Multiple Award Government & Industry Conference (MAGIC) 2012

The continued push to do “more with less” is making Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and Multiple Award Contracts (MACs) more popular than ever before with federal buyers. With more than $60 billion going to multiple-award contracts each year, these vehicles are where the rubber meets the road and where real acquisition takes place. These multiple award vehicles – including GWACs and MACs – were designed with one purpose in mind: leverage the government’s buying power to get the right solutions for the best price. With $1.2 trillion now being stripped from agency budgets – and a growing call for technology to pick up the slack – that charge is more important than ever. If you’re an IT manager, CIO, CTO or CFO, the intersection of technology and acquisition will continue to mean the difference between your agency’s success or failure.  

MAGIC 2012 is a first-of-its-kind event where leaders from the major GWACs and MACs will come together with industry partners to share their insights, plans and best practices to help agencies access the technologies and solution sets they need to succeed. This two-day conference will feature sessions on creating a business case for new contract vehicles, how the new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules for transparency and competition have impacted MAC procurements, should industry be paranoid about strategic sourcing BPAs and how to whither GWAC storm and much more.

Attendees to this event will learn: 

• The challenges facing government contract vehicles today, and plans to address those challenges
• Technology mandates that are driving acquisition, including cloud, mobile, and cybersecurity
• How to align the acquisition and budget process with the technology cycle 
• The most effective – and efficient – ways to procure technology services to suit your agency’s need
• The evolving role of technology managers in the acquisition process

For more information, please contact Christine Lewandowski at  clewandowski@centreconsult.com or 703-288-2800 ext. 235.