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Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Apr 19, 2019
Judge lifts stay in JEDI protest, says award won’t come before July 19 and improving federal solicitations’ ‘scary low’ Section 508 accessibility compliance. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April 19, 2019.
New Proposed Schedule Forbids DOD from Awarding JEDI...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Apr 12, 2019
AWS and Microsoft left to compete for $10B JEDI contract, CBP decided to end its $297 million contract with Accenture, and HHS will launch an IT workforce acquisition pilot with USDS. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April 12, 2019.
Amazon, Microsoft Emerge as Final...
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Applications in Government
Apr 8, 2019
Government contractors have a new means to provide their services
The way forward for most occupations and services is through increased automation and digitization. Jobs are increasingly relying on computers and other digital technology to increase productivity and decrease costs. This is seen...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Apr 5, 2019
GSA’s IT Schedule 70 opens SINs for Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services, FBI delays $5B Justice IT services recompete, and GSA’s innovation investment arm plans to award a single-vendor BPA for agile development services. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for April...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 29, 2019
GSA picks Ernst and Young to phase out the DUNS number, DHS is funding a new immersive cyber-training platform, and a new program is looking to test, fund and build federal employees’ ideas for using tech to improve their agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for...
How Agile Procurement is Here to Change the Face of Government Contracting
Mar 29, 2019
How Agile project management practices can save the government contracting industry by allowing agencies to stay ahead of their problems
We can feel it every time we respond to a 200 page RFP or insist contracts can accommodate every possible future scenario. Public procurement has gone stale. The...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 22, 2019
DHS demonstrates how agencies can address fear of failure and enhance innovation efforts with cultural support, CenturyLink authorized to begin selling on GSA’s EIS contract, and GSA issues RFQ for new CoE acquisition model. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 22,...
Relative Pricing of Commercial Items: GSA Advantage Pricing vs. State, Local and Educational Institutions
Mar 19, 2019
By Daria Mathew, VP of XSB
Federal, State, Local, and Educational (SLED) institutions buy tens of billions of catalog-type items (e.g., office supplies, MRO, IT, janitorial and sanitation supplies, electrical parts, medical supplies, emergency supplies, etc.) every year. Public sector buyers...
5 Tips for Better Communication Between Buyers and Suppliers
Mar 19, 2019
A guide to better industry communication to get the most out of your contracting outcomes
It’s a well-known problem in the government contracting industry that the lines of communication between the government agencies and the suppliers bidding for their business don’t always flow freely....
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 15, 2019
GSA is closing in on a plan for e-commerce portal, federal IT leaders discuss progress in speeding up modernizing IT acquisition, and what Trump’s 2020 budget proposal means for civilian agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 15, 2019.
GSA Closes in on...
New Meeting Rules for Effective Meetings Within Your Procurement Organization
Mar 11, 2019
Spoiler alert: it’s all about preparation.
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and will never achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’ – Dave Barry, American Humorist
Meetings: where minutes are kept and hours are lost....
The Best Free Tools to Take the GovCon Market by Storm
Mar 8, 2019
A comprehensive list of free GovCon tools contractors can use to stay up to date, respond to market trends and, snag those contracts.
We all know that the GovCon market has some of the fiercest competition in the US. With over 435,000 registered and active contractors and most competitive bids...
