Articles from Set-Aside Alert (June 10, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
8(a) contracts awarded.			1204
Back to basics: how do I start my federal sales effort?	Adler, Peter		337
Calendar of events.		Calendar	773
e-Buy gains ground, "one schedule" studied.			433
FISC Norfolk Contracting Department Philadelphia Division intends to solicit for Navy Marine Corps Intranet program support services for the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Millington, TN.		Brief Article	60
HUD intends to award a contract to operate a Technical Assistance Center hotline for its Real Estate Assessment Center in Denver. This is an 8(a) set-aside.		Brief Article	47
IT contractors should refuse contracts with ill-defined goals.		Brief Article	84
Newly certified 8(a)s.			869
Newly certified woman-owned businesses.			328
Proposed GSA reorganization draws fire.			575
Push is on for strategic sourcing: OMB tells agencies to protect small businesses.		Brief Article	295
SBA has established the Office of Federal Contract Assistance for Veteran Business Owners, following President Bush's Executive Order to provide more contract opportunities for service-disabled veteran business owners.		Brief Article	60
SBA hears public feedback on size standards.			378
Senate committee proposes new review of DOD's use of schedules, other outside contracts.			312
Support for women's set-aside program: congressional democrats back lawsuit against SBA.			398
The Air Education and Training Command at Maxwell AFB, AL, plans a solicitation for Information Technology Assessment and Strategy Development.		Brief Article	52
The Air Force Materiel Command at Hill AFB, UT, plans a solicitation for business improvement services, team development and consulting.		Brief Article	46
The Army Contracting Agency plans a solicitation for the operation of the Army Learning Center at Fort Polk, LA.		Brief Article	48
The Army will begin its own commodity buying plan for computer hardware next year, after seeing how the Air Force saved money using the strategy, Federal Computer Week reported.		Brief Article	80
The Federal Acquisition Regulation councils have proposed a rule allowing large prime contractors to count subcontracts awarded to Alaska Native Corporations toward their small business and small disadvantaged business goals, regardless of whether the ANC is a small business.		Brief Article	89
The Government Account-ability Office has sustained a protest over a modification to an Air Force contract.			192
The House fell one vote short of cutting funds for base realignment and closing.		Brief Article	84
The Interior Department plans to merge its two fee-for-service procurement shops.		Brief Article	75
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Division in San Diego plans to award multiple basic ordering agreements for construction.		Brief Article	69
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Engineering Field Activity, Northeast, plans to award two indefinite quantity contracts for architect/engineering services.			64
The Naval Supply Systems Command at Pearl Harbor, HI, plans a solicitation for on-site technical services to support Commander Navy Region Information Technology functions.		Brief Article	71
The Puerto Rico Air National Guard plans a solicitation for a multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for architect/engineering services.			62
The Transportation Security Administration seeks a contractor to provide performance-based operations and maintenance to support multi-location operations on IBM hardware and commercial-off-the-shelf software products.		Brief Article	97
VA in Phoenix, AZ, is seeking service-disabled veteran-owned sources to operate, access and update a database.			47