The Department of Defense issues several proposed rules and final rules, amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Of the proposed rules, potentially the most consequential would implement a statutory mandate that requires a preference for fixed-price deals in defense contracting, where contracting officers would have to consider a fixed-price contract first when deciding an […]
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Bloomberg Law recently posted that federal contracting spending obligations in 2020 are expected to be between $538 billion to $630 billion. These are estimates based on data from the Bloomberg Government’s Market Forecast Dashboard. In fiscal 2018 there was $560 billion reported. Click here to read the entire article >
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The Court of Federal Claims says that the General Services Administration must reconsider its 81 contract awards (worth $15B) under small business IT services procurement. The court also notes that the GSA cannot proceed with its current awardee list and has to re-evaluate proposals in a way that redresses its errors. The bgov.com article goes on […]
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The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Deputy Director for Management released a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies on March 20, 2019, titled ‘Category Management: Making Smarter Use of Common Contract Solutions and Practices.’ The purpose of the Memorandum was to provide guidance on the use of category management. According to […]
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According to the House Committee on Small Businesses website, the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will meet for a hearing titled, “Cleared for Take-off? Implementation of the Small Business Runway Extension Act.” The Hearing is scheduled for March 26, 2019. In December 2018 the Act was signed into law. It was […]
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