2018 – A Busy Year for Federal Procurement

FAR & Beyond Blog - 2018 – A Busy Year for Federal Procurement

We are just starting the third month of calendar year 2018 and the sixth month of fiscal year 2018, and, no matter which calendar you are following, this year is shaping up to be a significant one for Federal procurement! Since October, we saw several important milestones, including the confirmation of Emily Murphy as the

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Other Transaction Authority: A Tool in the Toolbox

Last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a five-year, $950 million award to REAN Cloud to provide cloud adoption services to DoD agencies. DoD utilized its Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for the $950 million award as a follow-on to what was originally an OTA award to REAN for migration services valued at approximately $6

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Contract Duplication - Duplicating Efforts To Avoid Duplication

Within the past year, there have been several initiatives undertaken across the government space focused on moving the Federal procurement process onto commercial e-Commerce portals. Last March, the FAR & Beyond blog examined a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Amazon Business to establish a centralized business

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 02.02.18

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Urban Myths: Are GSA’s Prices Fair and Reasonable?

Over the years, some have questioned whether GSA Schedule prices are fair and reasonable, and such concerns have led to GSA launching efforts, such as Transactional Data Reporting and horizontal pricing analysis, to demonstrate that it is dedicated to offering its customers “competitive” (however defined) prices.  Now comes an MBA Professional Report published by the

Friday Flash - Friday Flash 01.26.18

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