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Years ago, Washington was rocked by revelations that no-bid contracts were causing the government to pay outrageous prices for routine purchases. One famous example was the $600 toilet seat that inspired then-Sen. William Cohen to quip, "It gives new meaning to the word throne. There's similar wastefulness in the Medicare program, and it's tied to a similar no-bid philosophy in medical equipment and supplies. Unfortunately, a full-court press is under way to persuade the U.S. House and Senate to repeal competitive bidding. A better policy would be to fix the flaws but continue to allow competitive forces to create value for Medicare beneficiaries and the taxpayer.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - One of the region's newest construction firms is taking lessons from one of its more longstanding firms in a special arrangement having Uncle Sam's support. Hubzone Corp. - a 5-year-old contracting firm in Rancho Cucamonga with eight employees - and C.W. Driver - a 92-year-old construction enterprise in Ontario with some 250 people on its payroll - are cooperating through a Small Business Administration program designed to help eligible small businesses bid for government contracts.
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... streamlined processes for awarding contracts to outside bidders—or may not even bother with c...
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Promising a streamlined process to allow female entrepreneurs to bid on city work orders, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton on Tuesday said a new program targeting small-business owners will be launched in early March. At a meeting with members of the Memphis chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners , Wharton stressed that his administration is working with Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell's office to make it simpler for female and minority business owners to bid on government contracts.
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Federal investigators, flashing phony no-bid government contracts and thousands of dollars for bribes, put the question to several North Jersey politicians: You want in? Their answers, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said Thursday, were "truly extraordinary incredible.
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A flurry of pitches, but no baseballs, were thrown Tuesday night when the committee examining consolidated Evansville-Vanderburgh County government looked for help. Committee members, whose task is to craft a detailed proposal for consolidated government, heard a parade of lawyers, financial advisers and meeting facilitators bid for contracts to provide legal and financial services.
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[Stan Yablonski] said when his GSA schedule comes up for renewal in 201 1, he will cut his product list down from 1,500 to 300, "so that it's easier to maintain. GSA has helped us, but it's also been a real burden. In your negotiations with the GSA, you have to be the low bidder - but from a practical business matter, it's not necessarily good business sense to be the lower bidder every time. Last year, federal agencies used GSA's purchasing system, called schedules, to buy everything from computers and cleaning supplies to advertising brochures and employee training, said John Naclerio, a program analyst with GSA in New York. GSA is a big slice of the more than $300 billion federal procurement marketplace, but if s not the only game in town: A small business can sell to the governmen...
... of bidding on individual federal contracts. Last year, federal agencies used GSA's purchasing...
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... are performed under competitive bid contracts with non-Government firms. Fees for reporting are ...
