Two major initiatives coming out of the Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration have been delayed as the coronavirus continues to disrupt government business, the agencies announced this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GSA announced April 1 that the award for its e-commerce platform proof of concept is delayed due to the virus because \u201cthe contracting team for the Commercial Platforms proof of concept has also had to shift their focus to COVID-19 response efforts,\u201d wrote Laura Stanton, deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the information technology category. COVID-19 is the disease caused by coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot surprisingly, GSA\u2019s resources have shifted to support the COVID-19 response, and we\u2019re having to prioritize certain activities to support the immediate needs of the federal government,\u201d Stanton wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A GSA notice from October last year said that the award was supposed to be made \u201cearly calendar year 2020.\u201d The new goal, Stanton wrote, “is to make the contract award in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She added, \u201cWe will continue to move forward as we are able, recognizing that many of our acquisition professionals are prioritizing COVID-19 response work over other acquisition initiatives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The e-commerce solicitation is a major effort by GSA to modernize acquisition by allowing agencies to buy products from commercial e-marketplace platform providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for federal employees, in a memo to agency heads March 31, acting OPM Director Michael Rigas announced that the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey was being postponed \u201cto support your critical agency missions as well as maximize employee participation in the survey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FEVS survey is an opportunity for federal employees to evaluate the leadership, work environment and work experience at their agencies. The survey is now tentatively set to begin July 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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