How Are You Handling COVID-19?

We at VAO are focused on bringing you acquisition news surrounding this pandemic and how it will impact your current contracts and future acquisitions.

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Speedy Delivery: SEWP Trims Turnaround on Quotes

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle is temporarily fast-tracking its order quotes to support agencies like the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as they urgently respond to the coronavirus/COVID-19 …… » Read more

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How Are You Handling COVID-19?

We know you are all living and working through unprecedented times, and there is so much information swirling around the COVID-19 pandemic. We at VAO are focused on bringing you acquisition news surrounding this pandemic and how it will impact your current contracts and future acquisitions. Our Emergency Contracting Toolkit has news, rules …… » Read more

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Lawmakers Agree to New Round of Gov’t Funding to Fight Coronavirus

The soon-to-be enacted $2 trillion economic stimulus package contains $340 billion for federal agencies to continue their coronavirus preparedness and response efforts, well above the $45.8 billion requested by the White House last week. Read more>> … » Read more

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DoD Workforce Can Protect Their Home PC ... for Free

As the defense workforce migrates to telework amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) have stepped up to extend software protection into employees’ homes. DoD and DISA have renewed their anti-virus software license agreement with McAfee, which gives active defense …… » Read more

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