The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

For example, the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) has an opportunity to leverage commercial best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of medical supply logistics in delivering best value healthcare to veterans. Currently, there over 38,000 approved products available via the Supply BPAs.

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GovLoop

MAY 8, 2023

needs to logistically support today’s military, for instance, or to respond quickly after a natural disaster. Agencies deprived of strong, plentiful information can struggle with employee hiring and retention, logistical support of core initiatives, and improper financial payments, he said.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Jeff Koses , Senior Procurement Executive, GSA (confirmed) John Tenaglia , Principal Director, DPCAP, DoD (confirmed) Julia Wise, Director, Procurement & Grants Policy Division, NASA (confirmed) GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Panels: What’s Next? James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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Government Contracts

MAY 8, 2024

Government Accountability Office has dismissed a Virginia company's protest of a jet fuel contract the Defense Logistics Agency awarded to an Iraqi competitor, saying the protester's challenge of the deal was based on factual inaccuracies.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Government Accountability Office has backed the Defense Logistics Agency excluding a company from a solicitation for deployment of disaster relief generators, saying the DLA reasonably found conflicts of interest involving the company's work on a related contract.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Government Accountability Office has denied a protest brought by a Connecticut helicopter parts maker that claimed the Defense Logistics Agency wrongly sourced a $4 million purchase of parts from a rival, saying a contract vindicated the agency's actions.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 6, 2024

Government Accountability Office said it would reject allegations that the Defense Logistics Agency should have disqualified two awardees from $186 million in fuel delivery deals in Syria and Iraq, saying the agency properly investigated alleged misrepresentations by the companies.

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Government Contracts

MAY 21, 2024

Government Accountability Office denied a Sysco unit's protest of an up-to $126 million defense subsistence supply deal, saying the company failed to show the Defense Logistics Agency had to consider the awardee's performance on a similar interim deal.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 20, 2024

The Army will now provide administrative and logistical support to CYBERCOM. Transportation officials told the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the agency will finalize the plan by September. About 350 Air Force civilian employees in U.S. Cyber Command became Army civilians as part of the reshuffle.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 24, 2025

This efficiency opportunity will eliminate structural stovepipes that have hindered accountability, consistency, flexibility, and workload optimization. Reorganize the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) acquisition workforce supporting the FSS program. Put commercial back into commercial item contracting.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

The awards come at more and more agencies are using the initial three platforms, though data shows Amazon Business received the vast majority of the orders, accounting for 96% of all orders in fiscal 2022, according to an August 2023 report from the Government Accountability Office.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Prioritize as a key contract consideration the handling of data, including procedures for data management, accountability, and access. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., Include cost estimates for post-award oversight, risk management, maintenance, and corrective action in budgeting for procurements.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Defense Logistics Agency fairly booted an apparel company from the competition for a $13.3 Government Accountability Office said. million military berets contract, after the company designed a beret with an unacceptable outside seam, the U.S.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

And that doesn’t even account for an igloo-sized elephant in the room. The findings, released in 2021, detailed challenges ranging from inapplicable building codes to logistical nightmares in transporting equipment and materials to far-flung regions.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2024

Government Accountability Office backed the Defense Logistics Agency's reliance on a contractor's certification that containers it was tapped to ship would use South Korean materials, rejecting a protester's contention the agency should have suspected materials would instead come from China.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 12, 2024

Government Accountability Office rejected a Miami-based aviation fuel and service company's claim that the U.S. Department of Defense's logistics agency unlawfully disclosed an internal memorandum containing sensitive information to a rival company, saying the agency hadn't done so intentionally.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Chris Pateras joined the company as account executive of Special Operations Command. With more than three decades of special operations experience, Pateras is tasked with strengthening SOSi’s intelligence, information operations, training and logistics services delivered within SOCOM and its subordinate commands, the company said.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 15, 2024

The Government Accountability Office found that the median DoD-wide award lead times decreased by more than 20%, from 41 days in 2019 to 32 days in 2022. The Army and Navy contracting processes decreased by 13% and 12%, respectively, while the median award times remained the same for the Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2025

