Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

GSA has been working on the follow-on to the highly successful OASIS multiple award contract since March 2021. As for the security incident, which potentially affected both vendors on OASIS and bidders on OASIS+, Hixson said a vendor came to GSA and pointed out a potential vulnerability in the tool.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

billion awarded to small businesses in 2021 alone, providing substantial opportunities for growth and stability. For first-time bidders, preparation costs can range from $80,000 to $130,000. This set-aside policy translates to approximately $145.7

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Telles.eu

JUNE 14, 2023

It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While it’s too early to see system-wide changes, open data analyzed by OCP shows signs that participation by smaller businesses is increasing: from July 2022 to July 2023, the share of contracts awarded to MSMEs rose by 1.7%, the share of MSME bids increased by 1.9%, the share of unique MSME bidders grew by 1.4% from July 2022 to July 2023.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

​The UK Government procured 72% of its large contracts through framework agreements in 2021-22 compared to 43% in 2018-19. Of the 235 large contracts recorded on the public contracts database ' Find a Tender ' between January 2021 and January 2023, 20% of contracts that used open competition only received one bid.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The solicitation informs prospective bidders of what the agency will look for and consider in their proposals, as well as how the agency will weigh elements of the proposals. See also Onesource PCS, LLC , B-419222, 2021 WL 131280 (Jan. 2021 CPD ¶ 325 (Nov. One example is Marquis Solutions LLC , B-419891, 2021 CPD ¶ 316 (Sept.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

However, disappointed bidders have multiple options for bringing bid protests, and that includes the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). In Federal Acquisitions , the bidder was notified six minutes after its submission that the first server rejected the email, allegedly because it was larger than the Solicitation limit. US , 154 Fed.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Debriefings as a Tool for Bid Protests Bid protests are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and to allow disappointed bidders or offerors the opportunity to seek relief for an improper or flawed solicitation or contract award decision. In May of 2021, DOD issued its proposed rule, now adopted as final.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I will not focus on the detail of procurement rules, which is better left to in-depth analysis (eg Arrowsmith [2014] and [2018] , Steinicke and Vesterdorf [2018] , or Caranta and Sanchez-Graells [2021] ). Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU (Edward Elgar 2021).

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. Moreover, of the 16 bidders, 82% were based in Des Moines, and 94% were local to Iowa. Each of the 16 bidders received a contract for a total of $105,000.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 7, 2024

Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU (Edward Elgar 2021) 274-286. Estonia also submitted there is no obligation under EU law to limit participation by economic operators from non-covered third parties (para 38).

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

To address those issues, the European Commission was planning to ‘ Elaborate a data initiative for public procurement data covering both the EU dimension (EU datasets, such as TED) and the national ones ’ by the end of 2020, which would be ‘ complemented by a procurement data governance framework ’ by mid 2021.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

In 2021, FAS issued an RFI to MAS contractors for a governmentwide, Multiple Award Cloud BPA. Past Performance Information: The bill would allow bidders in federal procurements to submit information related to their performance on commercial or non-government projects as relevant past performance.

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Telles.eu

MARCH 23, 2023

When tasked to assess the legality of that original contract awarded in January 2021 , the Audit Court saw no issue with it. Because in mid 2021 the Government altered the conditions for contracts to be amended, effectively reducing the restrictions on contract amendments (more about this change later).

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Bonfire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Additionally, government projects rose 39% during 2021 , and we’re only seeing that level of growth increase just one month into 2022. Then, get on the pre-approved bidder list on the General Services Administration (GSA). Late last year, the United States Congress passed a $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill to help rebuild America.

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Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Government projects rose 39% during 2021 as signs of an exit from the pandemic were felt across the globe. Then, get on the pre-approved bidder list on the General Services Administration (GSA). And late last year, U.S. Congress passed a monumental $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill to help rebuild America.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Inflation is generally down from 2021, but is still high in too many places, and is expected to persist in 2023. ” [5] Iron ore prices are down from 2021, but still above 2015-2019 averages. “In percent from June 2021 to June 2022. .” percent from June 2021 to June 2022. Wages and salaries rose 5.7

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

DFARS Post-Award Debriefing On May 20, 2021, DoD issued proposed rules for implementing its enhanced post-award debriefing process in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (“DFARS”). [36] United States The February 4, 2021 decision of the U.S. 59] CAFC’s February 4, 2021 decision went in the opposite direction.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As many as 90 cases of suspected fraud in public procurement were reported to the National Public Procurement Agency (LKPP) in 2021, according to an analysis by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW). This requirement will later be attached by the bidder. There were three bidders but only one company had the requested qualifications.

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Inside Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Section 1260H of the NDAA for FY 2021 required the Secretary of Defense to publish and regularly update a list of companies controlled by the People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) or identified as “military-civil fusion contributors” for the Chinese defense industrial base and operating in the U.S.

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