The long-planned combination of multiple federal government contracting websites into one is in progress with the announcement of the agile launch of SAM.beta.gov to totally replace the FedBizOpp.gov (FBO.gov) website in early 2020. The General Services Administration (GSA) is responsible for the development and function of the new free federal contracting opportunities website. The planned... Read More
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GSA Awards $43M Contract to Replace DUNS with SAMMI
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced the award of a $41.8 million-dollar five-year contract to Ernst and Young LLP (EY) that will replace the decades-long contract held by Dun & Bradstreet to provide entity validation services, currently known as the Data Universal Number System (DUNSĀ®.) This move will affect every federal agency and... Read More
GSA Reopens Multiple Awards Schedule 75 for Office Supplies Providers
By: Gloria Larkin as published in Business Monthly February 2018 The General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced the release of a new and updated contract to allow new vendors to submit contracts through its Schedule 75 to sell office supplies to federal government agencies. In 2010, the GSA had closed the contract so that only... Read More
Cybersecurity Federal Contracting 2018 Outlook to be Presented at October CyberMaryland Conference
By Gloria Larkin October is National Cybersecurity Month and with the recent Equifax data breach affecting over 143 million people in the U.S., the reality of cybersecurity is hot news in both the public and private sectors. The U.S. Federal Government has been in front of the cybersecurity curve in budgeting billions of dollars for... Read More