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News
October 30, 2009
PSC Calls Obama Administration’s Contracting Guidance
“Strategic and Balanced”
Washington, D.C.—The guidance issued October 27 by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) focusing on federal acquisition offers agencies strategic and balanced guidance and outlines sensible acquisition practices long-supported by industry, said Stan Soloway, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, the leading national association of government services firms.
The two policy memos issued by OFPP Deputy Administrator Lesley Field—one on increasing competition and structuring contracts and one on acquisition workforce development strategies for civilian agencies— are the latest in a series of policy directives mandated by President Obama in a March 4 memorandum.
“The memos highlight the importance of front-end acquisition planning, clarity in requirements, robust market research, matching appropriate contract type to the specific requirement and acquisition strategy, and enhancing the capabilities of the federal acquisition workforce,” Soloway said.
“The policies and approaches in these OFPP supplemental guidance documents will be very helpful to efforts to improve performance as long as agencies fully and faithfully implement these and the three earlier memos OMB issued July 29 to implement the President’s March 4, 2009 memorandum,” Soloway said.
PSC is the national trade association of the government professional and technical services industry. PSC’s more than 330 member companies represent small, medium, and large businesses that provide federal agencies with services of all kinds, including information technology, engineering, logistics, facilities management, operations and maintenance, consulting, international development, scientific, social, environmental services, and more. Together, the association’s members employ hundreds of thousands of Americans in all 50 states.
