Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

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

Data, Data, Data

The current procurement passion for collecting data, in particular prices paid data, raises many policy questions.  Coalition members have, on a number of occasions, indicated that data is not a

Upcoming 2014 Fall Training Conference Agenda!

FAR and Beyond Blog In last week’s article I detailed our upcoming 35th Anniversary Black Tie Gala and Excellence in Partnership Awards (nominations close October 3rd!).  This week I want to

A November to Remember!

Registration is officially open for our exciting two day event on November 5-6, which includes our 2014 Fall Training Conference at the JW Marriott., Excellence in Partnership Awards and 35th

Federal Times Blog on OS3 and Contract Duplication

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 GSA’s recent Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) Office Supply 3 (OS3) and

2nd Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament

Wow, what a day!  Nice weather, beautiful course, exceptional cause, and great camaraderie all accurately sum up Wednesday’s Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial tournament.  It was a very special day in

Transparency and GSA’s OS3 Contract

Last week the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the award of 21 Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) Office Supply 3 (OS3) Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts.  The awards went to 20 small

Federal Times Blog on GSA Proposed Change to Add a Cloud Computing Special Item Number (SIN) on IT Schedule 70

  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 GSA’s current cloud RFI. The Coalition appreciates GSA’s decision to