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

Federal News Network

And the oversight and accountability of subcontracting efforts by prime contractors is getting more scrutiny. The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. In 2023, GAO received more than 350 protests alone over CIO-SP4.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5%

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GSA’s commercial platforms program to grow by five providers

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The House Armed Services Committee’s initial goal was to make federal procurement less complex and more competitive through the use of commercial platforms. GSA says for 2023 , 34 agencies spent $80 million, which is double the amount of money spent in 2022.

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Government Claim Appeals Nuggets from the ASBCA and CBCA 2023 Annual Reports

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CBCA Annual Report CBCA’s 2023 annual report covers a good amount of ground. Some good takeaways are below: Alan E. 12, 2023) VA issued cure notices for performance of a contract for inscription services at a VA cemetery. Fricke Memorials, Inc. Department of Veterans Affairs , CBCA 7352, et al. Cobra Acquisitions, LLC v.

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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OCP Feedback Survey: Closing the books on 2023 and looking towards 2030

Open Contracting Partnership

Your feedback keeps us honest and accountable. In 2023, our annual community survey became even more critical for us as we shaped our new organizational strategy, which we are very excited to share with you next month. Electronic procurement support continues to be a hot topic with our Africa partners , and increasingly so in the U.S.

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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. The collaboration revolves around the corruption risk monitoring platform, Opentender.net , developed by ICW and the national public procurement agency LKPP.