Comment of the Week As you know, putting “commercial” back into commercial item contracting is one of the Coalition members’ top priorities. Over the last decade the procurement community has seen a significant growth in the imposition of government unique requirements on the procurement of commercial services and products. This retreat from commercial item contracting
Comment of the Week On October 19th the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its decision denying the protest of Herman Miller against the Air Force’s solicitation for commercial office furniture. Unfortunately, the GAO failed to clearly address the solicitation’s consistency with commercial practice as required by FAR Part 12 and essentially punted on significant issues
Comment of the Week The Coalition for Government Procurement (the Coalition) would like to thank our 2012 Fall Training Conference speakers for “continuing the dialogue” regarding government-wide contracting, GSA schedules and upcoming procurement initiatives. The Fall Training Conference reflected the best in “Myth-Busting” with government and industry engaging in thoughtful conversations addressing key procurement policies,
Comment of the Week This week’s comment will occur at the Coalition’s 2012 Fall Training Conference! The session is entitled, From Strategic Sourcing to Strategic Acquisition: Delivering a Cost Effective Acquisition System for Government, Industry and the Taxpayer, and will take place on October 24, the first day of our conference at 3:15 pm. The
Comment of the Week The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to announce the 2012 Acquisition Excellence Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Daniel I. Gordon, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies at The George Washington University Law School. Dan’s procurement career symbolizes the very best in public service for the common good. As you all know,
Comment of the Week: Urban Myths Regarding Small Business This week’s comment continues the series on “Urban Myths” associated with the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. There is some belief that the best way to help small business on the GSA schedules is to apply small business set-aside rules to the program.
Comment of the Week: Urban Myths regarding GSA’s MAS Program – Part 2 This week’s Comment shines the light on another “Urban Myth” regarding the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. Contrary to the misperceptions of some in the procurement community, the MAS program includes effective mechanisms and ordering procedures for leveraging
Comment of the Week This week marks the beginning of a new series of “Comments” highlighting and debunking “Urban Myths” regarding GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. Through the Coalition’s “Myth-Busters” conversations with acquisition leadership across the federal government, it has become clear that there are certain “Urban Myths” regarding the MAS program. That’s why
Comment of the Week This week’s “Comment” was to begin a series on “urban myths” regarding GSA’s multiple award schedule program. Instead, this week’s “Comment” focuses on the ongoing reforms of GSA’s operations. On Wednesday, Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini testified before the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on “Moving from Scandal to Strategy.”
Comment of the Week Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. Labor Day marks the end of summer, the beginning of school (at least in Virginia) as well as the final countdown to the end of the fiscal year. This means one thing for all of us. Things are going