GSA Shifting Tech Group to Focus More on Acquisition
Jun 9, 2017
The General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to reorganize its Technology Transformation Service (TTS) by moving it into the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). TTS was started last year to bring under one umbrella a number of GSA tech development programs such as 18F. “To date, both...
GAO Sustains Protest of HHS Task Order
Jun 9, 2017
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained the protest brought by AdvanceMed Corporation against the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) issuance of a task order to a competitor. GAO agreed with AdvanceMed, which argued HHS failed to “recognize and reasonably assess the...
NSA Contractor Arrested and Charged in Leak
Jun 6, 2017
Federal contractor Reality Winner has made the biggest headlines of the last news cycle after the Department of Justice announced she had been arrested on Saturday, June 3, and charged with “removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet.” The documents...
Cooperative Buying Pays Off for Kansas City
Jun 6, 2017
American City & County looks at how Kansas City, Missouri found success through cooperative procurements. The city’s procurement division has won two Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Awards from the National Procurement Institute, and found that lean staffing and heavy workloads led to...
Health Record Company Pays $155 Million to Settle FCA Suit
Jun 1, 2017
The Department of Justice has announced eClinicalWorks (ECW)—one of the nation’s largest vendors of electronic health records software—will pay $155 million to resolve a False Claims Act suit against the company, which alleged ECW misrepresented its software’s capabilities and provided...
Illinois House Passes Procurement Reforms Package
Jun 1, 2017
The Illinois House passed a senate bill this week that would implement procurement reforms introduced by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The reforms are aimed at streamlining and centralizing procurement in the state. It was also seen as something of a political bellwether, as the two sides continue to not see...
VA Rescinds RFP Day After White House Publishes Budget
Jun 1, 2017
In a sign of the impact the administration’s budget may be having on agencies, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) cancelled a request for proposal (RFP) for two digital centers to manage cloud migration five days after it published the solicitation. The centers were to provide cloud migration...
GSA and DHS to Use Alliant for Cybersecurity Program
May 31, 2017
The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security announced they have chosen the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) for its future continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program purchases. GSA and DHS expect to spend around $3 billion through a new...
Defense Contractor Settles Fraud Allegations for Nearly $350 Million
May 31, 2017
Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC, a Kuwaiti company, has agreed to resolve criminal, civil, and administrative cases that alleged Agility overcharged the Department of Defense (DoD) on contracts to supply food to U.S. troops from 2003 to 2010. The company will pay $95 million to resolve civil...
CGI Joins Collective Buying Program
May 31, 2017
The National Association of State Procurement Officials’ (NASPO) ValuePoint cooperative procurement program helps states and local governments leverage their collective buying power to procure goods and services at reduced costs. The latest large company to join the program is CGI, which...
Procura+ Awards 2017: Call For Applications From European Cities
May 30, 2017
The Procura+ Awards, run by ICLEI, showcase the achievements of European cities’ sustainable and innovative procurement projects.They are now open for 2017 applications. There are three award categories: Sustainable Procurement of the Year, Innovation Procurement of the Year and Tender...
Israel Discussing Reciprocal Defence Procurement With Italy
May 30, 2017
Israel is discussing the purchase of new helicopters from Italian firm Leonardo, through Elbit Systems Ltd. the subcontractor on the project. This is on condition of a reciprocal defence procurement between the two governments. Also in the bidding are US company Bell and European company Airbus....
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