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August 25, 2020 By cs

4 lessons from SBA’s $30 million ‘Certify’ platform debacle

Let me know if you’ve heard this one before: An agency hires “experts” to develop an application, spends tens of millions of dollars and the effort falls flat.

This easily could be the story to focus on with Small Business Administration’s Certify.SBA.gov project.

A recent agency inspector general report found the agency brought in U.S. Digital Service experts, spent upwards of $30 million over the last five years to develop the platform only for most of the effort to go to scrap and forcing SBA to basically start over again.

Instead this is a story about perseverance.  It’s a story about lessons learned that every agency should keep in mind. And this is a story that offers an inside view into why federal projects do fail and how simple steps could change the direction of any IT project.

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2020/08/4-lessons-from-sbas-30m-certify-platform-debacle/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: application, beta.certify.sba.gov, certification, Certify.gov, Certify.SBA.gov, IG, mission, requirements, requirements definition, SBA, small business, U.S. Digital Service, USDS

May 31, 2013 By AMK

GSA shares mobile contracting templates

The General Services Administration’s office of citizen services and  innovative technologies has developed a guide for agencies looking to procure  mobile applications, responsively-designed websites, mobile program testing or  mobile developer services.

The new Wiki,  posted through HowTo.gov, provides sample language for structuring a statement  of work for a variety of customer and external-facing mobile products.

The resource is a byproduct of work done as part of the recently-piloted  contracting tool RFP-EZ; however, agencies need not wait for RFP-EZ to take  advantage of GSA’s guide. The SOW samples and tips can be applied to  procurements using any government acquisition portal, such as Federal Business  Opportunities.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercemobilegovernment.com/story/gsa-shares-mobile-contracting-templates/2013-05-22

 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition workforce, application, contracting system, GSA, mobile, open source, SOW, template

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