USFCR Blog

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday, February 3, plans to purchase apple products and issue a solicitation.
The USDA invites all interested and capable contractors to submit an offer electronically through Web-Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) at http://www.usda.gov.

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Denise Turner Roth, in early August, announced that GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) would serve as the Managing Partner for OMB’s Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI).

The initiative requires federal agencies to develop and report on data center strategies to consolidate infrastructure, improve existing facilities, achieve cost savings, and transition to more efficient infrastructure, such as cloud and shared services.

The federal government spent about 75 percent of the total amount budgeted for information technology (IT) for the fiscal year 2015 on operations and maintenance (O&M) investments, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday, May 25.

Federal contractors must report their service contracts, known as SCRs, through the System for Award Management. By law, executive agencies must prepare an annual inventory of their SCRs per Section 743(a) of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117).

Contractors subject to the SCR requirement must provide the following information:

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Acquisition Division and the National Woman's Business Council (NWBC) intend to procure a Purchase Order for Research on Women's Participation in Incubators and Accelerators.
This solicitation is a request for quotation (RFQ). The period of performance for services is for one year of performance. The NAICS classification is 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. The small business size standard is $15M.