Tag: history
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Two reform laws from the mid-1990s created much of the toolkit agencies lean on in the fourth quarter: simplified thresholds, a commercial preference, task order contracts and more.
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Created in 1949 to consolidate postwar government operations, GSA became the government’s landlord, its schedule negotiator and the keeper of the systems contractors use every day.
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Full and open competition, written sole-source justifications, competition advocates and the GAO protest stay all trace to one 1984 law. Here is what CICA changed and why it still matters.
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From wartime plants corporations to the 8(a), HUBZone, veteran and women-owned programs, the SBA’s contracting role was built in stages. Knowing why each program exists explains how its rules work.
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The FAR took effect in 1984 to unify federal buying rules. Here is how it came together, how it is maintained and why it keeps evolving.