OMB limits civilian computer buys to three large acquisition vehicles

Agencies ordered to use Schedule 70, SEWP or NIH CIO-CS

     Federal agencies awarded more than 10,000 contracts totaling $1.1 billion for desktop and laptop computers in fiscal 2014--contracts that the White House believes are inefficient and do not offer insight into prices paid.

     To address that concern, the Office of Management and Budget has banned most new contracts for laptop and desktop computers, effective immediately, and ordered that all agencies take steps to standardize and consolidate their contracts for laptops and desktops.

     Civilian agencies now must make at least 80% of all new computer purchases on three existing governmentwide acquisition vehicles: NASA’s SEWP, General Services Administration’s Schedule 70 or the National Institutes of Health’s CIO-CS.......

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