{"id":21842,"date":"2016-01-11T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/11\/18f-opens-bidding-on-first-set-of-micro-purchase-auctions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:56:21","slug":"18f-opens-bidding-on-first-set-of-micro-purchase-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2016\/01\/11\/18f-opens-bidding-on-first-set-of-micro-purchase-auctions\/","title":{"rendered":"18F opens bidding on first set of micro-purchase auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One the main reasons the General Services Administration established the team at 18F was to find ways to speed up the acquisition process around technology, particularly software. The team has come up with a lot of ideas to achieve this but the most recent is perhaps the quickest \u2014\u00a0and cheapest \u2014\u00a0option to-date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18F&#8217;s micro-purchase pilot \u2014\u00a0an auction to see whether the government could purchase code using the agency credit card \u2014\u00a0was largely successful, prompting the team to create <a href=\"https:\/\/micropurchase.18f.gov\/\">a standalone website<\/a> to host more of these auctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first set of proposals were posted on Jan. 11, with five opportunities to bid on work. The auctions started at $3,500 \u2014\u00a0the maximum for using an agency credit card without going through the full acquisition process \u2014\u00a0with the lowest acceptable bidder winning the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The auctions opened at 1 p.m. and as of 1:30 Monday, bids on four of the five\u00a0projects had fallen below $2,000 and dropping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the project seemed to get rock-bottom bids out of the gate, with one receiving a $1 bid and another a $2 bid shortly after the auctions opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These bids were actually due to a bug, according to an 18F spokesperson. Due to a problem in the code, the commas were being dropped from bids, making a $1,000 register as $1. 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