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As GSA’s FAS struggles to reinvent itself, contractors suffer
The last year has been a tough one for the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program. The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) – the GSA agency charged with administering...
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Deloitte Consulting agrees to pay $11 million for alleged false claims on GSA...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that Deloitte Consulting LLP (Deloitte) has agreed to pay $11.38 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims...
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A future where price is no longer a factor for many RFPs
The General Services Administration first brought up the concept of having an “unpriced” schedule a year or so ago. The idea is to evaluate vendors for their capabilities, past performance and overall...
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GSA answers vendors concerns about transactional data rule
The General Services Administration (GSA) is trying to bring some light to a new acquisition requirement that has industry on edge. Under the transactional data reporting rule, GSA is accepting...
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How to approach best value RFPs and protest improper award decisions
Government contractors responding to RFPs understand the need to read the fine print. Mostly commonly, we discuss this topic in terms of pure proposal acceptability. Protest decisions from the...
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Lawmakers aim to restrict use of lowest-price contracts
A contractors group has welcomed a bipartisan House bill placed in the hopper last month aimed at curbing agency use of lowest price technically acceptable contracts. The Promoting Value Based...
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Appeals board: Contractor wasn’t exempt from state tax
They say that two things in life are guaranteed – death and taxes – and status as a federal contractor may not exempt one from the latter, according to a recent Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals...
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Contractors charging more for construction as prices rise
The prices contractors say they’ll charge for nonresidential construction has made the sharpest increase since 2009, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics began recording them. In October, prices jumped...
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Building better mousetraps by adding value to technical proposals
“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door” is the old saying, but the federal government seldom beats a path to the door of a contractor. Nevertheless, companies can win...
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LPTA solicitations no longer acceptable? Reviewing DoD’s proposed changes to...
In a proposed rule issued last month, the Department of Defense (DoD) seeks to incorporate into the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) restrictions on the use of the lowest...
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