Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) & Best Value (BV): Finding Common Ground in Government Acquisition The FAR states that ”an agency can obtain best value by using any one or a combination of source selection approaches.” Under “Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA)” (FAR 15.101-2), the relative importance of technical, past performance and cost or price elements of a proposal may vary and past perfor...

WORKSHOP: Mobility Management: Case Studies and Successful Strategies for Federal Agencies Managing the explosive growth of mobile devices in the Federal Government is an increasingly difficult and confusing problem. Hear from your government peers as they share experiences of successful deployment of Mobile Device Management technology. Learn how they’ve solved challenges from BYOD to app management to fundamental public sector mobile s...

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) are becoming increasingly vital to agencies by enabling them to leverage GSA’s buying power, achieve multi-agency objectives, and acquire acquisition and contract management functions at competitive rates. As the number of companies seeking schedule contracts has roughly doubled over the last several years, with over 80 percent being small bus...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Does your organization have a plan for an active shooter event or hostage taking? Given today’s ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization’s incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity The FEMA Caribbean Distribution Center and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Offi...

How to Get Data Mining Off the Ground and Into OrbitA Free One-Hour Live, Interactive Web EventProduced by The Modeling Agency“Guidance & Results for the Data-Rich, Yet Information-Poor”Presented by TMA Senior Consulting Staffhttp://www.the-modeling-agency.com/data-mining-webinarWHAT'S COVEREDThe vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining and predictive analytics, but are fully mystified ab...

Congratulations, your company is moving forward on an opportunity, and it’s time to prepare a proposal for that lucrative government contract. Are you prepared to build a proposal plan that increases your win rates? The pre-proposal preparation phase offers the chance to further refine efforts, asses the market, create a strategy and build a capture plan. Join Deltek and Shipley Associates for the free webinar Opportunity Identified, Pre...

Please join Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutionsfor this complimentary webcast on the basics of Certification and Accreditation (C&A). C&A is a substantial undertaking for any organization but is essential when deploying products within the US Government. In this webcast Steve Welke will outline the principles, approaches, and processes involved with successfully navigating C&A. He will also discuss the latest initiatives to streaml...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Does your organization have a plan for an active shooter event or hostage taking? Given today’s ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization’s incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity Truax Air National Guard and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastr...

Do shrinking budgets, increased competition, and IT governance policies seeking to cut infrastructure costs to fund new and improved mission systems cause you to have a bleak outlook for IT business opportunities in FY13? Industry leader and immixGroup co-founderSteve Charles hopes to change your thinking as he discusses how companies can spot the opportunities driving the federal IT market forward. In a recent article, Mr. Charles reminds us...

The intensive, one day training workshop teaches the basics of utilizing the Multiple Award Schedules program. Over the course of the workshop you will learn how to obtain and manage your GSA schedule, market GSA contracts, comply with Federal procurement requirements, follow policy changes, and prepare for MAS audits. A highlight of the course is training on GSA’s electronic tools including eBuy, GSA Adavantage! and GSA eLibrary. Other...