American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

These contracts are competitively bid and offer access to a broad range of goods and services at negotiated rates, making them ideal for organizations of all sizes. Use procurement software or work with a GPO like OMNIA Partners that offers advanced analytics tools to track spend, identify trends, and optimize your supply chain.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

Significantly, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is revising its guidance to contracting officers regarding the evaluation/negotiation of MAS contract pricing. Supply chain risk management and domestic sourcing. Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Price Evaluation.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Software Acquisition Guide for Government Enterprise Consumers was created by the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, a group co-led by CISA and industry representatives. For any assistance with registration, please contact Madyson Whiting at mwhiting@thecgp.org.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

Contractors should also be aware of the following opportunities that the Government is considering to reduce plastics in the Federal supply chain: The fact sheet touts past Federal accomplishments, including the FSS Single Use Plastics Final Rule that the Coalition commented on in February. Reporting should begin by September 1, 2025.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

GSA also consistently pointed to TDR data management as an effective tool in addressing security issues, including supply chain risk management. The results also showed significant improvement in the completeness of the data and its overall use by contracting officers.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 22, 2024

Significantly, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is revising its guidance to contracting officers regarding the evaluation/negotiation of MAS contract pricing. Supply chain risk management and domestic sourcing. Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Price Evaluation.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

If something goes wrong with this supplier and you can’t find an alternative supplier quickly, you have a weak spot in your supply chain. Throwing drawings over the fence when it is time to quote means your design is locked down and gives buyers little negotiation power for sourcing alternatives. .

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 25, 2024

The RFI included 13 questions on infrastructure/supply chain resilience, workforce, innovation, acquisition, policy, and regulatory environment. The AISI will create evaluation tools, test AI models and safeguards, issue guidance on AI safety and risk management, and conduct technical research.

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ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market. At the same time, organizations have never been more exposed to risk from their supply chains, from supply continuity, quality, or ESG violations. Yet, too few businesses do so well.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 9, 2024

GSA also consistently pointed to TDR data management as an effective tool in addressing security issues, including supply chain risk management. The results also showed significant improvement in the completeness of the data and its overall use by contracting officers.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

Webinar: Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Plans: From Government Requirement to Competitive Differentiator, August 14 In recent years, Federal contractors have been challenged to adapt their legal and compliance strategy to a growing regulatory focus on securing the Federal supply chain.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

Healthcare Spotlight: HHS Announces Medicare Part D Negotiated Prices This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final drug prices negotiated through its Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It also will provide a more effective framework for managing workload across the MAS program. In turn, this will lead to more consistent and sound negotiation and administration of MAS contracts. FAS and the federal government as a whole are in the midst of a management transition towards data-driven decision making.

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Protecting profitability in the face of inflation isn’t about squeezing suppliers in negotiations, but working together to find ways to reduce costs in the full value chain. Ensuring supply continuity requires timely and open sharing of information. Second, map your sub-tier.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Williams, and Mickey Liebner; Mayer Brown Bipartisan, bicameral legislation in the US Congress would mandate the use of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (“NIST”) Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (“Framework”) by federal agencies. MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts, Feb.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Managing Risks and Ensuring Compliance in Sole Source Procurements While sole source procurement can be an effective solution for specific procurement challenges, it is not without its risks. Therefore, procurement teams must implement strategies to manage these risks effectively.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During the training, Jason, Liam, and Alex will cover the following topics and more: Pricing – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)/Commercial Sales Practices (CSP); Domestic Preferences; Supply Chain; Enforcement/Mandatory Disclosure/Ethics; Sustainability Requirements/Policy; and Bid Protests Update. NW, Washington, D.C.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The deadline to avoid a government shutdown is September 30, although Friday, September 27 is seen as the target date for lawmakers to finalize negotiations before returning to their home districts to campaign until the election. The plan notes that the effectiveness of cyber risk management varies among agencies.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing , sets forth “comprehensive guidance regarding the evaluation of pricing throughout the life of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program contract.” It also prescribes and/or recommends additional data collection requests for FSS contractors.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In addition, for certain systems, contractors will be required to develop a System Security Plan, implement and maintain extensive security controls, conduct annual security assessments and cyber threat hunting and vulnerability assessments, and comply with continuous monitoring and supply chain risk management requirements.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Seeking Member Feedback on GSA C-SCRM Questionnaire GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is developing a voluntary Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Assurance Questionnaire for information and communications technology vendors.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The AISIC will develop guidelines for “red-teaming, capability evaluations, risk management, safety and security, and watermarking synthetic content,” and will be housed within the U.S. AI Safety Institute. MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts, Feb.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

percent pay raise for service members, millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine (a sliver of the separate $105 billion supplemental that is currently being negotiated to support Ukraine and Israel), and funding for competition with China in the Indo-Pacific. President Biden is expected to sign the bill shortly.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While with the Suspension and Debarment Division, she completed a detail to the Office of Administration and Resources Management as special assistant to the Assistant Administrator. In 2021, Kimberly was the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service, recognizing her career of leadership and service to EPA.

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Alex McGuire Vice President & Chief Supply Chain Officer, GDIT Alex McGuire’s most recent accomplishment has been collaborating with a team that’s consistently achieving impressive results, whether its strategic negotiations, maturing supply chain risk management or enhancing processes, systems and automations.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Congress Releases Compromise $895 Billion FY25 NDAA Meritalk reports that the House of Representatives and Senate published their final negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. billion in spending, falling just below the mandated budget cap set by the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The four priorities of the BCI include: Leveraging Data Across Federal Agencies to Get Lower Prices and Better Terms; Negotiating Common Enterprise-Wide Software Licenses; Saving Money and Avoiding Waste by Getting Contract Requirements Right the First Time; and Getting Better Value from Sole Source and Other High-Risk Contracts.

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