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Is It a Bid or An RFP?

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Invitation to Bid: Public agencies that issue an Invitation to Bid (or a Request for a Quote) have defined a specific scope of work for which they are requesting bid prices. Making the decision of award will be based on price alone. How much is price worth? will be awarded the contract.

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FBI, DCIS raid Carahsoft headquarters

Federal News Network

In 2015, the company and VMWare agreed to pay a fine of $75.5 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented their commercial pricing practices and overcharged the government on VMware software products and related services purchased under the General Services Administration schedule.

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Avoiding Closed Door Selection of a GC/CM Contractor

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

3 step selection process for GC/CM: In Washington, the GC/CM is selected based on a combination of their scores for their proposal, their interview (not required by state law but highly recommended), and their price for their Percent Fee and Specified General Conditions costs. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2015 by Michael E.

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2015 Construction Law and Federal Contracting Breakfast Series

Government Contracts Advisor

2015 is just a few weeks away. Before your calendar fills up, make sure you save time for a six-part […]

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Webinar Recap: 5 Ways GovSpend Can Help SLED Agencies Meet Procurement Goalss

GovSpend

The agenda promised insights into vendor verification, sourcing new vendors, validating pricing against historical purchase orders, market research, and tailoring bids and RFQs for success. To further illustrate the importance of price validation, Paige then walked the audience through a spending search for Chromebooks.

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FAR & Beyond: GSA’s TDR Expansion – The Journey Continues

Federal News Network

The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015. The performance results showed that contract level pricing was better under TDR than under Most Favored Customer (MFC) pricing. Small businesses generated stronger growth under TDR than small businesses under MFC pricing.

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Preparing for the central digital platform: Key updates, supplier actions, and data protection insights under the Procurement Act

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This contrasts with the position under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - where disclosure "might prejudice fair competition between economic operators". This may include pricing, financial information which could affect the outcome of a future bid, intellectual property and trade secrets.