On March 12 at 10:00 AM (ET), the General/Office Products Committee will be hosting a members-only meeting focused on the AbilityOne program.

Building effective proposals is a core capability of successful government contractors and a key element of an effective proposal is its compliance with regulatory requirements. When submitting a bid on a government contract, the contents of a proposal contain a contractor’s offer to perform work at a stated cost or price. The Government is increasingly

On March 20 at 2:00 PM (ET), the Green Committee will host Boris Arratia, the Designated Federal Officer for the GAP FAC for a members-only meeting. The GAP FAC, which standards for General Services Administration Acquisition Policy Federal Advisory Committee, is a Federal advisory committee made up of experts in the Federal Government, industry, and academia. It supports GSA

On March 21 at 2:00 pm ET, the Furniture Committee will hold its first meeting of the year on MAS contracting! We will hear from Shaun Kelly, Branch Chief of the MAS Office Management Branch and Holly Caputo, Section Chief of the MAS Furniture and Furnishings Team. Holly and Shaun will review GSA's priorities in the furniture

On April 10 at 10:00 AM (ET), the Coalition’s IT/Services Committee will be hosting a members-only meeting with Tiffany Hixson, GSA FAS Assistant Commissioner at the Office of Professional Services Human Capital.

On April 16 at 2:00 PM ET, the BRIC Committee will be holding a virtual committee meeting with John Tenaglia, Principal Director of the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting. To register for the meeting, click here. This meeting will provide an opportunity for Coalition members to speak directly with Director Tenaglia on key matters

The Coalition is pleased to host a webinar on April 24 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM (ET) with guest presenters Jacelyn Ferriell, Senior Manager, Government Contracting, Aprio and David S. Black, Co-Chair, National Government Contracts Team, Holland & Knight LLP on Joint Ventures on the GSA Schedule: Understanding Unique Challenges and Risks.  Joint ventures are

The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to announce that registration is officially OPEN for our 2024 Spring Training Conference – What is Fair and Reasonable, Part 2: Let’s Continue the Dialogue! This two day event will once again take place at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA on May 8-9, and will serve as a continuation of

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and qui tam whistleblowers continue to actively pursue enforcement actions against government contractors under the civil False Claims Act (FCA), presenting heightened risks to contractors subject to an increasingly complex array of compliance obligations in fast-changing areas such as cybersecurity.  In this program, Perkins Coie Partners Alexander Canizares and Barak Cohen will provide an overview

Next month, the IT/Services Committee will be hosting speakers from The Gormley Group to provide an update on the latest trends in Federal contracting. Sonia Pesantes, Managing Principal Consultant, and Sean Nulty, Principal Consultant, will present insights from their experiences with the IT center at GSA with a focus on fair and reasonable pricing negotiations.

On June 24, the Coalition’s General/Office Products Committee will meet with Peter Han, Branch Chief, Catalog Management Office at GSA. Mr. Han will provide an update on the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) Rollout.

On May 7, GSA’s IT Vendor Management Office released an RFI as part of an assessment of the challenges Original Equipment Manufacturers, Value Added Resellers (VARs), and Federal Agencies face in using small business VARs and the development of recommendations on how to increase the number and utilization of small business VARs in the Federal IT marketplace.