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DoD Lowers $950 Million Cloud Services Contract Ceiling to $65 Million
Mar 12, 2018
Amidst criticism from industry, the Department of Defense (DoD) modified a nearly $1 billion agreement it made with Rean Cloud, LLC, an Amazon partner company. The original agreement, signed in February, tasked Rean with enabling multiple agencies within the DoD to procure cloud solutions in a new...
Cities Are Saving Money By Sharing Translations
Mar 12, 2018
When Philadelphia, the nation’s sixth most populous city, saw its translation costs increase 10 percent last year and project another 5-10% more this year, it knew it had a problem on its hands. So they did something about it, and used technology to save time and money by reusing duplicate...
Contractors Say Regulations Shouldn’t Outlive Their Purpose
Mar 12, 2018
The Section 809 Panel chartered by Congress asked contractors and contracting officers what bothered them the most about long-lasting regulations, especially as they try to streamline the acquisition process. Mike Madsen, executive director of the Section 809 panel, joined Federal Drive with Tom...
Sweden ready to conduct first blockchain transaction
Mar 9, 2018
Two years ago Sweden’s land-ownership authority, the Lantmäteriet, started testing blockchain technology for property sales and is now ready to conduct its first transaction. The organisation is shortlisting volunteers to participate in the buying and selling of property on its own platform....
Manchester Achieves Social Value Procurement Goal
Mar 9, 2018
At a recent Power of Procurement event in Manchester, UK, the Centre for Local Economic Strategies announced its findings that Manchester City Council has increased its spending with local businesses from 50% 10 years ago to 71% today. In 2016-17 the council spent £320m on goods and services...
Leveraging Data to Simplify and Streamline Sustainable Procurement
Mar 9, 2018
The attached case study presents an example of how to simplify and streamline sustainable practices, by leveraging the technology platform Ecomedes. This technology company is dedicated to streamlining sustainable practices through innovation and their platform, the Fulcrum, is a free resource to...
Showcase Your Public Authority’s Procurement Process
Mar 9, 2018
It’s time again for the Procura+ awards which recognise sustainable and innovative public procurements which lead to real improvements in public goods, services, processes and infrastructure. They are co-ordinated by ICLEI, in co-operation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project. Call for...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: March 5–9, 2018
Mar 9, 2018
I am back in Kansas after spending some time in sunny Florida for the APTAC Spring 2018 Training Conference in Jacksonville. Next week, I hit the road again, this time to not-so-sunny (but still awesome) Washington State, where I’ll be giving a session at the 2018 Alliance Northwest Conference...
The State of Sustainability and Bridging the Procurement/Business Collaboration Gap
Mar 8, 2018
We were delighted to come across this article in GeenBiz ‘3 tips to win over the corporate procurement team,’ as it actually lays out why the ‘business’ should liaise more with, and get more out of, procurement for a change, rather than the other way around.
BSR is a global non-profit...
8(a) Program: Participant Terminated for Not Paying Subcontractor
Mar 7, 2018
An 8(a) Program participant was terminated from the 8(a) Program for failing to pay a subcontractor.
According to the SBA, the non-payment reflected poorly on the 8(a) company’s character–and “good character” is a prerequisite for 8(a) Program participation.
The decision of the SBA Office...
Start-Up Solution Helps Suppliers Find and Win Public Contracts
Mar 6, 2018
Newly announced, Tenderlake is a UK start-up of 2016 with a SaaS solution that leverages Artificial Intelligence to help organisations find and win more public tenders. It scouts websites and marketing materials, then finds customers with open opportunities to supply the products and services and...
Section 846: Catalyst for a Government Procurement Transformation?
Mar 6, 2018
Far from the clamor in the press about tax cuts and the Russia investigation, The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2018 was quietly signed into law on December 12 of 2017. Tucked away in its many pages is Section 846, “Procurement Through Commercial E-Commerce Portals.”...
