Friday Flash - Friday Flash 6.11.21
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Small Business GWACs: A History of Success in Promoting Governmentwide Opportunities for Small Businesses
FAR & Beyond Blog - Small Business GWACs: A History of Success in Promoting Governmentwide Opportunities for Small Businesses
The Biden Administration’s focus on enhancing opportunities for small businesses provides a timely occasion for federal managers to take stock of current acquisition strategies, processes, and requirements that impact business opportunities in the federal marketplace. This blog focuses on the government’s long-running success in promoting small business opportunities in federal acquisition. Over the years, GSA,
FAR & Beyond Blog - Cyber Executive Order: We’re All in This Together
In recent days, it has become apparent that our nation is under silent attack. Whether it be a fuel pipeline, a food processor, a ferry in New England, or a city transit system, it is clear that the United States’ adversaries are stepping up their efforts to exploit weaknesses in our IT infrastructure for nefarious
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 06.04.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - FSS BPAs: Back to the Future or “Déjà vu All Over Again!”
On May 13th, GSA issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on a “governmentwide cloud acquisition strategy and Blanket Purchase Agreement.” The RFI details the acquisition strategy to deliver a multiple award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for commercial Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS). The RFI raises a number of questions. First,
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 05.28.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - Thank you for a Spectacular Spring Training Conference!
The Coalition would like to thank everyone who attended our virtual Spring Training Conference – The Biden Administration’s Priorities and the Role of Acquisition. Your participation helped make the Spring Conference a successful opportunity for the entire contracting stakeholder community to engage in dialogue about critically important procurement-related developments. We would like to recognize our keynote
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 05.21.21
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Friday Flash - Friday Flash 05.14.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - PART 3: OASIS Is Built to Last
Four weeks ago, this blog focused on how the proposed BIC MAC program essentially duplicates the MAS program. Two weeks ago, Part 2 of this blog series focused on adding cost reimbursement capability for the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. This week, in Part 3 of this series, we examine the unprecedented success of OASIS