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GSA to offer cloud-based contract writing system next year

The General Services Administration (GSA) will offer a new service to federal agencies next year designed to speed up contract writing.

GSA logoAccording to a blog post published on Nov. 15th, GSA will launch a cloud-based shared service contract-writing system that will “offer federal agencies a turnkey, comprehensive, contract writing and administrative solution.”

The commercial-off-the-shelf application will offer agencies an incentive to move away from standing up and maintaining their own contract writing systems, and its pay-as-you-go offers scalability and flexibility, according to GSA. In addition, high-volume users are eligible for tiered volume discounts through GSA’s buying power.

keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2016/11/gsa-offer-cloud-based-contract-writing-system-next-year/133188

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Defense agencies look to replace $3.7 billion procurement dinosaur

The Navy and the Defense Contract Management Agency have both started the process of replacing the 1996-vintage Defense Department Standard Procurement System, which managed 800,000 contracts worth $190 billion in 2011.
The Navy, in a request for information to potential vendors posted on FedBizOpps Saturday, said it wants to acquire an electronic procurement system to replace the contract writing capabilities of the Standard Procurement System. DCMA posted a Feb. 21 notice seeking similar, new contract writing software.

Navy officials said they are aiming to deploy the new system for training in fiscal 2014, with full operation by 2015. The service is seeking a commercial system that is ready to go “out of the box.” DCMA said it too wants to acquire a commercial contract writing system, which will “improve efficiency, reduce procurement process times, and increase data accuracy.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/02/defense-agencies-look-replace-37-billion-procurement-dinosaur/61503/?oref=nextgov_today_nl.

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Army Contracting Command easing burden on contracting officers

The Army Contracting Command is helping to lead an effort to modernize the service’s contract writing system.

This is more than just a technology refresh. It’s about improving the functionality of the existing contract writing tools that many contracting officers use every day.

“A lot of our contract writing applications are supporting architectures that are 8-to-10 years old, which is a lifetime in the technology business,” said Gino Magnifico, the Army Contracting Command’s chief information officer. “One of things that we are looking at as a structure, not just across the Army but all of DoD, is how do we upgrade our capabilities in contracting writing areas and get applications that are really more modernized, that reflect architectures, that work really well in these different environments, everything from sustainment to these thin solutions to these communication satellite requirements that we really try to leverage in this command.”

Magnifico said the ACC is leading an effort to conduct an analysis of alternatives within the Army to figure out the requirements for the future contracting writing tools.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/396/3023451/Army-Contracting-Command-easing-burden-on-contracting-officers.

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