by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
The cutthroat competition between two Bay Area school lunch contractors reached a new low when the personal data of hundreds of schoolchildren were stolen in a bid to expose a competitor’s lack of data security. School lunches are a $14 billion a year industry and...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Services spending will be the next procurement sector that will see tremendous changes as AI applications are poised to make an impact. Elaine Morris Roberts explains how AI can transform procurement in this report for SpendMatters: In procurement, one significant...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
The longest government shutdown in US history ended early this year. But the repercussions from the shutdown are still being felt among contractors to the US government. All contractors lost money and some lost optional extensions on their contracts. Other contractors...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Oracle, recently disqualified from bidding for the Defense Department’s $10 billion cloud contract, is alleging that Amazon had some inside help during the bidding process. Oracle has filed suit claiming that a former high-level Defense Department employee named Deap...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Amazon already has a deal to supply US local governments with everything from computers to toilet paper. Now, the tech giant is moving to capture federal procurement as well. Amazon’s potential dominance over government procurement has provoked consternation among...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Seeking to reduce oversight and compliance costs, the Defense Department is considering a shift to performance-based payments for all fixed-price contracts. The change should also help contractors manage cashflow and permit better focus on technical and schedule...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering the issuance of a five-year, multiple award IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract that would establish an enterprise approach to data analytics in the cloud and application development....
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) 2nd Generation IT (2GIT) contact will wipe out small businesses alleges Rick Vogel, the federal government sales manager for Coast to Coast Computer Products. Vogel claims that the strategic sourcing initiative for IT will...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to expand its use of the commercial cloud and the contract to provide those services may hit the 11-figure range. Contracting documents have already been presented to selected tech companies last March. Amazon Web Services...
by CivicMeter Staff | May 14, 2019 | Procurement
Small businesses may soon receive a fairer shake from the Pentagon if bipartisan efforts by a couple of senators succeeds. Democratic Senator Martin Henrich of New Mexico and his Republican counterpart Joni Ernst of Iowa have filed a bill to reauthorize and improve...
