Introduction In November 2023, the White House announced its governmentwide Better Contracting Initiative (BCI) to ensure the federal government is getting better terms and prices when purchasing goods and services. A key component of the BCI is leveraging data across... read more
In a memorandum issued on January 25, the Office of Management and Budget has ordered executive agencies to apply the FAR’s small business “rule of two” to task and delivery orders competed under multiple-award contracts. It’s a change that,... read more
Greg Giddens, co-founder and partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting, joins Off the Shelf for a discussion of the key procurement trends at the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA). Giddens discusses the VA’s IT and supply chain modernization efforts, including the... read more
Managing GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts can be a challenging and daunting undertaking for many companies seeking to do business with the Federal government. GSA, however, is seeking to simplify contract management through its new Formatted Catalog... read more
Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small... read more
