GovContracts Insider: Monthly Highlights

	Using GSA contracts to assist state and local governments in disaster recovery With the recent disasters from tornadoes to floods and wild fires, it is a good time to review state and local governments’ ability to use GSA Schedule contracts for disaster recovery.Read more
	GSA expects to award STARS II in July GSA asked for a monthlong extension to try to get better prices from the companies bidding on its five-year, $10 billion 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) II governmentwide acquisition contract.Read more
	Technical Communities and Tecan Sign Government Services Partnership Government and military buyers can now get Tecan laboratory solutions including liquid handling and robotics products at GSA Schedule prices under contract GS24F0066M held by Technical Communities.Read more
	Today’s Top 100 face a tough market getting tougher The companies on the 2011 Top 100 are not immune to these trends, and their business models and strategies are evolving rapidly to take advantage of the opportunities the current environment presents.Read More
	Government gets a B in 2010 small-business contracting The Small Business Administration gave the government a B grade for its attempts to reach small-business contracting goals, i.e. the government met 90 percent to 99 percent of its goals for the year.Read More