The heat and humidity are here, but the good news is that also means we are gearing up for our 3rd
Launch of the New Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee!
Last week the Coalition hosted a Regulatory Compliance Training Forum, Labor Contract Compliances: The world according the Department of Labor. The training event covered the Service Contract Act, the Davis
Is “Innovation” the answer?
Today, one of the top procurement “buzz words” has to be “innovation.” It seems that every day departments and agencies across the federal government are seeking “innovation” in one form
Industry Day with the VA NAC
Before the July 4th holiday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Acquisition Center (NAC) held its VA NAC Industry Days conference in Chicago. It was a great opportunity for
Happy 4th of July!
Members, This week the FAR & Beyond Blog and the Friday Flash are dedicated to the Fourth of July. The blog highlights excerpts from a speech given by President Kennedy
Carolyn Alston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, to Retire.
It is with a sense of both honor and sadness the Coalition announces that Carolyn Alston, our Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will be retiring in July. We are
Federal Acquisition Service’s Competitive Pricing Initiative
The Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) Competitive Pricing Initiative (CPI) is intended to address price variability for identical items under competing Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts. An unintended, positive consequence of
New Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee
On July 16th at the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce offices in Tysons, the Coalition will be launching a new Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee (the PRCO). Pricing and audit
The New Fair Pay Rules: Increasing procurement complexity, burdens and costs for government and industry
On May 28th, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the proposed guidance implementing Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (the E O). On the same day, the FAR