Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

GSA Schedules Modernization and the Professional Services Schedule Consolidation InitiativePresi

As you know, GSA is undertaking an initiative to modernize the GSA Schedules Program.  GSA has contracted with the Mitre Corporation to conduct a “white space” study of the GSA

An Important Event on Veterans Hiring: A Training Program for Employers

As you know, the Coalition for Government (the Coalition) is committed to supporting Veterans transitioning to the civilian workforce.  Over the last four years our charity golf tournament, the Joseph

The GSA Schedules Program, the Keystone to Agile Acquisition  

On January 7th, GSA’s 18F organization issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information about the agile delivery capabilities of vendors under the GSA IT Schedule 70 SIN 132-51.  According

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