Off the Shelf

Jan 27 2025 205 ep. 43 mins 71

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Hosted by Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement, Off the Shelf interviews federal contracting experts from both inside and outside of government on the issues that matter most.

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Procurement expectations for the Trump administration

Jan 27 2025 42 mins

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, joins Off the Shelf for a cybersecurity update as well as providing his procurement expectations for the Trump Administration. Crusius discusses the likelihood of CMMC remaining intact and moving forward with implementation across DoD. He also provides his initial comments/analysis on the recently proposed Controlled Unclassified Infor

The False Claims Act landscape in 2025

Jan 27 2025 43 mins

This week on Off the Shelf Alex Canizares, partner at Perkins Coie, shares his thoughts regarding False Claims Act landscape for 2025, including the anticipated priorities of the Department of Justice in 2025. Canizares also discusses the recent status of the legal challenge to the constitutionality of the FCA’s qui tam provisions. He also addresses recent cybersecurity policy

Key procurement trends in 2025

Jan 27 2025 42 mins

Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins Off the Shelf for a discussion of some the key procurement trends of 2024 and what to expect in 2025. Gormley gives his thoughts on the key trends shaping interagency contracting with a focus on GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Among other topics, Gormley assesses the performance of the Federal Supply Schedules (FSS)

Paratek & Project BioShield

Jan 10 2025 43 mins

This week Dr. Evan Loh, Paratek CEO, returns to Off the Shelf to share the latest in the biopharmaceutical company’s partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s (BARDA’s) Project BioShield. Paratek’s antibiotic, NUZYRA (omadacycline) has been designated “an essential” medicine by the FDA, and Loh provides an update on the progress mad

Key procurement trends in 2025

Jan 10 2025 43 mins

This week Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, joins Off the Shelf for a look back at 2024 and a look forward at what’s next for 2025. Thomas provides his thoughts on some of the key trends from 2024 and what to look for in 2025. Among the trends he identifies for 2025 are the return of shared services, the continuous yet cautious growth in AI across government, the

Procurement priorities at NASA

Dec 05 2024 42 mins

Karla Smith Jackson, senior procurement executive, deputy chief acquisition officer, and assistant administrator for the Office of Procurement at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), joins Off the Shelf for an engaging discussion focusing on federal procurement policy and operations. Jackson outlines her management priorities for NASA procurement while also sha

Cybersecurity & CMMC

Nov 08 2024 48 mins

This week Michael Gruden, counsel at Crowell & Moring, joins Off the Shelf, for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on cybersecurity and the CMMC journey. Gruden provides a cyber retrospective, outlining the evolution of government cybersecurity requirements to the present-day implementation of CMMC. A former contracting officer and Pentagon Branch Chief, Gruden shares his perspect

The bid protest process

Nov 04 2024 45 mins

Luke Levasseur and Evan Williams, counsel at Mayer Brown, join Off the Shelf for an in depth discussion of the bid protest process. Levasseur and Williams outline the underlying authority and rationale for bid process and the role the process plays in the procurement process. They walk through the procedural steps of a GAO bid protest, sharing the key litigation timelines, standar

The state of interagency contracting

Nov 04 2024 41 mins

This week on Off the Shelf, Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, examines the state of interagency contracting and the role of Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (MAIDIQ) contracts. Thomas shares his thoughts and observations on the increasingly duplicative structure of the IT GWACs and OASIS+. With potentially hundreds, if not thousands of contracto

A small business policy and regulatory update

Nov 04 2024 42 mins

This week on Off the Shelf, Ken Dodds, executive vice president and general counsel at the Coalition for Government Procurement provides a small business policy and regulatory update. Dodds tackles the SBA’s August 2024 proposed rule, which addresses multiple small business contracting programs, including mentor protégé joint ventures, the HUBZone program, and the 8(a) program.