Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 19, 2024

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. 12] The FAR notes that achieving an equitable distribution of costs may require creating separate indirect cost pools for work performed at Government and contractor sites. [13]

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

Facts The arbitration concerned an exclusive distribution agreement for footwear concluded between two companies, the French CAI and the German GBO. In 2017, CAI granted a license to GBO to use CAI’s trademarks, such as Disney, for the purpose of distributing CAI’s branded shoes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Distribution Price Negotiation Manufacturing 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS View the agendas for more details. Requests for transparent pricing across the AI lifecycle. Thank You Sponsors !

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Particularly, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) core inflation rate for January 2024 was 2.8%. [30] 33] Importantly, since the inflation high water marks of 2022, mostly what has occurred is disinflation (decrease of the inflation rate), not actual deflation (price decreases). down from 5.5%

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Government cannot TFC a contract in bad faith, or as an abuse of discretionsuch as to get a better price, or where the Government formed the contract with no real intention of seeing it through. [59] 63, 67 (2010) (the term procurement is defined by the OFPP Act, which excludes real property); see also 41 C.F.R. See 41 U.S.C.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

View from Main Street: Size Recertification Confusion Updates on Timely Topics Impacting the Government Contracting Industry from Vice President of Acquisition Policy, Ken Dodds Historically, the length of government contracts did not exceed five years and size was determined at the time of offer (including price) for the contract.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 30, 2025

In the report, GAO examined every information technology (IT)-related recommendation made to Federal agencies since 2010 to understand barriers to advancing IT systems. Finally, the HUBZone price evaluation preference does not apply in the context of an offer from a mentor protg joint venture involving a large business.

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E-procurement Procurement Efficiency Contract 52