Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

One more time:  Cloud Services and the Price Reduction Clause (PRC)

As GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) continues to explore creating a separate “cloud” special item number (SIN) on its IT Schedule 70 contracts, it has issued a working draft cloud

An Opportunity: OFPP Memo, Transforming the Marketplace

On December 4, 2014, Anne Rung, Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Federal Procurement  Policy (OFPP) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum for all

Federal Times Blog on Driving the federal government towards a Low Price Regardless (LPR) contracting model

  For this week’s comment I wanted to share with you a blog post first published on the Federal Times’ Acquisition Blog (www.federaltimes.com). The post highlights the government’s challenge to employ sound data management policies specifically,

Opportunities for Excellence in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule Program 

Two key events this week represent opportunities for improving the GSA Schedules program that are not being leveraged. First, today, November 21, 2014, is the due date for comments on

Thank you to all our members for your support of the 35th Anniversary Celebration/EIP Honors and Fall 2014 Training Conference!

  Thank you to all our members for your support of the 35th Anniversary Celebration/EIP Honors and Fall 2014 Training Conference!  The 35th Anniversary Celebration and Excellence in Partnership Honors

Our 35th Anniversary and Commitment to Veterans & Federal Acquisition

As you know, in honor of our 35th Anniversary, the Coalition for Government Procurement (the Coalition) has established an endowed scholarship fund  that will benefit veterans wishing to pursue a

35th Anniversary Celebration, Excellence in Partnership Honors and the 2014 Fall Conference Approaching!

On behalf of the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Board of Directors and Board of Advisors we are truly excited to be hosting our 35th Anniversary Celebration, Excellence in Partnership Honors

Announcing the 2014 Lifetime Acquisition Excellence Honorees

We are now approximately two and a half weeks away from the Coalition’s 35th Anniversary Celebration, Excellence in Partnership Honors and the 2014 Fall Conference.  On November 5th and 6th

Celebrating 35 Years, Excellence in Partnership, and our Veterans

FAR and Beyond Blog  It is an exciting time for the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement! As you know, on the evening of November 5th the Coalition will

Happy Federal Fiscal New Year!

Happy Federal Fiscal New Year!  The Coalition wishes everyone in the procurement community a Successful Fiscal Year (FY) 2015!  Success for all is ultimately measured as to whether the procurement