Friday Flash - Friday Flash 02.16.18
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Other Transaction Authority: A Tool in the Toolbox
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
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 02.09.18
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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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FAR & Beyond Blog - Strategic Principles for the e-Commerce Platform Pilot
Earlier this week, the Coalition’s e-Commerce Working Group submitted written comments in response to the General Services Administration’s (GSA) December 15, 2017 notice, which solicited feedback regarding an e-Commerce pilot required by Section 846 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As discussed in previous blogs[1], the requirements in Section 846
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 01.19.18
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FAR & Beyond Blog - GSA’s Public Meeting on Section 846: An Informative “Beginning of the Beginning”
This week, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) hosted an Industry Day on Section 846 of the 2018 NDAA, “Procurement Through Commercial e-Commerce Portals.” The meeting kicked off the agencies’ implementation planning phase pursuant to that section, and it was very informative, as it provided an opportunity for