Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures. Implements city wide policies and procedures, oversees the creation of manuals, forms, charts, informational materials, related training programs and briefings.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

To discuss those matters, Federal News Network’s Eric White welcomed David Berteau, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Eric White We’re speaking with David Berteau, president, and CEO of the Professional Services Council.

Government 117

Government Government Professional Services Bidding 117

Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

For some insight, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. Those key personnel actually have a huge effect on your on the government’s evaluation of the contractors proposal and on the ability to actually win the job and be able to perform the work.

Bidding 119

Bidding Professional Services Sustainability Capacity 119

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

What’s next for GSA’s IT and Professional Services Categories, including the Schedules and GWACs? What’s next for GSA’s General Supplies and Services, including e-commerce platforms? What’s next for artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and cloud? What’s next for GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program?

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Logistics Budget Procurement 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

That’s according to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin ‘s guest, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. The second area is emerging threats, experimentation and evaluation. The third area, is IT and cyber ops.

Supply Chain 108

Supply Chain Professional Services Government Government 108

GovCon Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

A joint venture between BCF Solutions and Strategic Alliance Business Group has secured a $360 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency for program planning and acquisition support services.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Contract Evaluation Management 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

For more on this, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. Tom Temin We’re speaking with David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council. Others are terrible, like the one at the Army. What are members cranky about?

Professional Services 96

Professional Services Bidder Procurement Bidding 96

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For more, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. Tom Temin We’re speaking with David Berteau, president, and CEO of the Professional Services Council. It was part of their bid; it was being evaluated. It changes evaluations.

Professional Services 93

Professional Services Bidding Contract Evaluation 93

Federal News Network

MAY 29, 2024

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin looks into this puzzle with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. People all across America depend upon knowledgeable, capable person at the other end of the line when they call, but they expect good service and by and large, they’ve been getting it.

Bidder 105

Bidder Professional Services Negotiation Bidding 105

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

Here, customers can perform an initial discovery and business case development with tools like the Migration Evaluator or third-party tools , and engage AWS Professional Services or partners. However, once the remediation path has been identified, customers can use solutions like the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP).

Management 81

Management Professional Services Networking Demand 81

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

While it is good that the requirement generated significant industry interest with over 250 proposals received, the established acquisition strategy and evaluation methodology were not suitable to result in a manageable number of prime contract awards. It is in neither the U.S.

Contract 105

Contract E-procurement Evaluation Strategic Sourcing 105

AWS Public Sector

JULY 10, 2024

Recommendations It can be tricky to know where to start when evaluating a cloud-based MOC system. You can build it out yourself, or you can leverage aerospace and satellite Professional Services and AWS Partners. The CNTIENT.Optimize AWS architecture highlighted in this post.

Professional Services 81

Professional Services Balance Engineering Management 81

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 26, 2024

Further, we provide specific guidance to credit unions on payments fraud prevention on AWS and evaluation of FFIEC compliance on AWS. Moreover, the global infrastructure of AWS delivers low-latency access to services, enhancing the member experience and facilitating seamless transactions.

Professional Services 75

Professional Services Networking Innovation Distribution 75

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

What’s next for GSA’s IT and Professional Services Categories, including the Schedules and GWACs? What’s next for GSA’s General Supplies and Services, including e-commerce platforms? The award decisions received protests on the evaluations of small business participation, veteran employment, and relevant experience.

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He highlights the current role the portfolio IT GWACs and governmentwide professional services contract vehicles are playing in supporting customer agencies and providing opportunities for small, medium, and large businesses.

Contract 52

Contract Professional Services Evaluation Management 52

Select GCR

MARCH 5, 2024

Evaluation Criteria: Specifies the criteria against which proposals will be assessed and the weight assigned to each criterion. The RFP outlines budgetary information, legal and regulatory compliance, and evaluation criteria. Scope of Work: Defines the tasks, deliverables, and requirements of the project in detail.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Professional Services Competitive Bidding Education 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 22, 2024

In “ The Future of the Professions ,” authors Richard and Daniel Susskind, who are leading experts in law and tech, look at the impact of the current technological revolution on professional services. Their starting point is that professional service providers need to ask themselves what their clients really want.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Professional Services Efficiency Data 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace is a centralized location that houses thousands of third-party software, data, and services that run on AWS. Forrester identified AWS Marketplace as a leader in its most recent Forrester Wave evaluation of software as a service (SaaS) marketplaces.

