TAC Talks

In Series 2, Episode 5 of VAs TAC Talks podcast, the hosts discuss program management in acquisition. The application of program management best practices within the acquisition framework increases transparency, empowers business owners and stakeholders to drive key decisions, and enhances VA’s efforts to efficiently and effectively acquire goods and services within the established cost, schedule and scope of the procurement.

In Series 2, Episode 4 of the VA Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) podcast, TAC Talks, we discuss “Innovation in Acquisition.”

In Series 2, Episode 3 of the VA Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) podcast, TAC Talks, we discuss category management.

In Series 2, Episode 2 of  VA's Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) podcast, TAC Talks, we discuss TAC engineering tech tips.

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 13 and 15 require Contracting Officers to purchase goods and services from responsible sources at a fair and reasonable price. Meaning, a price that a prudent businessperson would pay for an item or service under competitive market conditions and reasonable knowledge of the marketplace. This is done for every contract action through a number of proposal analysis techniques and procedures defined by regulation, which are documented through written evidence to support that the price is fair and reasonable. This is particularly important, and required, in Government Contracting because we are stewards of taxpayer dollars.

In the previous TAC Talks podcast, we discussed the multi-step evaluation process and technical demonstrations. In this episode, we focus on more traditional proposal evaluations and techniques that speak broader than just a Technical Volume. 

In this episode of TAC Talks, the hosts present a peak behind the federal acquisition curtain on evaluations.

In this episode of TAC Talks, we discuss “The Debrief.” If you've ever been involved in government contracting, you're more than likely familiar with debriefings, but the question is, Are we getting as much out of them as possible?

In this second episode of TAC Talks for the VA Podcast Network, the VA Technology Acquisition Center talks about the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) contract.

In this first episode of TAC Talks podcast, Michelle Foster takes listeners behind the scenes in the federal acquisition process.