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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

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Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It In 2024, GAO heard 346 protests, which is down from 368 in 2023.

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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Your Procurement team should set clear expectations for suppliers — and it’s important to constantly re-evaluate supplier agreements and make necessary adjustments. Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners.

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Pandemic Prepared! 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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As we continue to adjust to new business cycles, 2022 offers an opportunity to learn how to incorporate lessons learned from 2020 to establish a new supply chain and customer experience strategy. Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners. Get the right talent in place.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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In September 2022, iron ore was valued at approximately 99.8 ” [6] Turning to labor costs, BLS’ July 2022 Employment Cost Index (“ECI”) revealed that “[c]ompensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. .” percent from June 2021 to June 2022. percent.” [7]

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

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Jay Blindauer In October 2022, I circulated “ An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor [.]” December 2022 +6.5% November 2022 +7.1% October 2022 +7.7% September 2022 +8.2% August 2022 +8.3% July 2022 +8.5% June 2022 +9.1% May 2022 +8.6% April 2022 +8.3%