Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Federal Times: How a new acquisition approach is changing, and challenging, HHS

“The Department of Health and Human Services has adjusted its approach to technology acquisition in order to keep pace in innovation.”

“In a moment when agencies across the government are grappling with how to adjust their acquisition framework to ensure they have the most advanced technology, HHS CIO Jose Arrieta said his agency has decided to approach acquisition by laying out its objectives first.”

“Another key to the HHS approach has been taking “price off the table” and setting maximum awards ceilings for contractors…” Read the full article here.

Source: How a new acquisition approach is changing, and challenging, HHS – By Andrew Eversden, October 30, 2019. Federal Times.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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