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Articles in March, 2004 issue of Set-Aside Alert

• The Justice Department plans to release a solicitation later this month for its ITSS III.(Procurement Watch)
• The Fleet Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia intends to acquire administrative support services for Training Air Wing One, Meridian, MS.(Procurement Watch)
• New rules for anti-terror purchases.(Brief Article)
• 8(a) contracts awarded.
• Calendar of events.(Calendar)
• HHS's Administration for Children and Families has announced a streamlined cost comparison study of functions in the Office of the Executive Secretariat, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.(Procurement Watch)(Department of Health
• The National Cancer Institute intends to award a five-year contract to provide professional and logistical support for the NCI Exhibit Program.(Procurement Watch)
• FISC Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia also intends to acquire administrative and training support services for Training Air Wing Six, Pensacola, FL.(Procurement Watch)
• Web watch.(VetBiz Vendor Information Pages at www.vetbiz.gov/vip/vip.htm)(Brief Article)
• Self-employment is no bed of roses; in fact, it comes with more than a few thorns, according to a new academic study.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• Senate increases SBA budget.(Small Business Administration)(Brief Article)
• The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a standard competition of the Personal Property Management Branch in Gaithersburg, MD.(Procurement Watch)
• The Federal Acquisition Council and OMB published a list of best practices to help agency officials manage their competitive sourcing efforts.(Washington Insider)(Office of Management & Budget)(Brief Article)
• Report: IT spending will pick up.(information technology)(Brief Article)
• Agencies push for bigger contracts, fewer vendors.
• Calendar of events.(Calendar)
• Corrections.(Correction Notice)
• Small business sources.(Procurement Watch)
• Eleven computer security companies have announced the formation of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, an advocacy group that will try to influence public policy and spending on cybersecurity.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• NASA Glenn Research Center plans to issue a synopsis this month for its TIALS (Technical Information, Administrative, and Logistics Services) procurement.(Procurement Watch)
• Defense Department spending on Services and Support Operations and Maintenance will continue to grow at 6% per year for the next five years.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• Report card on competitive sourcing: GAO says Feds win most jobs, savings not proved.(United States. General Accounting Office)
• The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a mandatory computer security standard for all civilian agencies.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• NASA to offer prizes for new space technologies.(In The Spirit of St. Louis)(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• CSA: improve performance evaluations.(Contract Services Association)(Brief Article)
• Pentagon defends Iraq reconstruction contracts.
• A-76 competitions.(Procurement Watch)
• GSA's Public Buildings Services plans a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity construction management contract for work in the Washington, DC, region.(Procurement Watch)
• The National Institutes of Health announced a streamlined competition for Information Technology Voucher Examiners.(Brief Article)
• HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration plans to award a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide services for Expert Business and Financial Management Support for the Office of Financial Policy.(Procurement Watch)
• The 325th Contracting Squadron and HQ/Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency at Tyndall, AFB, FL.(Procurement Watch)
• Snowe proposes "fix" for loan program.(Olympia Snowe)
• Newly certified 8(a)s.
• Guidelines are proposed for handling online job applications.(Web Watch)(Brief Article)
• The Department of Homeland Security will issue about $6.9 billion in grant funding to state and local governments in 2004, according to the market research firm Input.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• Newly certified woman-owned businesses.
• HUBZone set-aside.(Procurement Watch)
• 8(a) or HUBZone set-aside.(Procurement Watch)
• The General Services Administration has set aside the upgrade of its FedBizOpps procurement portal for small businesses.(Procurement Watch)
• The National Institutes of Health are conducting market research for a standard competition to provide Visual and Medical Arts Services in Bethesda, MD, and nearby locations.(A-76 Competitions)
• SBA reauthorization ready for house vote.(Small Business Administration)
• CIOs' priorities: E-Gov, agency collaboration.(Chief Information Officers )(Brief Article)
• The National Institutes of Health announced a streamlined competition for materials management.(Procurement Watch)(Brief Article)
• The Air Force plans a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity construction contract for work at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, NV, and Tonopah Test Range, NV.(Procurement Watch)
• Alliant industry days are set.(Brief Article)
• 8(a) contracts awarded.(Directory)
• VA begins set-asides for disabled vets.(Department of Veterans Affairs )(Brief Article)
• Newly certified woman-owned businesses.(Women's Business Enterprise National Council)(Directory)
• For the third time, a federal judge in Washington has ordered the Interior Department to disconnect many of its computers from the Internet because of security concerns.(Brief Article)
• 8(a) set-aside.(Procurement Watch)
• The Defense Department has again suspended the use of the price evaluation adjustment for small disadvantaged businesses because the department exceeded its 5% goal for contract awards to SDBs in fiscal 2003.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• The Federal Highway Administration plans a solicitation for Flight 93 Memorial Project PRA-FL93-1(1), in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Solicitation Number DTFH71-04-B-00013.(Procurement Watch)
• More than 200 business organizations have formed a coalition to fight restrictions on overseas outsourcing.(Washington Insider)(Coalition for Economic Growth and American Jobs)(Brief Article)
• DFARS changes announced: defense acquisition rules to be simplified.(Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement )
• Newly certified 8(a)s.(Directory)
• A Nebraska businessman withdrew from consideration to be the White House's "manufacturing czar" after Democrats complained that his company had opened a factory in China, Cox News Service reported.(Washington Insider)(Brief Article)
• Small business, 8(a) and HUBZone sources.(Procurement Watch)
• The Navy plans a solicitation for professional management services in support of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service in Washington.(Procurement Watch)