DHS rolls out commercial solutions openings
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 […]
Other Transactions
Federal contracting response to Covid-19
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 […]
Podcast: Covid-19 impact to government contracting
In this special episode of Acquisition Talk, we listen in on a conversation about the effects of COVID-19 on government contracting, including (1) the Defense […]
Updated defense costing policy released
On March 13 2020, the new DoD Instruction 5000.73 was released as part of the 5000.02 rewrite for Adaptive Acquisition Framework. It provides new guidance […]
GAO agrees with Air Force in light attack aircraft protest decision
The protester argues that the Air Force’s decision to acquire aircraft from Textron pursuant to the agency’s authority under 10 U.S.C. § 2373 does not […]
Podcast: All about Other Transactions Authority with Richard Dunn
In this episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, I speak with Richard Dunn about commercial contracting, and in particular, Other Transactions Authority (OTAs). He is […]
Why are OTAs plagued by references to FAR clauses?
One of the biggest failures of FAR 12 [commercial] contracting has been DoD’s unwillingness to proactively use these commercial of a type procedures because of […]