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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

This report encouraged governments big and small to improve the “environment content” of their purchasing policies. As environmental issues have become more important to governments and administrations within the last few decades, it has gotten easier to identify ways to leverage purchasing to support these goals.

Purchasing

Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (SBJA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-5, and the setting aside of General Services Administration (GSA) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Schedule Orders ? Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings.

Purchasing

Purchasing Thresholds Price Accountability

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (SBJA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-5, and the setting aside of General Services Administration (GSA) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Schedule Orders? Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings.

Purchasing

Purchasing Thresholds Price Accountability

Friday Flash 11/08/2024

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 ! Who Is Impacted?

Logistics

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement

Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

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%

Government Contracts

Government Contracts Government Government Contract

The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Case studies: In Colombia , rather than the government trying to document and standardize all possible technologies, the framework agreements created for the IT sector link directly to the providers’ public web pages, which list all of their services and prices. Purchased systems need to replace or work within existing systems.

Procurement

Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership

OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

SmallGovCon

JANUARY 30, 2024

GAO noted that it had in the past construed the small business Rule of Two as applicable to any task order delivery order solicitation, but that in 2010 Congress amended the Small Business Act to require rules allowing federal agencies to “set aside orders placed against multiple award contracts for small business concerns” “at their discretion.”

Participation

Participation Thresholds Contract Government Contracts

Remedies When The Government Ceases Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

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.

Government

Government Government E-procurement Contract

Friday Flash 02/23/2024

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.

Inventory

Inventory Price Supply Chain Contract

GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

competition for a blanket purchase agreement or order under the Federal Supply Schedule [31] A competition that uses FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition procedures [32] It is also worth noting that if a procuring agency is not subject to the required debriefing provisions of the U.S. . 224, 231 (2010); 10 U.S.C. 30] A FAR Subpart 8.4

Bidding

Bidding E-procurement Procurement Negotiation

New FAR Final Rule Promotes Sustainability

SmallGovCon

APRIL 25, 2024

Consolidates/updates already existing environmental purchasing program requirements into FAR SubPart 23.1. Finalizes the interim rule published under F AR Case 2010–001. applicable statutory mandates and directives for purchasing” and “Required EPA purchasing programs.” ” With the goals of the E.O.

Sustainability

Sustainability Purchasing Procurement Supply Chain

Promote Innovation but Stay Between the Lines

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 7, 2024

the apparent successful offeror); (2) use of the highest rated offeror best value methodology; and (3) the determination of a fair and reasonable price. These issues may include technical and price. In context, “considered” means that price may not be treated as a nominal factor. environment. acquisitions.

Innovation

Innovation Negotiation Price E-procurement

Telecommunications Giant Telefónica Venezolana Agrees to $85 Million FCPA Settlement

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The DOJ further alleges that “to conceal the bribe payments, Telefónica Venezolana covered the cost of the bribes by purchasing equipment from the two suppliers at inflated prices.” The Dodd-Frank Act , which established the SEC Whistleblower Program , extended whistleblower provisions to the FCPA in 2010.

Telecommunication

Telecommunication Corruption Supplier Purchasing

The Appetite for Procurement Reform has Never been Greater, so What’s on the Menu?

The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 21, 2025

Eliminate the preference for multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) in FAR 8.4. Consistent with the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, ensure that the decision to set-aside orders under multiple award contracts is left solely to the discretion of the contracting officer. There is no such statutory requirement.

Procurement

Procurement Price Balance Innovation

OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

Federal News Network

JANUARY 26, 2024

It said agencies since 2010 have seen about a 40% decrease in the number of small businesses receiving prime contract awards. And despite small firms generally doing well under best-in-class with small business utilization holding steady at 38% between 2018 and 2022, the number of small contractors continues to decline.

Contract

Contract Supply Chain Thresholds Procurement

Public Procurement Central

Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Trending Sources

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Friday Flash 11/08/2024

Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

Remedies When The Government Ceases Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

Friday Flash 02/23/2024

GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

New FAR Final Rule Promotes Sustainability

Promote Innovation but Stay Between the Lines

Telecommunications Giant Telefónica Venezolana Agrees to $85 Million FCPA Settlement

The Appetite for Procurement Reform has Never been Greater, so What’s on the Menu?

OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

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