Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, wrote an article explaining whether industry’s reluctance to compete for fixed-price contracts affects SDA’s business model. In a LinkedIn article published Wednesday, he said
MoreLarge and small businesses benefit from the government market thanks to diverse types of contracting vehicles. However, there are many types of government contracts available, and it can be confusing which contract
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The Department of Defense has proposed changes to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to restrict the government from procuring more than one low-rate initial production lot, or LRIP, related to a
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Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisitions and integration, said the U.S. Space Force plans to drive speed by using fixed-price contracts, developing smaller systems and shortening contract
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a memo reminding agencies to practice caution when it comes to selecting the type of federal contracts they award. OMB Director Russell Vought wrote
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The Department of Defense has proposed a new rule to address the use of performance-based payments in contracts, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. According to the report, the proposed rule would subject
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The Defense Department has released a memorandum that would authorize contracting officers to use a competitive procedure to procure âinnovativeâ commercial technologies and services as part of a four-year pilot program in
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The Government Accountability Office has found that the Defense Department awarded approximately 444,500 contracts valued at more than $230 billion to women- and minority-owned businesses between fiscal years 2010 and 2016. GAO said in
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The Government Accountability Office has analyzed governmentwide contracting data from the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation database and found that spending on contracts at defense agencies declined by about 32 percent from $399 billion in fiscal
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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the service branch has begun to consider whether to use a provision in the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill to waive a fixed-price contract
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