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Government Procurement White Papers
Getting the Most out of Your PC Investment in the...
The technology procurement landscape is complicated and the government’s job of spending public funds optimally and transparently creates immense pressures, especially when critical missions and citizen services hang in the…
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Exploring Blockchain Technology for Government...
The project takes a three-pronged approach to blockchain experimentation in the anti-corruption context, focusing specifically on public procurement. It includes: 1) a software proof-of-concept (PoC); 2) the enumeration of complementary…
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Defense Primer: Procurement
While the common use of the word procurement implies the process of obtaining goods or services, uses of the word procurement by national security experts and practitioners generally refers to…
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Momentum® Acquisition Management
As Department of Defense (DOD) agencies move to sunset the enterprise-wide Standard Procurement System (SPS), they can proactively define streamlined business processes and leverage a proven, state-of-the-art COTS solution to…
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Understanding Cloud Procurement: A Guide for...
This paper provides a procurement checklist to give government officials a starting point on their cloud journey. It outlines what’s needed for a forward-looking cloud procurement strategy. And while a…
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Notification from DHS Chief Procurement Officer...
As I have discussed with many of you, I am committed to keeping industry apprised of how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responding to the current environment. A…
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“Icebreaker Acquisition and the Need for a...
There has been some discussion recently of how certain Coast Guard procurement priorities, including icebreakers, would not be affordable if the Coast Guard’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements (PC&I) account in…
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Cooperative Procurement: Today’s Contracting Tool,...
Public procurement teams are tasked with the responsibility of connecting states, counties, and municipalities with low-cost goods and services. These officials operate in a context dominated by an overarching commitment…
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Getting Procurement Criteria Right in the Public...
Commerce Decisions’ Structured Criteria Definition (SCD) methodology enables the creation of robust, fit for purpose, defensible award criteria for use on procurement projects of any size, complexity and for any…
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The True Cost of your Paper RFP Process
The concept of ‘the paperless office’ is not a new one. The phrase first appeared in 1975, in a Business Week magazine which made the bold prediction that “by 1990,…
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Accelerating the Emergence and Development of...
Innovation offers the potential to improve everyday life, grow regional economies and solve societal challenges. Governments, industry and communities around the world are delivering programs that seek to encourage innovation…
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Contracting for Efficiency: A Best Practices Guide...
The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) supports federal agencies in meeting federal energy and water management goals. FEMP’s Energy-Efficient Product Procurement program provides guidance to agencies with regard to federal…
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RWA Fee Reform
The new fee structure combines the current sliding scale fee and 4% fee associated with non recurring RWAs into a single fee, determined by a percentage of overall project costs.…
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Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy...
Multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC) are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition programs.…
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Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy (DPAP)...
ARS develops and maintains acquisition rules and guidance to facilitate the Acquisition Workforce as they acquire the goods and services DoD requires to ensure America’s Warfighters’ continued worldwide success.
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