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

Public Contracting Institute

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 ? How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders? To be “fairly considered,” the FAR makes no provision in Subpart 8.4

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

Public Contracting Institute

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? How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders? To be “fairly considered,” the FAR makes no provision in Subpart 8.4

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A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

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The Slovak Government decided not to purchase the stadium and it instead challenged the compatibility with EU law of the State aid package due to a fundamental breach of procurement law. Once the stadium was built, NFŠ exercised the put option. This is not what the ECJ wrote in its Judgment.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57] 93] See Fed. Bank of St.

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OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

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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.”

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GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Procurement Notes

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

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

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It said agencies since 2010 have seen about a 40% decrease in the number of small businesses receiving prime contract awards. The small business specialist should notify the PCR for any non-set-aside order over a threshold negotiated between the agency and SBA,” the memo added. SBA highlighted this problem in May.

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