Government 81

Government Government Purchasing Negotiation 81

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

The contracting authority plays a crucial role in public sector tendering processes by setting contract thresholds and criteria for bid evaluations. When evaluating tender search tools, these hidden costs need to be taken into account. Limitations and Hidden Costs of Free Platforms In fact, free sites can be rather time consuming.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Supplier E-procurement 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

BCG protested several evaluation factors in the solicitation, including the requirement for offerors disclose breakdowns of their proposed labor rates. GSA said this requirement was to ensure price reasonableness of the services any one company is offering. “The

Bidding 105

Bidding E-procurement Consulting Procurement 105

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Using Amazon Bedrock and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technologies, the platform streamlines the process of creating and responding to requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for information (RFIs), and conducting evaluations of RFPs.

Education 72

Education Ethics Innovation Evaluation 72

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source. Developing policies and strategies.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To help create the plan, the city tapped Ernst & Young, a global professional services firm that traces its roots to a small accounting firm started in Cleveland in 1903 by Alwin Ernst and his brother, Theodore. Access: Evaluate City services on a yearly basis to identify, prioritize and implement automated self-service options.

Strategic Planning 71

Strategic Planning Government Government Professional Services 71

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It sees $762 billion in total procurement, including $113 billion for professional services. And as you point out, you know, Bloomberg is predicting this $113 billion in professional services and R&D, $74 billion. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin It’s sort of a case of water, water everywhere.

Contract 59

Contract Professional Services Buyers Quantity 59

GovSpend

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

There are many advantages to this program including winning set-aside contracts and getting a 10% price evaluation preferential in full and open competition contracts. Of course there are requirements to being part of this program, including having your business located in a HubZone.

Contract 52

Contract Category Management Professional Services Education 52

GovSpend

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

There are many advantages to this program including winning set-aside contracts and getting a 10% price evaluation preferential in full and open competition contracts. Of course there are requirements to being part of this program, including having your business located in a HubZone.

Contract 52

Contract Category Management Professional Services Education 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 11, 2024

In, WBD the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sought to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under the GSA federal supply schedule (FSS) contract for professional services to obtain acquisition support services. Although evaluations under FAR Subpart 8.4

Sustainability 40

Sustainability Bidding Evaluation Procurement 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

5] Small Business Participation Evaluation Factor A solicitation with a small business participation evaluation factor required large business offerors to provide copies of “enforceable” small business teaming agreements with the offer. This would be a big win for software companies that sell indirectly to the Government.

Procurement Contracts 40

Procurement Contracts Evaluation Participation Professional Services 40

Federal News Network

MARCH 5, 2024

Contractors are among those most concerned, as the Federal Drive with Tom Temin heard from the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. But the agencies have to get that work out the door, have to get it solicited, evaluated and awarded. With all the votes in the president’s budget.

Budget 52

Budget Professional Services Contract Integration 52

Bonfire

MAY 17, 2022

How did you approach designing your diversity initiatives and evaluating your strategy? We discussed evaluating the current state of processes, how they affect DBEs, what’s working, and what’s not working. Legislation was the centralizing factor to those efforts. Content and communications (educational sessions, email newsletters).

Supplier 52

Supplier Education Public Private Partnership Procurement Team 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2025

How to Evaluate Platforms You should think about the following while determining which platforms are best for public sector tenders: Coverage : Is the platform open to national or local opportunities, or is it region or sector specific?

Tender 52

Tender Contract Supplier Price 52

Great Government Through Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Number (SIN) also offers quick access to vendors who have been technically evaluated to do such inventories. If an agency has Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) Managed Services awarded, it can tap into those suppliers to conduct these assessments.

IT 40

IT Inventory Supplier Data 40

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. The planned start date for the new framework is 11 July 2024.

Collaboration 68

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 68

GovLoop

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

She speaks, writes and consults on state government contract nuances with emphasis in IT & Tech, Medicaid/Healthcare and other Professional Services spaces. She also helps clients evaluate the impact and efficiency of their programs, and revise and optimize their digital programs for maximum impact.

Leadership 52

Leadership Project Management Consulting Management 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

GSA is also looking to reduce PALT through oral and video presentations for technical evaluations. The overall improvement in grades can be primarily attributed to major improvements in the Chief Information Officer (CIO) investment evaluation and cloud computing categories.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Price Buyers 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Their portfolio of commercial agreements includes utilities, ICT (information, computing and technology), corporate and professional services, supported businesses and construction – from 2024. Evaluations are now complete. They are also responsible for the procurement of innovation.

Collaboration 45

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 45

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Their portfolio of commercial agreements includes utilities, ICT (information, computing and technology), corporate and professional services, supported businesses and construction – from 2024. Evaluations are now complete. They are also responsible for the procurement of innovation.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40