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Small businesses are entering the defense industrial base at a historically low rate, but the Pentagon wants to turn things around.
The $17.9 billion moving contract's latest delays had been caused by IT integration challenges, but those problems have apparently been solved.
The Pentagon’s IG said Defense vendors are getting millions of dollars they did not earn because of shortcomings in how DoD manages cost-plus contracts.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is concerned about a recent GSA IG report that found GSA bought 150 videoconference cameras manufactured in China
A new rule is expected any time now that will overhaul how the Defense Department buys from the Ability One program. That is the vehicle for non-profit employers of people with disabilities to deliver goods and services to the government. Contractors under the Ability One program worry the new rule will hinder a chief program goal of helping those very employees.
A recent argument a contractor made to the Contract Board of Appeals might lead companies to the wrong conclusion. It is another case of a company trying to recover unanticipated costs under a fixed price contract, costs incurred because of the COVID pandemic. The case is about jurisdiction, though, and not cost recovery.
Brian Goodger, the NITAAC director, said the number of potential awardees under the CIO-SP4 contract increased by more than 30 vendors.
Contractors probably know as much about the risks to national security as the Defense and Homeland Security Departments. One view suggests the federal acquisition system hinders those departments from obtaining what they really need.
It is important to remember that burdensome contract pricing procedures are especially hard on small businesses and new entrants. These procedures delay the delivery of new and cutting-edge products and services, while ultimately raising administrative costs for the contractor that may eventually be passed on to the Government.
Michael Derrios, the senior procurement executive at the State Department, said he’s building acquisition centers across four major lines of business.
Unless Congress says otherwise, federal contractors will have a raft of new disclosure requirements imposed by the Biden administration. Specifically climate, ESG and cybersecurity.
Tech startups and DoD continue to talk past each other. SOCOM hopes to close that communication gap by meeting with VCs throughout the year to better startups’ challenges.
Contractors are questioning how the White House could ask for compliance with a procurement rule that is not even formally proposed yet.
Mike Shepherd, the director of the catalog management office at GSA, said the next step for the catalog modernization effort is to bring in service contractors.