Will NITAAC’s CIO-SP4 be crushed by 117 protests?
If history is any lesson, the CIO-SP4 IT services contract vehicle from the National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is in danger of being…
Fixed-price contracts mean exactly what they’re called: FIXED-price
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Fixed-price contract. It’s a common strategy for the government. Contractors…
The GAO ponders a steady drop in bid protests coming its way
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. For the fifth year in a row, the number of…
Contractors ponder the murky midterm election results
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. What does it mean for us? That’s what federal contractors…
The latest developments in key acquisition policy programs
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Off the Shelf’s audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. This week on Off the Shelf, Tim Cook, executive director of the…
A procurement potpourri
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Off the Shelf’s audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Jason Miller, executive editor, Federal News Network This week Jason Miller, executive…
The Air Force seeks a better approach to the thorny problem of software licensing
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The Air Force tests airplanes before it buys them. Now…
The Value of a Formal Process for Delegating Tasks
Establishing the objectives should be one part of a formal process managers are trained to do whenever delegation is deemed necessary. The post The Value of a Formal…
Finding the lesser-known but just as needed workers for the space industry
With the rapid growth of the space industry comes the ever increasing need for workers in many trades to actually get things off the ground. Not even talking…
The federal procurement elephant can dance
Federal procurement can sound like a dry topic. But to people who follow it closely, it becomes an exemplar for much of how the government relates to everything…