Friday Flash - Friday Flash 02/09/2024
DHS Accepting Proposals for Professional Services Vehicle, Congressmen Introduce Bill to Measure AI’s Environmental Footprint, and More
Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule
FAR & Beyond Blog - Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the codification of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program in the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) (it’s a ruby anniversary in case you were wondering). The MAS is the Federal Government’s primary contract vehicle to acquire commercial products and services, with streamlined ordering procedures saving
FAR & Beyond Blog - OMB Memo on Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts
On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs). The rule of two provides that if the contracting officer reasonably believes that two or more small
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 02/02/2024
OMB to Increase Small Business Participation in Multiple-Award Contracts, GSA Announces Rollout of FAS Catalog Platform, and More
Off The Shelf - 2024 Interviews
Off the Shelf interviews from 2024
CGP In The News - 2024 News
The Coalition’s thought leadership, comments, and publications have been featured in several media outlets, including Federal News Network, Federal Computer Week, Fedscoop, Bloomberg Government, and more. View the 2024 articles here.
Tuesday Tracker - Tuesday Tracker 01/23/2024
Tuesday Tracker newsletter from January 23, 2024
FAR & Beyond Blog - Protecting the Supply Chain and National Security
For decades, we have recognized the national security implications of our reliance on overseas raw materials and supplies. These implications have prompted a growing recognition that our nation needs a strong industrial base. The pandemic and its aftermath only further exposed the fragility of our supply chains in all parts of the economy. Two prominent
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 01/26/2024
White House Planning Executive Order to Protect Personal Data, CIO-SP4 Protests, and More
FAR & Beyond Blog - What is Fair and Reasonable: How Many Clauses Are Enough for a Commercial Item Contract?
On November 17, 2023, DoD issued for public comment Proposed Rule, DFARS Case 2018-D074, Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (the “Proposed Rule”). The proposed rule seeks to implement paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 849 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY)