The Section 846 Draft RFP – Limiting Competition for the $6-30B e-Pilot

FAR & Beyond Blog - The Section 846 Draft RFP – Limiting Competition for the $6-30B e-Pilot

Last week, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for its initial Proof of Concept (POC) to implement Section 846 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).[1] The draft RFP seeks to “pilot” only one of the three e-Commerce portal models GSA devised, omitting from consideration the e-commerce and

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Happy Fourth of July!

This week, in honor of the Fourth of July holiday, I would like to highlight the Declaration of Independence. As many of you know, throughout the 1760s and 1770s, tensions between the North American Colonies and the British Empire were on the rise, as colonists took exception to many imperial policies, such as taxation and

FAR & Beyond Blog - The PRC – Opportunity Continues to Knock

On May 28, the General Services Administration (GSA) published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input from industry regarding the extension of General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clauses 552.216-75, “Transactional Data Reporting,” and 552.238-80, “Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting, Alternate I.” Readers will recall that GSA already is engaged in an ongoing Federal Marketplace Initiative,

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 06.21.19

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FAR & Beyond Blog - See You at Whiskey Creek on August 21st

In January of 2013, Joseph P. Caggiano passed away suddenly at the young age of 48. For the Coalition family, Joe was far more than just a Board Member. He was a caring husband, loving father, and a dear friend to all that knew him. Over the course of his 25-year career in the government

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Section 846 Implementation – Seizing the Opportunity

With the Office of Management and Budget’s/General Services Administration’s (OMB/GSA) release of the Phase II Report, it is apparent that, although stakeholders share the goal of leveraging commercial practices to the maximum extent practicable, they disagree how that goal can be met and what policy priorities should be respected. To help find common ground here, this

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