“For the General Services Administration, the surge in contracting to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and now the fourth stimulus bill is business as usual.”
“Even with the activation of its emergency acquisitions group and new authorities, the Federal Acquisition Service is striking the balance between helping the Department of Health and Human Services, FEMA and other agencies, and pushing forward with key modernization initiatives.”
“Julie Dunne, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said that contracting officers and other acquisition employees are meeting all the demands coming from multiple directions…”
“Dunne said GSA activated its emergency acquisitions group to bring more agility and speed to its efforts.”
“The group is made up of experts from across the federal supply schedules and other parts of FAS to meet the demands of agencies more directly and centrally.”
“They are familiar with the emergency planning process. They have the relationships with FEMA and developed more relationships with HHS through the public health emergency. We also pull in other contracting officers to help. Some of it is regular acquisition, but more expedited in some ways,” Dunne said. “We are pulling in some of the more experienced folks and they are able to help out with some of these buys…” Read the full article here.
Source: Emergency acquisitions group at center of GSA’s coronavirus response – By Jason Miller, April 23, 2020. Federal News Network.
