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DHS rolls out commercial solutions openings

April 15, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)… will use the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies and services currently […]

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Update on federal contract data for Covid-19 — Breakdown and Map

April 6, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

A net total of $1.97 billion has been obligated to federal contractors in response to Covid-19 between February 4 and April 5. Over the course […]

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Federal contracting response to Covid-19

April 2, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Federal obligations for the month of March in response to the spread of COVID-19 could top $100 billion if current trends hold, an analyst said […]

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A primer on progress payments: impact of increase from 80% to 90% for COVID-19

April 1, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Recently, the Pentagon announced that it will increase progress payments to bolster contractor cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis. For small businesses, progress payments increased […]

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Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on defense contract obligations

March 26, 2020 Eric Lofgren 1

We don’t even have to look back as far as the 2008 crisis to predict the scale of potential losses. When sequestration hit in 2013, […]

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