Fall Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Plus ExpoWednesday, October 24th, 20189 AM to 2 PM(setup 8 AM to 9 AM) Holiday Inn Capitolby the Smithsonian Museums, U.S. Capitol and L'Enfant PlazaCongressional Ballroom550 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 US Federal Government agencies invited:PTOUSDAUS NavyUS House if RepresentativesSenateUS CourtsPTODOEDoDUS Coast GuardVeterans AffairsUS ArmyCorp of EngineersA...

The trend toward more Task Order contracts continues including the use of GWACs, Strategic Sourcing initiatives and cross-agency agreements. Agencies establish patterns of use of Task Order contracts and make proclamations about future use, which sometimes come to fruition and sometimes don’t. Being on the right vehicle and being successful in the pursuit of Task Orders present multiple levels of challenges to the government contractor....

Other Transaction Authority can be the key to expanding Business Opportunities within your Company! OTAs are on the rise for two primary reasons: 1) their flexibility is well-suited to the less predictable, more accelerated process of innovative R&D, and 2) they are not subject to most standard acquisition laws and regulation from the Buy American Act to the Truth in Negotiations Act. The Competition in Contracting Act also does not apply...

Join Jennifer Schaus & Associates for the 9th Annual FEDERAL FISCAL NEW YEAR SOIREE. Monday, October 22, 2018 5.30pm - 7.30pm At The John F Kennedy Center - KC Cafe - TERRACE LEVEL Network with over 200 Federal Contractors and Meet With Federal AgenciesConfirmed Federal Agencies: HHS & GSAMore agencies announced as they confirm. Info, Sponsorships, Registration at https://fiscalnew102218.eventbrite.com

Deep Dive into NASA SEWP's Acquisition Tips, Tools and Innovations Get a Deep Dive into NASA SEWP - this session starts with a quick overview of the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle and promptly moves to an interactive web-based demonstration with participant engagement activities. You will learn in-depth details on SEWP as an IT acquisition vehicle that provides simplified acquisitions using customer frie...

Join NCMA HQ as we host a full-day education and networking seminar. Attendees will receive extensive hands-on learning and scheduled opportunities to network with peers! Participants will earn 6.5 CPE/CLPs. Through hands-on experience you will learn how commercial contracts are priced and negotiated. Participants will work in buyer and seller teams (either government-to-industry or business-to-business perspectives) to perform assignments. P...

Government contractors can spend hundreds of hours doing research, building a team and crafting a proposal. So when they lose the bid to competitors, it is a great disappointment. A key component of learning what went wrong is the debriefing agencies are supposed to give losing bidders so they can gain insights on why their bids failed. But there are problems with the quality and consistency of agency debriefings. This drives many companies to...

Do any of these phrases sound familiar to you?"People will have no choice, but to use the technology. It's mandatory.""We must Go Live on time and within budget.""We need to get buy-in.""We need to sell the benefits of the system to users.""IT is seen as an inconvenience.""IT is to blame for lack of use.""There's user resistance we can't change.""People aren't using the system. We need to do more training.""If the software had more fe...

How Acquisitions Disrupt the Competitive Landscape The last year has seen merger and acquisition activity accelerate dramatically in the federal market. From headline grabbing deals, such as General Dynamics’ acquisition of CSRA or the formation of Perspecta from combining three companies to the nearly 100 small and mid-size deals that have closed in the last 12 months, the competitive landscape is rapidly changing. To stay competitive,...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the source document when contracting with the procurement offices of both federal defense and civilian agencies for the purchase goods and services. A close and detailed working knowledge of the FAR is mandatory for government, contractor, and subcontractor personnel in order to maintain the best possible contracts and compliance with its requirements. This two-day FAR “Less Complicated...