Larry Allen

President
Coalition for Government Procurement

Larry Allen is President of the Coalition for Government Procurement, an association representing over 370 companies selling commercial solutions to the U.S. government. Included among the Coalition’s members are small businesses as well as most major companies supplying commercial items to the federal government today.

Larry has represented the interests of association members before senior officials of the legislative and executive branches. He has testified before Congress as well as state legislatures. Larry has worked with officials in and out of government to help the Federal Supply Schedules program grow into a program with over $38 billion in sales.

Larry is recognized as an expert in federal commercial item acquisition. He has spoken and taught through out the world on US government procurement. His articles have appeared in numerous trade publications. He is a contributing author to two books, "Multiple Award Schedule Contracting" and "Business 2 Government". His latest book, titled “The Secrets of Schedules Sales Success” was released in 2006.

Larry is a recipient of the "Fed 100" award and was appointed by Governor Jim Gilmore to the Virginia Procurement Assessment Task Force. He is a current member of the "Federal Contracts Report" Advisory Board.