Three contractors on the hot seat
For three top-tier government contractors ? the Boeing Co., Computer Sciences Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. ? the new year provides a chance for correction following an unpleasant end to 2003.
GAO upholds Lockheed protest on HUD services contract
<font color="CC0000"> UPDATED </font>The General Accounting Office has sustained a Lockheed Martin Corp. protest of an IT services contract award, worth $860 million, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to EDS.
OMB to ask for long range A-76 plans
The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to prepare long-range plans for conducting public-private competitions of federal jobs.
Acquisition councils rule on contacts with debarred companies
Agencies must limit contractual connections with companies that have been debarred, suspended or proposed for debarment from federal business, a Federal Register notice said today.
GSA considers rules for contract award notices
The General Services Administration is considering requiring agencies to announce all contract awards online.
Battle over sourcing rules swings back in industry's favor
Language in the fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury spending bill that would have curtailed some new procedures for competition of federal jobs has been altered in an omnibus spending bill.
Buy Lines: Competitive sourcing ? Yeah, right
In October, the Agriculture Department issued a report on its competitive sourcing program, from which one could infer that competition at DoA is, indeed, DOA.
GSA readies Alliant governmentwide contract
The General Services Administration early next year will release more details of its plan to create a new broad-based information technology vehicle.
GSA readies Alliant governmentwide contract
The General Services Administration early next year will release more details of its plan to create a new broad-based information technology vehicle.
VA will offer IT acquisition services
An enterprise center within the Veterans Affairs Department is starting a franchise program to provide IT acquisition services to other federal agencies.
New A-76 provisions will have little effect, agencies say
While federal employee unions and industry associations argue about new job-competition language in the Transportation-Treasury Appropriations bill, agency officials are taking little notice.
Agencies eye managed network services
Agencies are starting to warm up to the idea of buying managed network services, the Federal Technology Service's Sandra Bates says.
Davis' SARA bill close to becoming law
The way agencies buy services is about to shift heavily toward performance contracts.
Snafu prompted HSDN delay
An administrative misunderstanding led to the premature release of a request for proposals for the Homeland Secure Digital Network.
GSA bolsters IT Acquisition Center
The General Services Administration is reorganizing its IT Acquisition Center to better cope with the growing popularity of the Federal Supply Service schedules.
GSA's Safavian tapped to head OFPP
President Bush yesterday announced his intentions to nominate David Safavian to become the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
ITAA urges government to move fast on share in savings
The Information Technology Association of America wants the General Services Administration to act swiftly to implement a rule enabling greater use of share-in-savings contracting.
Bundling rules pull in more contracts for review
A new procurement rule will subject more federal contracts to review as the government tries to crack down on the bundling of requirements.
Iowa Medicaid management system
The Iowa Human Services Department is planning to release a request for proposals in December for a Medicaid management information system. More than one company may win a contract to provide systems and professional services, including the core system, pharmacy point of sale processing, data warehousing and decision support, medical, provider and member services, revenue collection, audits and rate setting.
Mission planning system engineering
The Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is developing a request for proposals for systems engineering and integration for its mission planning system program office. The contract will be for four years with a series of options that could extend it for 16 years.
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