Happy May, SmallGovCon readers! Welcome to the Week in Review. We are entering the end of the school year for those with kiddos, a time when we all start dreaming of those summer vacations, right on the horizon. But in federal contracting, there were a number of interesting updates. These included a request from OMB for patience as it rolls out changes, and a GSA launch of its “OneGov” strategy to streamline how goods and services are procured. Have a great weekend!
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Happy Friday! April is almost over and it’s time to get out there and star mowing those lawns! We have had quite a bit of rain here in the Midwest so the grass is growing pretty fast right now. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and can get outside to enjoy the Spring weather.
This week in federal government contracting news included updates on staff reorganizations, rewriting of the procurement rules, and use of commercial solutions.
Continue readingFor a few weeks now, we have looked at a recent Court of Federal Claims (COFC) decision in two parts regarding the duty of good faith and fair dealing. In the first part, we observed how insistence on the terms of a contract is not a breach of good faith and fair dealing. In the second part, we discussed several separate considerations ranging from a decision to not move a project forward to the next phase to rejection of a claim of a government cabal. Now, we will conclude our look at this decision with the court’s review of the SBIR/STTR policy directive and its impact on the case.
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Welcome to the latest edition of the Week in Review. It’s been a busy week in the federal government contracting world and the attorney-authors at SmallGovCon are striving to provide you with the latest updates. Some key stories from this week include executive orders on massive procurement reform (read our summary here) and the push for commercial IT solutions, to ongoing agency-level budget tightening, it’s been a wild ride. Have a great weekend!
Continue readingYesterday, the new administration issued a new Executive Order (EO) officially requiring a reformation of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and a thorough review of the federal procurement system in general. Along with related EOs, they direct the Office of Federal Public Procurement Policy (OFPP), the FAR Council, and the heads of and “senior acquisition and procurement officials” from our federal agencies to create the “FAR 2.0”–as it has aptly been deemed. And they have 180 days to do it.
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Happy Friday! We hope you had a great week. This week in federal government contracting: GSA has announced a fresh round of OASIS Plus unrestricted awardees, expanding opportunities for vendors in the professional services space, and OMB also released memos signaling new AI policy goals. You can read more about this and other federal government contracting news in the articles below. Have a great weekend!
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Happy April! We are having our typical Midwest spring weather here, where one day it is warm and sunny and the next day it is cold and rainy. We have to keep every type of jacket at the ready because one never knows what to expect. We hope you have had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend.
This week in federal government contracting included stories dealing with the remaking of the federal workforce, increased workload for federal judges, and a more prominent role for GSA.
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