The federal government's most ambitious acquisition reform in more than three decades requires fundamental changes to how contracting officers think about risk and is not just about rewriting regulations, according to Larry Allen of the General Services...
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Tuesday Insight – July 8, 2025: DHS Terminates Two Contracts, Moving Work to GSA
The Department of Homeland Security pulled the plug on two major acquisition programs, and to several observers, it may be just the beginning. DHS on Friday announced the cancellation of the Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Services III...
Tuesday Insight – July 1, 2025: New DoD Memo Outlines Review Process for IT Consulting Contracts
The Defense Department’s new memo expands on how contracts for IT consulting, management services and advisory support will be reviewed, establishing a formal approval process in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent directive. Effective immediately, DoD...
Tuesday Insight – June 24, 2025: GSA Releases OASIS+ Phase II Domains Request for Information (RFI) on SAM.gov
On June 17, 2025, the GSA posted a request for information (RFI) for Phase II of the new OASIS+ indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) best-in-class (BIC) multi-agency contract (MAC) program on SAM.gov. This RFI builds upon the successful award of eight OASIS+...
Tuesday Insight – June 17, 2025: GSA Expands Transactional Data Reporting for Price Transparency
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Monday the expansion of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) to increase transparency around what the Federal government is buying and how much it is paying for those goods and services. In a June 9 press release,...
Tuesday Insight – June 10, 2023: GSA Expands Contract Reviews to Resellers
The General Services Administration is seeking price breakdowns and other information from 10 technology product suppliers as part of GSA's OneGov push to streamline procurement. The General Services Administration has added a new group of companies, this time...
Tuesday Insight – June 3, 2025: GSA OASIS+ Program Update
The GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) continues to implement a rolling contract awarding strategy for the six OASIS+ multiple-award, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (MA-IDIQ) contracts to fulfill federal agencies'...
Tuesday Insight – July 22, 2025: GSA Releases Refresh 28 to the Solicitation
MAS Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 Refresh 28 was issued July 17, 2025 to resolve a system issue that affected the Mass Modification under Refresh 27. Refresh 28 introduces no new or substantive changes beyond what was revised in Refresh 27, as outlined below: A: Changes...
Tuesday Insight – May 27, 2025: GSA Prepping Plans to Move NASA SEWP and NIH Contract Vehicles Under its Management
The General Services Administration is working with the Office of Management and Budget, NASA and the National Institutes of Health on transfer plans for several major governmentwide contracting vehicles through which more than $100 billion in spending on information...
Tuesday Insight – May 20, 2025: GSA’s Procurement Chief Details Administration’s Acquisition Reform Plans
Larry Allen’s expertise in government contracting spans four decades; three books he either authored or contributed to on the subject, and a college course he created and taught for several years at The George Washington University. In March, Allen was appointed as...
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