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Public Procurement News Round-up | 3/8/2017
Mar 9, 2017
DoD Hits on Contracting Innovation
Jason Miller of Federal News Radio reports that a procurement innovation that got its start at the Pentagon may be slowly moving out to civilian government agencies. Since 2012, for all procurements over $1 billion, the Department of Defense (DoD) has held a...
Market Intelligence Report for 2017: Government Purchasing Trends
Mar 9, 2017
Washington Technology has come out with a very interesting survey canvassing federal buyers, in their latest Insider Report: 2017 Trends in Government Purchasing (subscription required).According to the report:…Our annual report explores the many facets of the government procurement cycle...
The Key to Sustainable Public Procurement: Lessons from London
Mar 9, 2017
At the recent Leicester Law School Sustainable Public Procurement event, one of the stand-out sessions was presented by Natalie Evans, Responsible Procurement Manager for the City of London Corporation, the government body that runs services in the centre of the capital. She is one of only two...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 3/7/2017
Mar 8, 2017
RFP for Border Wall Coming Soon
Bloomberg Government reports that the request for proposal (RFP) to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall on the Mexico border is likely to be published tomorrow or soon after. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will issue the RFP,...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/7/2017
Mar 8, 2017
RFP for Border Wall Coming Soon
Bloomberg Government reports that the request for proposal (RFP) to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall on the Mexico border is likely to be published tomorrow or soon after. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will issue the RFP,...
Expanding Opportunities for Mid-Tier Contractors
Mar 8, 2017
In this webinar, BGOV Senior Data Analyst Paul Murphy and Director of Mid-Tier Advocacy Tonya Saunders explored the achievements and perils of federal vendors that no longer qualify for small business preferences but that lack the deep pockets enabling large firms to take on big, complex projects....
Leveraging CMMI for Federal Software Sales
Mar 8, 2017
Are you interested in selling software to the federal government? If so, then you need to start developing a strategy to obtain a Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) rating.
First, what is CMMI?
CMMI is a process-level improvement training and appraisal program, which is administered...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 3/6/2017
Mar 7, 2017
New Bill Promises Businesses “Freedom” from Competition with Government
A new bill introduced in both chambers of Congress, The Freedom from Government Competition Act, would require federal agencies “to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily...
Can Inspectors General and Agencies Agree to a Code of Conduct?
Mar 7, 2017
The behavior of IGs is a hot button for many feds. When I published a blog post last week, called The empire strikes back, occasioned by IG reports on 18F, it provoked a fair bit of reaction. For two days it was the most-viewed article on the FCW.com website, and I received a number of emails,...
Category Management Basics: How to Attract Top-Quality Suppliers and Ensure They Deliver
Mar 7, 2017
Supplier relationship management (SRM) goes well beyond the requirements of simply meeting the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and how traditional contracts are managed. It requires extensive knowledge and analysis of markets and suppliers to improve sourcing. As a result, more precise contracts...
Three-Phase Debriefing Approach: What is Not Measured Cannot Improve
Mar 7, 2017
Losing a federal procurement opportunity can be a difficult time for government contractors. Nonetheless, if the procurement effort is conducted under FAR Part 15 or for qualifying task and delivery orders, the agency is required to provide contractors with a debriefing. [1] Debriefings...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 3/6/2017
Mar 7, 2017
New Bill Promises Businesses “Freedom” from Competition with Government
A new bill introduced in both chambers of Congress, The Freedom from Government Competition Act, would require federal agencies “to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily...
