1. Comment of the Week This week’s final April Comment addresses the last and most important of the four fundamentals underpinning an efficient and effective procurement system, sound requirements development. Sound requirements development is vital to delivering best value outcomes for government and the taxpayer. Sound requirements development increases competition and creates the framework for
1. Comment of the Week This month the Comment is focusing on four key fundamentals for efficient and effective procurement. This week’s fundamental is “Contract structures that increase efficiency, competition and access to the commercial marketplace.” In particular, the Coalition continues to highlight this fundamental with regard to the $50 billion Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)
1. Comment of the Week Thank you to Coalition Chairman Bill Gormley for adding his timely and insightful thoughts to last week’s Comment of the Week. April’s Comment of the Week is dedicated to the fundamental “blocking and tackling” of our procurement system. Given recent events, this week I am going to focus on the
1. Comment of the Week With contributions from Bill Gormley, Chairman of the Coalition Roger Waldron is out this week. When I read his prepared Comment of the Week it actually was spot on in regards to addressing the important role that procurement plays in carrying out the mission of our Government. This became very
1. Comment of the Week Tomorrow brings us to the Final Four and I still have a chance to win my office pool (I have Kentucky and Ohio State playing in the final Monday night). More importantly, from our perspective, it marks the end of the Coalition’s first business quarter and the beginning of the
1. Comment of the Week Wednesday was a special day for The Coalition for Government Procurement and for the procurement community at large. We honored two outstanding leaders in federal acquisition with our highest honor. Over the 33 year history of The Coalition for Government Procurement, the Common Sense in Government Procurement Award has been
1. Comment of the Week A previous comment, “Putting Commercial Back in Commercial Item Contracting,” lead to an interview Monday afternoon with host Francis Rose on Federal News Radio’s “In-Depth.” During the course of the interview Francis asked if I had seen changes in behavior as a result of the Administration’s “Myth-Busters” campaign. I responded
Message from the President This week marks a major milestone for The Coalition for Government Procurement as we launch our new and improved Friday Flash. We hope you like (love) the new look and feel. Over the last year we have consistently worked to improve the content of the Flash—and now we have tackled its