Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The excitement over this potentially $5 billion multiple award indefinite delivery, indefinite quality contract among industry was a high as any opportunity on the street over the last few years. The Air Force was 18 months into the Enterprise Cyber Capabilities acquisition and on the brink of making awards.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 26, 2024

Data quality: Commit to cleansing your data to reduce errors and inconsistencies in data analyses. Finally, AWS has a number of partners and a Professional Services team who can help you develop an end-to-end data strategy. Set up backup and disaster recovery solutions to protect against data loss and ensure business continuity.

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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? What’s next for artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and cloud? What’s next for GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program?

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ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

Unlike industries such as retail and professional services, which start by managing indirect spend and then gradually transition to influence directs, most procurement teams in the automotive space take a direct-spend first approach.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 26, 2024

FAS Executive Panels: IT, Professional Services, and Assisted Services and General Supplies and Services On the afternoon of May 8, leadership from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will join us to discuss the priorities and initiatives from their respective offices.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 7, 2024

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. Identifying agency commitments will incentivize industry to compete for the BPA and improve the quality of any responses submitted.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 7, 2024

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. Identifying agency commitments will incentivize industry to compete for the BPA and improve the quality of any responses submitted.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. She’s executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council. But isn’t that the reality you think of the practical quality of this?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

George Prochaska, Program Operations Executive Director, Professional Services and Human Capital Categories, GSA Throughout his career at GSA, George Prochaska acted as a pioneer in supporting collaboration between government and industry.

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ivalua

MAY 11, 2021

PwC is a network of over 284,000 professionals around the world, committed to guaranteeing quality in auditing, technological, strategic, legal and tax consulting services for businesses. At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Significantly, the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy includes two other related pools: Pool 2 – Software as a Service (SaaS) and Pool 3 – Cloud Related IT Professional Services. Identifying agency commitments will incentivize industry to compete for the BPA and improve the quality of any responses submitted.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 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? Quality data and minimizing the impact of biases embedded in the healthcare system is also critical according to Tripathi.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In its place, the realignment focuses and centralizes MAS contracting management structure for the Office of Information Technology Category, the Office of Professional Services & Human Capital Categories, and the Office of General Supplies and Services Categories.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

“The General Services Administration has issued guidance to promote self-assessments and created a Notifications or Reminders Automation (NORA) bot based on robotics process automation (RPA) technology that reminds contractors to generate the performance self-assessments. OFPP recognized the acquisition professional behind the bot in 2022.”

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

AWS offers a comprehensive suite of data services, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for secure and scalable data storage, Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth for creating high-quality training datasets, and AWS Lake Formation for building and managing data lakes with automated governance and compliance controls.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

FAS Executive Panels: IT, Professional Services, and Assisted Services and General Supplies and Services On the afternoon of May 8, leadership from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will join us to discuss the priorities and initiatives from their respective offices.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Healthcare Spotlight: DHA MEDLOG Team Supports Supply Chain Functionality for MHS DVIDS reported on the work of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Logistics Directorate, known as MEDLOG, to help ensure that the Military Health System (MHS) delivers high-quality care to its approximately 9.5 To register, click here.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Several recommendations were made by CISA and NSA to improve security, such as deleting default passwords that are automatically included in products or applications, using two-factor authentication, and providing high quality logging tools for customers with no additional charges.

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NIH NITAAC

JULY 23, 2021

By relying on contracts with good track records, agencies — and the federal government as a whole — can raise the baseline for the quality of acquisitions. Quite simply, BIC tells the federal community that agencies are getting the best in both services and spend under management (SUM).

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

At first glance, procurement might seem like a purely behind-the-scenes function, its quality measured by efficiency and transparency; but, in reality, procurement is about how government delivers for people. I’m joining the Open Contracting Partnership at a moment of transition and uncertainty in the United States.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The reason for this is important: “Recompetition of service contracts may in some cases result in lowering the compensation (salaries and fringe benefits) paid or furnished professional employees. This lowering can be detrimental in obtaining the quality of professional services needed for adequate contract performance.”

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Quality and clean data are necessary to fine-tune generative AI models to unlock and maximize business and mission value. Whether you are building your model or customizing one, all leaders need a data strategy that ensures relevant, high-quality data is available. We also have a broad partner community of consultants and integrators.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Lastly, Amazon Connect Contact Lens is a suite of AI-powered analytics and quality management capabilities that lets you monitor, measure, and continually improve contact quality and agent performance. AWS can support the journey with in-person and online trainings, acceleration programs, or professional services support.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

Notable exports include Machinery and Equipment: High-value machinery, including industrial and electrical equipment, Pharmaceuticals: Medicinal and pharmaceutical products, Automobiles: Vehicles and automotive components, and Financial and Professional Services: Banking, insurance, and consultancy services.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

Armys Streamlined Professional Services Contract The Accounting Corner provides the procurement community with an opportunity to share insights and comments on relevant issues of the day. If an order is not set aside the contracting officer must document the reason and coordinate the decision with the PCR. 5, 2024, the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Terms and conditions, among them, quality, quantity, delivery, warranty, capability, complexity and place of performance, factor into pricing decisions. In addition, in FY23, FAS exceeded $100 billion in business volume “at a historically high level of acquisition quality.” It is also a regulatory requirement. See FAR 15.405.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 3, 2025

GSA to Rightsize MAS Program Through Vendor and SIN Removals Federal News Network reports that as part of the General Services Administrations (GSA) efforts to right size the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program , it is removing vendors that have not met their sales quota within the last year or had performance and compliance issues.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 9, 2025

In addition, VHA aims to continue the practice of achieving cost avoidance while simultaneously balancing clinician considerations for obtaining quality medical/surgical supplies. Please see the Request for Quote (RFQ) (Notice 36C24125Q0033) for a complete description.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 23, 2024

And you have really expanded a lot in recent years into the professional services, not just janitorial or tell us what the trend is here. Richard Belden The IT demand or the demand for IT related services truly is growing and it’s growing in the federal sector, as well as the commercial piece and in the area of call centers.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 30, 2025

The DOGE, established last week through an executive order , is directed to improve the quality and efficiency of government-wide software, network infrastructure, and IT systems. GAO has designated IT Management as a high-risk area, given a history of cost overruns, failed investments, and the scale of government IT systems.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Government Makes Significant Progress in Meeting Sustainability Goals This week, Federal News Network reported on findings from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on the governments sustainability goals. Armys Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) contract vehicle.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2025

These include 11 in the professional services category and seven in the office management area. Along with cutting 31 SINs, FAS also plans on changing the specifics in four of the categories, including professional services and IT. GSA offered more details about its plans to reduce SINs in a new blog post.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

GSA will continue to provide updates on the new TDR fields and Data Quality Initiatives through its monthly MAS office hours , quarterly MAS Newsletters and posts in GSAs MAS Interact community. Army released Draft 2 of Sections L & M of its Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) contract vehicle.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The external goals exist to ensure that quality data is developed, which is then managed with responsible governance. The Department also plans to focus strategic efforts on goals that support DoD’s hierarchy of needs (see below).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

View the Sponsorship Prospectus here. Please submit your feedback to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org by March 14. If you are not already on a committee distribution list and would like to sign up, please email Mady Whiting at mwhiting@thecgp.org with which committees you are interested in joining.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Please submit your feedback to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org by March 14. If you are not already on a committee distribution list and would like to sign up, please email Mady Whiting at mwhiting@thecgp.org with which committees you are interested in joining.

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