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Program Management in an Era of Tight Budgets – How Strategic Sourcing Could...
For a better part of twelve years the federal budget has been pretty ample and programs were free to operate in a much more flexible environment. “Supplemental” allotments of funding were in large...
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Smoother Acquisition Sailing – An Argument for Increased Communication
On a trip to San Diego I watched a Navy destroyer slip quietly under the Coronado Bridge. I remembered a phrase I’ve repeated many times throughout my career as a procurement leader and manager:...
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How an E-Library Can Help Keep You Compliant
Does this sound familiar? You’re developing a solicitation document and vaguely recall an agency or departmental policy memo or directive that might impact your solicitation. Where is that document?...
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Writing a Task Order Against an IDIQ – Make Sure You’re Covered!
Do not assume anything when you are writing a task order against an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Why? Ever write a task order and miss something or miss ensuring the proper...
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Four Ways One Agency Recognizes that CORs Matter
Recently I wrote an article about the significant role that Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) play in the acquisition process flow. In “Do COR’s Matter in Your Agency? Why they Should,” I...
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Avoid Risk by Using Solicitation/Contract Templates
Imagine this scenario. Your acquisition lead time is quickly slipping. Time is running short to develop your solicitation documents, which could jeopardize meeting the target project completion date....
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Procurement Planning – An Important Spoke in the Wheel
Photo by Robert Couse-Baker from Flickr Creative Commons With the recent uncertainty over further sequestration and a possible second government shutdown, many agencies and components of the federal...
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Ready, Set, Go… Cross the Acquisition Package Finish Line by Fiscal Year End
This is sprinting season for any acquisition professional working on completing acquisition packages, negotiating offers and awarding the proposals. Contracting Officers (COs) should be proactive in...
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Procurement: Meeting the PALT in Four Simple Steps
Imagine working in a high stress environment where contract support for a mission critical program may expire at the end of the month and there is no backup plan. Your organization had plans to...
View ArticleBlog Revisit: Crossing the Acquisition Package Finish Line
The original version of this blog was posted Aug. 5, 2014, written by Patricia Miller. Now, two years later, one of Integrity’s program managers, Dan Altobelli, revisits the ever-relevant topic. Read...
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