Effective 2 November 2011, the FAR was amended, allowing federal buyers who want to acquire goods or services using GSA Schedule contracts to set aside particular opportunities for small businesses. Set-asides allow small businesses to successfully compete within a smaller pool of vendors while enabling the agency issuing the set-aside to meet their small business goals.

Federal cloud transition will save $5 billion yearly, Federal CIO says
Vivek Kundra stated that annual savings of $5 billion can be achieved by moving about 1/4 of the government $80 billion IT enterprise to the cloud. This move is part of Kundra's 25-point plan revealed to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
NextGov
By Joseph Marks
May 25, 2011

Our support services span the full spectrum of support required to manage the procurement and contract management requirements for the acquisition of complex service contracts. ASC provides innovative products, services and the necessary training to optimize the purchase and management of service contracts. ASC software improves all facets of the contract life-cycle from pricing and partnering to quality of services delivered.

SeeSOR.NET and SeeSOR
Collaborative contract monitoring tools for organizations that want to track the performance of their outsourced services or who want to improve their service level agreements.

TF! Contract Modeling
Bringing transparency to government contracting, line item by line item. TF! is an integrated, collaborative tool used by either service recipients, service providers or BOTH! It is for clients who wish to perform rapid, defensible bid evaluations and risk assessments.

A web-based solution for contract monitoring and management. Learn more about SeeSOR.NET. For in-depth information and for current users, visit our support site.

ASC Contract Vehicles