The Department of Defense gives itself a B in overall use of Small Business in FY2009. As a Small Business Prime Contractor for the DOD, Partnet is proud of our contributions to the DOD and feel that we give the America Taxpayer a good buy for their money. Small businesses frequently operate with lower overhead than [...]
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I was asked the question earlier: ”How is the DOD EMALL important other than as a sales tool?” Apparently, the question took some people by surprise, but not me. The DOD EMALL provides several acquisition services that extend beyond traditional eCommerce (though that is certainly a big part of it). Here are my top eight reasons why DOD [...] Last week, Matt Langan of Appian had an excellent post on the emerging use of Business Process Management (BPM) software in the government acquisition process. He stated that, “we are seeing government embrace Business Process Management (BPM) acquisition solutions (versus COTS) in order to gain process transparency, react quickly to change and improve process efficiency; thereby [...] When it comes to organizations’ finances, some years are better than others. It’s no secret that for many in the private and public sectors, the last few years have been on the lean side. It requires creativity for a company or government department to tighten its belt without cutting its services or quality. With fewer goods being [...] No, it’s not the latest Dr. Seuss book. It’s dealing with rounding of numbers, and in this case currency within eCommerce websites. Rounding has been part of computer languages as early as FORTRAN and C, which started back in the 1950s. Unfortunately for developers during those times, various forms of rounding had to be coded specifically for [...] Last week I wrote about the success the Department of Defense is having in leveraging Government eCommerce for the strategic sourcing of its office supplies. What I didn’t mention was the side effect its having on the pricing structures of office supply vendors on the DOD EMALL. In 2004, when the Army was establishing their strategic sourcing [...] Rep. Robert Andrews (NJ) chairs the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel on the House Armed Services Committee. The Department of Defense recently got an earful from the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel (DARP) over its “outdated” acquisition and contracting policies. The panel’s criticisms centered largely on ill-suited “cultural issues” preventing the DOD from moving towards more IT-focused procurement [...] In 2006, the Office of the Secretary of Defense added Strategic Sourcing to the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy‘s (DPAP) list of standing initiatives. According to DPAP, strategic sourcing is defined as: . . . a proven best practice [representing] how the DoD will acquire goods and services moving forward. It is the collaborative and structured process [...] There are several good reasons. It has long been known that traditional procurement processes, whether public or private, are often arduous and time consuming. By establishing long-term purchasing contracts with strategic companies and letting junior buyers place delivery orders against those contacts from an online marketplace, senior acquisition professionals are freed to work on major acquisitions. [...] |
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