Off the Shelf – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week’s guest on Off the Shelf is Ben Hall, chief executive officer of Golden State Medical Supply (GSMS). 

Hall shares the GSMS story, from its founding by an Air Force veteran in the 1980s to its role today delivering cost-effective, high-quality generic pharmaceuticals to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. 

He discusses the role data management and analytics plays in delivering value to the customer across government and how GSMS is now supporting the brand name federal market. 

Finally Hall talks about the opportunities and challenges in driving domestic and near-shore manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.  

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This week’s guest on Off the Shelf is Jason Workmaster from Miller & Chevalier. 

Workmaster discusses the potential legal implications of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), and analyzes the key features of the RFO and the implications for contractors and contracting officers. He highlights the potential ramifications for the bid protest process and the roles of GAO and the Court of Claims.  

Turning to GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program, Workmaster gives his thoughts on the expansion of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) across the program and what contractors need to focus on during the expansion.  

Finally, he outlines the Department of Justice’s enforcement priorities for government contractors under the new Trump administration.  

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Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill

Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an engrossing discussion of the evolving federal procurement market. 

The discussion highlights the consolidation of procurement functions at the General Services Administration (GSA) pursuant to the president’s executive order. 

Thomas and Gormley, both former senior executives at GSA, share their insights on the role of GSA, the management opportunities, and considerations of consolidating federal

procurement for common products and services with GSA’s Federal Acquisition

Services (FAS). 

They also provide historical context to GSA’s role in federal procurement and how the consolidation will reshape the federal market.  As part of that discussion, Thomas and Gormley share their thoughts regarding consolidation opportunities and implementation strategies for GSA and FAS. 

Other topics covered include right-sizing GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program, the impending rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the

state of the IT GWACs.    

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Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss how inflation is impacting the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedules program.

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Ken Dodds, vice president and industry expert at Live Oak Bank, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a review of 2021’s key small business policy changes, program developments, and market trends.

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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the state of GSA’s major governmentwide contracting programs.

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Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Government Accountability Office's FY21 bid protest report.

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Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the geopolitical, technological, and operational factors that shaped the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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Chris Bennethum, assistant commissioner of the Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), highlights the AAS mission and shares its remarkable track record in delivering best value acquisition and mission support for customer agencies.

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Jason Miller, executive editor of the Federal News Network, provides a wrap up of the key procurement developments in 2021 and takes a sneak peak at what's ahead in 2022.

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