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 Bacon Act, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plans and the latest information regarding the proposed Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order and implementing
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 or another. We have seen the Department of Health and Human Services establish a new Buyer’s Club to promote innovative procurement practices, and along these
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 Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contractors that hold pharmaceutical and medical product and service contracts to hear from VA acquisition leaders about their current priorities and
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 at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1962. We hope everyone has a wonderful July 4th weekend! It is a high honor for any citizen of our
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 very excited and happy for Carolyn as she begins a new adventure in her life! At the same time, we will miss her professionalism, commitment
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 this effort has been to highlight questions and concerns regarding the impacts of unauthorized resellers in the MAS program. Under CPI FAS is collecting pricing
On July 16th at the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce offices in Tysons, the Coalition will be launching a new Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee (the PRCO). Pricing and audit issues are often discussed in the existing committees typically with a focus on existing policies and proposed changes. For example, we have discussed reform of
On May 28th, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the proposed guidance implementing Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (the E O). On the same day, the FAR Council issued a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to include new clauses and directives implementing the EO. Notwithstanding the laudable
Get out your golf clubs and start practicing – we are pleased to officially announce that the Coalition’s 3rd Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on August 26th at the beautiful Whiskey Creek Golf Club in Ijamsville, MD. As many of you are aware, this charity tournament is to honor our
Memorial Day was originally referred to as Decoration Day and honored those who fell fighting to preserve our Union during the Civil War. The first official recognition of Memorial Day was on May 5, 1868 when General John Logan, Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic issued General Order No. 11. The order designated