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Alan Thomas discusses the reorganization of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service and its implications.

This week on Off the Shelf , Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, discusses the recently announced reorganization of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).  As a former FAS Commissioner, Thomas shares his insights regarding FAS operations and outlines the market and management considerations driving the FAS reorganization.  During the discussion Thomas gives his take on the roles and responsibilities of the five new offices resulting from the reorganization.  Shifting topics, Thomas talks about the recent executive order focusing on firm-fixed pricing for contracts, and he shares his thoughts on contract consolidation.    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Alan Thomas

Topics covered

• GSA reorganization
• Federal Acquisition Service
• contract management
• firm-fixed pricing
• contract consolidation

Keywords

• GSA
• Federal Acquisition Service
• reorganization
• contract management
• executive order
• firm-fixed pricing
• contract consolidation

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Organizations: GSA, Alpha Tango Strategies, FAS, California

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