The acquisition community has a new tool to follow changes in innovation in procurement. The Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations tracks acquisition innovations underway at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Federal Acquisition Institute. Tim Cooke, chief executive officer and owner of ASI Government, said an updated version of the table should come […]
The Biden administration will aim to double contracts for small and disadvantaged businesses. A fact sheet from the White House says only about 10% of federal contracts go to Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Liza V. Craig, Esq., counsel at Reed Smith LLP, said agencies will have to increase efforts to expand opportunities for contracting with businesses […]
The $6 trillion White House budget request will change contractor activities for fiscal 2022. The request shows big budget increases, but contractors can’t quite track directly where those bump-ups will go yet. Larry Allen, President of Allen Federal Business Partners, recommends companies bet their pipelines early this year and pay close attention to specific patterns, […]
The Defense Department isn’t giving up on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing contract. It writes in a new court filing that its defense of the contract could take several more months. Joe Jordan, Chief Executive Officer of Actuparo, said “everything is on the table” and he could see a solution where the […]
The cash influx in the Technology Modernization Fund (a government funding vehicle that encourages modernization) should help agencies accelerate digital transformation efforts. Keeping the momentum going after the pandemic is over could be more of a challenge. Danelle Barrett, former Deputy Chief Information Officer of the Navy, said Department of Defense leadership must keep and […]
Activity in agency procurement shops is about to skyrocket because of the billions of dollars coming to agencies from stimulus bills. A lot of that money will hit as agencies are gearing up for the fourth quarter of this fiscal year. Jim Williams, former Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration, said he believes a […]
The huge procurement blizzard coming could force changes in the way agencies buy. A movement exists to drive functional collaboration in acquisition. Greg Giddens, former Chief Acquisition Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said functional collaboration in acquisition involves bringing together key players, including mission owners, procurement, logistics, legal, budget and others, to work […]
