New way to sell small amounts of code to government

The General Services Administration’s 18F innovation agency has launched a new micro-purchasing online reverse auction platform to facilitate the buying and selling of small amounts of software code, the agency announced in a blog post.

18F plans to post batches of new tasks onto the micro-purchase platform in the coming weeks. Bidding starts at $3,500 and can go as low as $1, as vendors offer lower prices for providing the code.

Most of the code currently being sought is open source code for improvements to the GSA’s in-house Tock time-tracking open source software.

More information: https://goo.gl/oPR5gn

GSA claims savings in wireless strategic sourcing

Federal agencies reaped 27% in savings on average with the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative’s wireless blanket purchase agreements in fiscal 2015, compared to fiscal 2014, Mary Davie, GSA assistant commissioner, wrote in a blog post.

Monthly recurring charges per device dropped to $38.82 per user per month, from $55.40 on average at the start of the program, over many common voice and data smartphone plans.

“The BPAs are saving government agencies more than $16 per month per user. This marks a new low for the average MRC and highest monthly savings rate to date,” Davie added.

More information: http://gsablogs.gsa.gov/technology

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