On August 10, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Report No. GAO-15-590, FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES: More Attention Needed to Competition and Prices. The report examines (1) how and to
In policy pronouncements and public statements over the last year, the Department of Defense (DoD) emphasized, as a strategic imperative, gaining access to, and leveraging, innovative commercial technologies. For
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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