Interagency acquisition and GWACs explained, related resources identified
A government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) is one form of interagency acquisition – the process by which one agency uses the contracts and/or contracting services of other agencies to obtain...
View ArticleOFPP updates rules for how agencies should analyze ways to lower costs
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is reinvigorating the concepts of share- in-savings and lowering life-cycle costs of programs by analyzing all facets of the approach. OFPP released the first...
View ArticleAcquisition 101: When a bargain isn’t a bargain
When my wife and I purchased our first vacuum cleaner, we selected a cheap model. It met all the specs of what we needed, did a minimally acceptable job and lasted little more than a year before it...
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A better idea than ‘do more with less’
Now that Congress has agreed to a two-year budget framework and passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill, the federal government finally has the opportunity for budget predictability that has eluded most...
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Procurement director recommends regularly talking-up department’s...
Rockland County in suburban New York City has seen a big improvement in its fiscal health. Budgets in the county (2017 population: 328,868) have been quite tight. “When I took office, the Comptroller’s...
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New final rule limits use of LPTA
Businesses and consumers make complex trade-off decisions every day when buying and selling supplies and services. Sometimes it makes sense to pay more or charge more for a supply or service when...
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