This week on Coalition for Government Procurement’s Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, member and Government Contracts Practice lead at Miller & Chevalier, provides a wide-ranging update on key policy developments and legal trends in government contracts.... read more
Unfortunately, the last 30 years have seen the determined, inexorable re-regulation of commercial item contracting. As highlighted in previous blogs, the number and scope of unique federal clauses that now apply to commercial item contracts render the term “commercial... read more
In the spirit of procurement reform, efficiency and economy, and to be consistent with the Coalition For Government Procurement blogs in the prior weeks, the Coalition and its members have undertaken an effort to review the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to... read more
In keeping with prior Coalition for Government Procurement FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on government contractors and impede entry into the... read more
Bill Gormley, President of The Gormley Group, joins The Coalition for Government Procurement’s Off the Shelf for a discussion of some the key procurement trends of 2024 and what to expect in 2025. Gormley gives his thoughts on the key trends shaping interagency... read more
The Small Business Administration removed agency specific prime contracting goals for prime awards to small disadvantaged businesses. Agencies have some new small business contracting goals for fiscal 2025 and they are more in line with traditional targets. The Small... read more
Robin Bourne, our Federal Acquisition SME, has just reached his fifth anniversary with the Gormley Group! Prior to joining us, he spent over 30 years with GSA with the last 12 in acquisition policy development and implementation as the Director of the Policy Division... read more
During last week’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Catalog Platform (FCP) office hours specifically for vendors using FCP, GSA announced that it will be releasing a new Catalog Dashboard feature in FCP. The new dashboard feature allows Authorized Negotiators to see... read more
Congratulations to our Senior Principal Consultant, Chris Arndt for 12 years at the Gormley Group! He’s a true GovCon Industry legend with over forty years of experience negotiating GSA Schedules program contracts. We and our clients are lucky to have him on our team.... read more
NASA released Amendment 14 on February 19, 2025 to the SEWP VI RFP just before 1pm today. NASA indicated that the purpose of the Amendment is to provide updates to the SEWP VI RFP 80TECH24R0001. Additionally, Amendment 14 removes A.3.7.3(b)(2) Commitment to... read more