This efficiency opportunity will eliminate structural stovepipes that have hindered accountability, consistency, flexibility, and workload optimization. Reorganize the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) acquisition workforce supporting the FSS program. Put commercial back into commercial item contracting.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Government Accountability Office has backed Vertex Aerospace LLC's protest over a $946.5 million Army logistics support contract, finding the Army failed to appropriately consider the relevance of performance ratings for past work done by the company.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040. For Posti Group, logistics is all about smart planning.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 22, 2024

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush said the service is the biggest participant in the first round of the initiative so far. Congressional appropriators proposed an additional $800 million in the DIU accounts. That’s up from the $191 million enacted last year.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

And experts said merely withdrawing the technical assessment, which the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions (PEO-MLB) asked for as part of its risk management strategy, doesn’t offset the critical findings. The Defense Logistics Agency also is implementing CON-IT.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2022

Smart Logistics connects physical shipments and information flow from suppliers and manufacturers to customers in real-time. Digital Champions rate Smart Logistics as a top supply chain priority as it accounts for more than half of their overall supply chain cost-savings.

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GovSpend

JANUARY 4, 2023

In FY 22, Federal Contract Awards accounted for $690.85B, or a little more than 11% of the total outlay, and is the largest amount that the federal government has awarded in terms of contracts (more than the $686B that was awarded in FY 20, during the pandemic). Click here to see the Fedmine report for contracts awarded in FY 22.

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GovSpend

JANUARY 4, 2023

In FY 22, Federal Contract Awards accounted for $690.85B, or a little more than 11% of the total outlay, and is the largest amount that the federal government has awarded in terms of contracts (more than the $686B that was awarded in FY 20, during the pandemic). Click here to see the Fedmine report for contracts awarded in FY 22.

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GovSpend

MAY 2, 2024

A Look at the Agencies The Department of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture, GSA, and Defense Agencies collectively represent the top 10 agencies awarding contracts to small businesses, accounting for a significant 80.5% Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC, FCN, Inc., or $138.19B.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

According to the MarketLinks blog, Sustainable Public Procurement and the Business Environment , “taxpayers around the world are increasingly holding governments accountable to spend public funds for their social and economic benefit in a sustainable manner. Using equipment longer, or leasing when needed, is another way to reduce waste.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

military forces and their partners can use in conflicts to integrating 5G capabilities to create “smart” warehouses to significant improvements in supply chain logistics, DoD has been committed to investing in rethinking the meaning and applications of communications. From creating secure private networks that U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 13, 2024

Day One Speakers Keynote Speakers: Christine Harada , Senior Advisor, OFPP, OMB Moshe Schwartz , President, Etherton and Associates Panelists: Bonnie Evangelista , Acting Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for Acquisitions, DoD Polly Hall , Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, DHS Udaya Patnaik , Chief Innovation (..)

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

To accomplish this, Intelsat utilized their AWS account team and AWS Enterprise Support ’s cloud domain expertise to identify the AWS resources that required a DNS change and establish a migration strategy for each AWS resource type. Get inspired. Watch our AWS in Space story.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Identify unmet needs, broken processes, and problems around transparency, participation, and accountability.” Innovative approaches : “What innovative approaches or emerging technologies could the government explore to enhance transparency, public participation, and accountability?” James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, while Finance is the team that has owned the accounting system the supplier master file, they lack the strategic view of the entire process. . Who Should Own Supplier Master Data? Inside the modern enterprise, a variety of groups use supplier master data, including not just Procurement, but also: . Risk management. Operations.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Resource planning contracts help ensure that adequate supplies and logistics are in place before a disaster occurs. These services include data analysis, policy recommendations, and logistical support to enhance response efforts. These initiatives ensure that communities are ready to respond efficiently when disaster strikes.

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The Softly Spark

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Extended Producer Responsibility is an environmental policy that holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products, particularly for disposal after use. What is Extended Producer Responsibility? appeared first on Softly.

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FedInsider

APRIL 2, 2024

Some act not only a source of intelligence, but also as a platform where logistics research and things are being done along those lines from an adversarial perspective.” Godsey’s team has observed various media outlets and seen an increase in activity there that subsequently translates to increased amounts of physical or kinetic threats. “I

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Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2024

As you alluded to, the Government Accountability Office came out with a report recently saying 75% of federal agencies pay their hourly wage workers incorrectly, while some agencies pay more than the prevailing wage, a number of the pay less. That’s come out quite clearly recently. They pass it out to a certain degree for each agency.

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