NSN can stand for National Stock Number or NATO Stock Number. They're both the same thing. Basically, NSNs are 13 digit numbers used to label an item. They're officially recognized by the United States government, NATO countries, and several other...
US Federal Contractor Registration More good news for government contractors was released this past week when the House of Representatives decided in a landslide victory (340 to 73 to be exact) that the Department of...
The DoD plans to increase the amount and quality of contracting opportunities by increasing training to employees, creating 11 integrated cost-analysis teams and better utilizing the Contract Business Analysis Repository (CBAR). The CBAR supplies important business information about properly registered...
Almost a month later after its release the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announces they are considering canceling their ESSII Cloud Storage Contract. The ESSII had a contract ceiling worth between $427 to $450 billion with a base project length...
Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) offer Federal agencies an effective means to implement energy-efficiency, renewable-energy, and water-efficiency projects. Federal agencies are authorized and encouraged to participate in energy-efficiency, water-conservation, and electricity-demand programs offered by gas, water, or electric utilities. In...
The American military has a long history working with contractors. Everything from the vehicles, barracks, to the MRE’s, are all sourced by private entities. Still, it’s not just tangible goods that contractors can provide for the U.S. armed forces....
The Department of Defense - Electronic Mall or (DoD EMALL) is a web based online ordering platform meant to provide a full service e-Commerce site to find and acquire off the shelf, finished goods and services from the commercial marketplace...
The Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) is a web-enabled, enterprise application that provides timely and pertinent contractor past performance information to the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal acquisition community for use in making source-selection decisions (e.g., awarding contracts). PPIRS...
Finally after long last, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has just released a follow-on RFP (request for proposal) on FBO.gov for cloud storage services worth $427 million. The DISA contract they are calling Enterprise Storage Service or ESS II...
