Coalition Testimony on Modernizing the VA Supply Chain

FAR & Beyond Blog - Coalition Testimony on Modernizing the VA Supply Chain

The Coalition was invited to testify before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations this week with leadership from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The subject of the hearing was Modernizing the VA’s Medical Supply Chain: Lessons from the Pandemic. The following is the oral statement

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.18.20

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Section 876 – GSA Takes Welcome Steps Towards Innovation

This August, GSA took two significant, interconnected steps towards increasing competition and access to the commercial market through its government-wide contract vehicles. First, as noted in our August 28 blog, GSA issued an “Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (ANPR) regarding the implementation of Section 876, which authorizes civilian agencies to award multiple award contracts for services acquired

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.11.20

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FAR & Beyond Blog - A Thought for Labor Day

The labor movement in the U.S. is filled with figures of great consequence to the history of the U.S. One such individual was George Meany, who unified labor in the mid-twentieth century and, in so doing, created the largest amalgamation of union workers at the time, the AFL-CIO. Born at the end of the 19th

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.04.20

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Mark Your Calendars: A Busy Month of Training in September

While the summer days are starting to be numbered, at the Coalition we are not letting off the gas pedal in terms of bringing you the most up to date and relevant contracting and market information for your Federal business. We will continue with our Lunch and Learn webinars well into Fall and have several exciting topics

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 08.28.20

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FAR & Beyond Blog - The Next Steps in Schedules Consolidation– Towards Frictionless, Best Value Acquisition

This month marked a major milestone for the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program as GSA and FSS contractors entered the third and final phase of Schedules Consolidation. Phase 1 saw the creation of a single schedule solicitation; reconciliation of clauses, terms and conditions; the reduction/elimination of duplicative Special Item Numbers; the issuance of the new,

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 08.21.20

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