Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to court documents from July 2023, “Carahsoft has acknowledged that it has in its possession, custody or control thousands of documents that are responsive to the Civil Investigative Demand (CID) but that it has failed to produce.” Carahsoft has dealt with charges of violating the False Claims Act previously.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

As the IRS’s Direct File pilot approaches the end of its 2024 runway, a new watchdog report finds that the tax agency’s cost estimates for the program were incomplete and would need “a comprehensive accounting” ahead of a potential takeoff in 2025.

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 21, 2024

Fred Avila Vice President of Pricing Solutions, HII Mission Technologies Fred Avila is the vice president of pricing solutions at HII’s Mission Technologies division, which reported $2.7 billion in revenues in 2023 — a 13% increase over 2022. Mission Technologies now accounts for nearly 25% of HII’s revenues.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

They are encouraging dialogue about who bought what from whom to improve visibility and accountability over the spending and the improved outcomes seen in the examples provided. There is research to show that every additional tenderer leads to a price reduction. Purchased systems need to replace or work within existing systems.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, the General Services Administration issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. limits on the timing and number of price adjustments). Pricing context is dependent on accurate, relevant data.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 31, 2024

and its subsidiaries will pay $5 million to settle charges that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) “by falsely overstating cost or pricing data included in a subcontract proposal for work under a contract with the U.S. Department of the Army.” Army’s Tank Automotive Command (TACOM). Attorney Dawn N. government.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. The September 2023 Cost Corner concluded a three-part series on TINA. We now move on to the FAR Cost Principles, specifically FAR Subpart 31.2,

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) made more than 140 announcements at re:Invent 2023. Take advantage of generative AI 2023 was a big year for generative AI at AWS. You can use Cost Optimization Hub to identify, filter, and aggregate AWS cost optimization recommendations across your AWS accounts and AWS Regions.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

One could be forgiven for simplifying the goal of procurement to ensuring that public money is well spent , which could be further elaborated (following Schooner 2002 ) to encompass promoting integrity and value for money in the award of public contracts, and acting transparently to facilitate accountability.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, GSA issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. The rule proposes to remove “certain economic price adjustment requirements within these clauses to better align with commercial standards and practices.”

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FedScoop

JANUARY 29, 2024

Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. There should be more concerted efforts to compare prices, the GAO stated.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Procurement at Issue On February 10, 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued an RFP for the procurement of a geostationary extended observations (GeoXO) sounder (GXS) instrument for the weather satellite program. On September 11, the agency notified L3Harris that the contract was awarded to Ball.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Meanwhile, Germany used buyers lists with specified maximum prices as another effective tool. Evidence from litigation , Freedom of Information requests and the UK’s Public Accounts Committee suggest the bandwidth taken up by the HPL and continual chasing from political referrals delayed pursuing other better, more credible offers.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its annual bid protest report to the Congress for fiscal year 2023 on October 26, 2023 (B-158766). The GAO sustain rate increased substantially from 13 percent in FY 2022 to 31 percent in FY 2023. GAO’s two year average sustain rate in FY 2022-2023 was 22 percent.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Government agency programs like the GSA Schedules provide long-term contracts, allowing businesses to sell commercial products and services at pre-negotiated prices, simplifying the purchasing process. Since May 2023, it has replaced FedBizOpps.gov, becoming the central point for finding contracts over $25,000.

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Government Contracts Navigator

MARCH 5, 2024

Jury ● The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced its statistics for False Claims Act (“FCA”) FY 2023 settlements and judgments. billion in FY 2023; as usual, the majority of these recoveries (nearly 70 percent, or $1.8B) came from the healthcare industry. DOJ recovered $2.68

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 10, 2024

This allows the government to receive the benefit of any price concessions provided by drug manufacturers. As today’s settlement illustrates, the Justice Department is committed to holding pharmacies accountable for their role in the nation’s opioid crisis.” Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “As

