Vendor Collaboration Opportunity

This notice is to advise of a Vendor Collaboration Opportunity sponsored by the Chief Acquisition Officers Council in coordination with the Chief Information Officers Council, the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.  This collaboration opportunity is an open dialogue to discuss burdens and barriers associated with the federal acquisition process and ways to address them.  This dialogue is part an effort to improve the economy and efficiency of the federal acquisition system by identifying steps that can be taken to make it easier for agencies to do business with the best companies and enter into contracts that allow these companies to provide their best solutions for the taxpayer.   The dialogue is available directly at www.cxo.dialogue.cao.gov or can be accessed through www.cao.gov and is open from April 22 through May 5, 2014.