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Amazon vies for federal business, denies crowding competitors

April 25, 2018 By Andrew Smith

Amazon, the online sales giant with a growing Washington presence, has struck fear in its competitors that it aims to dominate the federal government’s purchasing process.

Now, a top official with Amazon.com Inc.’s business division is fighting back against claims that the company is intent on monopolizing federal online purchases, selling the government everything from pens and paper to computers, televisions, and office furniture.

Amazon Business is content to be viewed as “another option the buyers had in the government space,” Anne Rung, director of government for Amazon Business told Bloomberg Government in a phone interview interview from the company’s Seattle headquarters.

Keep reading this article at: https://about.bgov.com/blog/amazon-vies-federal-business-denies-crowding-competitors/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Amazon, competition, OFPP, on-line, online marketplace

GSA hears comments from industry about e-commerce portals

January 12, 2018 By Andrew Smith

As part of ongoing efforts to create an online marketplace for government purchasers, GSA officials held a public meeting January 9th to discuss potential market structures and legal requirements.

A wide range of stakeholders attended the hearing, responding to questions from GSA on issues such as how many online portals should be implemented, who should have privity of contract with the government, and whether certain federal procurement requirements should be waived for program participants.  GSA had previously published its discussion topics in a Federal Register notice on December 15, 2017.

GSA’s town hall took place as part of the implementation of Section 846 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018.  As discussed in a previous blog post, the 2018 NDAA requires GSA and OMB to develop and implement e-commerce portals for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item procurements, rolling out the program under a three-phase plan.  [2018 NDAA § 846(c)(1)]  Phase I requires the development of a plan for implementing the commercial e-commerce portals program, including recommendations regarding “changes to, or exemptions from, [existing procurement] laws.”  Id.  That Phase I plan is due to Congress on March 12, 2018. Id.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.insidegovernmentcontracts.com/2018/01/gsa-hears-comments-industry-e-commerce-portals/#more-7422 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: commercial item, commercial products, COTS, e-commerce, GSA, NDAA, online marketplace

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