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024, the Government Accountability Office has published 35 decisions, but only two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the challenge. 2] This procurement utilized a lowest priced technically acceptable source selection methodology. 1, 2023, 2023 WL 8060261. [2] In RELX, Inc. ,

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The Contractor's Perspective

JANUARY 12, 2023

Section 822 of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law No. 23, 2022) provides new authority for some defense contractors and subcontractors to obtain price increases that address the impacts of inflation. Guidance implementing the authority granted by section 822 is due by March 23, 2023. 117-7776 (Dec.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

2023 has proven to be another dynamic year under the Government of Canada’s trade agenda, which showed no signs of slowing over the summer. The official launch of CARM Release 2, originally scheduled for October 2023, was delayed until May 2024 for the majority of persons importing goods into Canada.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 22, 2024

Building on an established partnership with stackable functionality LAUSD IT services already trusted Kokomo because of the work the EdTech company had done to create the district’s Incident System Tracking Accountability Report (iSTAR) and Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting (LASAR) applications that launched in 2019.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Feast American Diners and Dawood Beshay are paying a steep price for falsely certifying their eligibility for these funds.” On July 25, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2023 , which address a few technical loopholes undermining the success of the FCA. Attorney Carla B.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement. The procurement contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for help on two missions in the region.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Transportation Command first noticed the issues during an initial round of IT testing in August, and they first believed the bulk of them would be resolved by the end of 2023. TRANSCOM later rescinded that decision amid a series of bid protests and what the Government Accountability Office said were “pervasive” violations of procurement law.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. 21 and the Government Accountability Office has until April 1 to decide. GSA said this requirement was to ensure price reasonableness of the services any one company is offering. billion in 2027.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement. The procurement contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for help on two missions in the region.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, as HolonIQ reports in its 2024 Global Education Outlook , funding sources slowed across the board in 2023, dropping 59% from 2022 levels. The AWS framework helps EdTechs improve cost efficiency, assess functionality expansion, and grow market share, by aligning pricing with solution value to students and institutions.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In fiscal 2023, Carahsoft won $1.4 These employees would have to do everything from managing contracts to keeping up with pricing changes to keeping on top of all the legal and cybersecurity compliance requirements and much more. But there needs to be some accountability on the procurement ecosystem side too. Why take the risk?

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

On October 26, 2023, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Annual Report on Bid Protests for Fiscal Year 2023. The total number of protests filed and the number of protests sustained by GAO increased significantly compared to Fiscal Year 2022—and GAO’s “Sustain Rate” jumped to 31%.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Given that the main driver for the implementation and redesign of the system was to obtain efficiencies (aka savings) through the exercise of the NHS’ buying power, both the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) and the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are scrutinising the operation of the system in its first few years.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. Manos, Government Contract Cost & Pricing § 13:3 (2023). [24] DCAA, DCAM ¶ 6-413.1.c. 10] FAR 31.205-6(b)(1). [11] 13] DCAA, DCAM ¶ 6-413.1(e). 14] FAR 31.205-6(b)(2). [15]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS View the agendas for more details. ASPR reports that in 2023, healthcare organizations saw a 128 percent increase in ransomware attacks. Thank You Sponsors !

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program?

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Public Contracting Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently considered an award where the awardee had performed part of a past performance reference and agreed with the agency that it demonstrated the awardee’s capability. LPE Strategy, LLC, Be-427723.2,3, October 16, 2023 (considering a partially performed contract for past performance).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 3, 2023

On November 16, 2023, during the 5 th annual New York Arbitration Week , DLA Piper hosted a double feature event focused on the effective management of risks and disputes in the context of M&A transactions. Kluwer Arbitration Blog’s full coverage of New York Arbitration Week is available here.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Polk County, Texas, home to approximately 53,000 residents, established a dedicated Purchasing and Procurement Department in 2023, spearheaded by Nacole Reeks, the county’s Purchasing and Procurement Coordinator. Reeks notes that, “I would search for suppliers that could provide what we were looking for. It was really time consuming.”

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