Mergers & acquisitions during Covid-19
What was the mergers and acquisition climate in 2020 and what's the outlook for 2021? Find out wen Kevin DeSanto, managing director and co-founder of …
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It will be a while before the Trump era’s impact on contracting is gone
It's axiomatic that Defense spending will get cut with a Democratic Congress and White House, right? Not so fast.
How the contractor thinks the new electronic records systems is going at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Three departments are developing new electronic health records systems. At the heart of the efforts is commercial technology from the Cerner Corporati…
Warner, Rubio push to extend contractor pandemic relief authorities
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are pressing Senate leadership to extend 3610 authorities through Sept. 30.
As the height of the federal procurement season approaches, that new Buy American order vexes
The federal contracting community has a month-old Buy American executive order to deal with. Federal Drive got a progress report from Attorney Kelly K…
Biden orders a review of US supply chains for vital goods
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that is intended to boost manufacturing jobs by strengthening U.S. supply chains for advanced batter…
More vaccination sites staffed by military get up and running
In today's Federal Newscast, mass vaccination sites staffed by active duty military members are now up and running in three more cities, with more set…
The Defense Department updates its rules for overseas operational support contractors
Wherever they operate in the world, the armed services rely on contractors for all sorts of support from fuel delivery to housing.
When must you protest to get an automatic stay after an enhanced debriefing?
The Competition in Contracting Act stay is only available when a protest is filed no later than ten days after contract award or no later than five da…
When it comes to reimbursements for the cost of contract protests, timing is everything
In one recent case, a protester caused the agency to redo the whole award. But the protester didn't get any money back for legal fees.
DOJ could start looking closer at cybersecurity fraud on government technology providers
In today's Federal Newscast, officials at the Justice Department are sending a warning to government contractors, they will be turning up the False Cl…
Age-old small business contracting challenge rears its ugly head, again
Industry procurement experts say a new ruling by the Court of Federal Claims continues to spark debate over the rule of two requirement for small busi…
Something federal contractors thought they’d gotten rid of is popping up
A form of contracting known as lowest-price technically acceptable, or LPTA, has long bugged federal contractors.
USPS awards next-generation vehicle contract to Oshkosh Defense
The Postal Service, in a press release Tuesday, said the vehicles can be retrofitted to keep pace with advances in electric vehicle technologies.
NITAAC details timing, evaluation plans for $40B IT services contract
Brian Goodger, the program manager for CIO-SP4 and acting director of NITAAC, details timing, evaluation plans for $40B IT services contract SP4 and a…
‘Seeding the schedules cloud’ – what’s the forecast?
MAS consolidation has eliminated contracting stovepipes, duplication, and process burdens at the contract level. The next step for GSA is to streamlin…
$500B worth of the economy waiting on Biden White House procurement plans
Some solid career people are keeping the lights on at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. But the Biden administration has so far given few sign…
Leading the charge for small business innovation at the GSA
In conducting procurements on behalf of other agencies, the General Services Administration's Assisted Acquisition Service often turns to small busine…
DoD improves oversight over private military housing, but with new costs to taxpayers
The military services have hired hundreds of new staff to ensure troops and their families have decent living conditions, but DoD says sustaining the …
Time to bone-up on those new Buy American procurement rules
New Buy American rules took effect just after the Biden administration arrived. The changes seem small, but they're significant. Federal Drive got an …