Tag: Federal Government
Trouble for GSA e-commerce platform?
The efforts of the US General Services Administration (GSA) to implement a commercial e-commerce platform for federal purchasing may have…
Supply Chimp on $5.5 billion contract
US independent business supplies reseller Supply Chimp has won a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) on the US General Services Administration’s…
GSA makes combined MRO and jan/san awards
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has named 30 suppliers to its new Maintenance Repair Facility Supplies (MRFS) purchasing channel,…
GSA issues draft solicitation for e-commerce platforms
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has published a draft request for proposal (RFP) for the initial proof of concept…
GSA seeks industry feedback on MAS
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a request for information (RFI) from industry on the upcoming consolidated Multiple…
GSA reveals Federal e-commerce plan
The US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have issued their Phase 2 implementation…
US federal e-commerce plan revealed
The US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have issued their joint implementation plan…
Study highlights GSA price advantage over Amazon
A recent MBA postgraduate study in the US has found that prices of common items ordered by the US Air…
GSA reopens Schedule 75
As announced at the end of 2016, the US General Services Administration (GSA) has finally reopened its Multiple Award Schedule…
Good start to 2017 for EPIC Business Essentials
The EPIC Business Essentials (EPIC) national and regional account sales organisation has announced record results for the first quarter of…
Amazon Business shows public sector ambitions
Amazon Business has made a key appointment in the US indicating it intends to make a major push selling into…
Federal sales veteran joins Shoplet
Well-known US executive David Harris has joined office supplies e-tailer Shoplet as SVP of Federal Sales.Harris has enjoyed an almost…
GSA names awardees on $200m federal office supply contract
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has just made the award on its OS3 Requisition channel contract, estimated to be…
NOPA speaks out on FSSI
Rod Manson, President of US trade association NOPA, recently urged Congress to re-evaluate its Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) policies.Manson…
US federal contract given green light
OS3 – which was awarded in August – has been in a state of limbo for the past few months…
GSA issues $600m jan/san RFQ
Office supplies resellers in the US have just under a month to submit their bids for a new $600 million…
OPI Video: FSSI office supplies contract
Two independent dealers in the US talk to OPI about the next US Federal government office supplies contract.It may seem…
Jan-san association tackling FSSI
Jan-san trade association ISSA is asking its members to assess the potential impact of the US government's Federal Strategic Sourcing…
IS gets Schedule 75 extension
Independent Stationers (IS) has announced an extension of its GSA MAS 75 (Schedule 75) contract for sales to the federal…
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Analysis: Inside ACCO’s FY results
The double-digit jump in ACCO’s share price on Wednesday came as the company’s Q4 results beat Wall Street sales and…