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The new Procurement Co-Pilot brings data together from across the government — something that’s historically been difficult to do.Last week, the White House’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy and General Services Administration launched the Procurement Co-Pilot, which officials are calling the first-ever government-wide tool for acquisition market research for federal users.
“Powered by data coming from all across the government,” the tool is the outcome of multi-year efforts to connect contracting officials with data, Christine Harada, senior advisor for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy who is currently performing the duties of the OFPP administrator, told Nextgov/FCW.
It’s part of the Hi-Def Initiative, an acquisition data management strategy launched via an OMB circular last month. And that data framework, in turn, falls under the Biden Administration’s Better Contracting Initiative, which is aimed at getting the government better deals on the $700 billion it spends annually on goods and services.
For now, the co-pilot tool — beta-launched last fall fully opening more recently — is focused on products only, not services, which are more difficult to standardize data around, said Kristen Wilson, strategic acquisition data management lead at OMB. The plan is to expand the tool’s scope over time.
