Federal Times: WASHINGTON ― Amazon stands to become a dominate player, if not the dominant player, in the federal procurement marketplace based on the recent National Defense Authorization Act.
The Intercept reports that this factor is a result of Section 801 of the House-passed NDAA, which moves Department of Defense purchases from off-the-shelf ― or products readily available to the general public ― to online marketplaces.
In this context, “online marketplaces” are defined as outlets that can offer a diversity of product options. What gives Amazon ― specifically its commercial sales platform Amazon Business ― the edge is the General Service Administration‘s policy of such outlets being required to offer multiple suppliers for the same products, with perpetually changing selections and prices.
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