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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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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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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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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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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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

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a previous article , we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). The protester’s spreadsheets were off by 30 hours, which resulted in a price difference of 0.063%. The Court agreed that the terms of the solicitation violated the SBA regulations.

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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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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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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

According to the World Bank, public contracts account for 15% of global GDP. Studying the market In January 2023, after working with public procurement data for a year and a half, B2Gov set out to conduct market studies that would serve to monitor key procurement indicators and prospective government suppliers.

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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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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In Better Direct, LLC, B-419893.27, July 5, 2023, an offeror’s proposal was eliminated from consideration because it included only an incomplete attachment that was required by the solicitation. Better responded to a solicitation from the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) for information technology hardware and software.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

19, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) had made an impermissible conversion to competitive proposals (negotiated procurement) and sustained a protest. The Corps canceled the IFB citing that all bids were at unreasonable prices and cancellation was in the public interest.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 27, 2024

Last week, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and HM Treasury launched a public consultation on the introduction of a UK carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), following its announcement in December 2023. Direct and indirect emissions (Phases 1 & 2 emissions) will have to be taken into account in the calculation as from 2027.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 16, 2024

LACKEY ; Mayer Brown On April 1, 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a bid protest by TLS Joint Venture, LLC because the awardee’s registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) lapsed before the government awarded the contract. 650 (2023). Authored by EVAN C. WILLIAMS , JASON C. United States , 165 Fed.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In Better Direct, LLC, B-419893.27, July 5, 2023, an offeror’s proposal was eliminated from consideration because it included only an incomplete attachment that was required by the solicitation. Better submitted an incomplete Attachment 9, because it did not include the salient characteristics from Attachment 8 on its Attachment 9 crosswalk.

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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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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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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

During the first half of 2023, the Platform analyzed cases from 16 countries within and outside the region to identify best practices in the design and implementation of these strategies. In 2022, Colombia was the first country in the region to publish its Green Taxonomy, followed by Mexico with its Sustainable Taxonomy, launched in 2023.

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Public Contracting Institute

JUNE 12, 2024

28, 2023 , the protester, Armstrong, (who was the low offeror) failed to write an adequate proposal that included all required information. The award was to be made on a best-value tradeoff with two factors—past performance (significantly more important) and price (less important. In Armstrong Elevator Co., B-422123, Dec.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 1, 2024

Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2023 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2024’s burgeoning issues. As of May 13, 2024, all commercial goods will be accounted for and reported through CARM. The CBSA FAQs on CARM are available here.

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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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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A recent decision confirms that in a source selection, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) saw nothing unreasonable in giving credit to an offeror that exceeded the solicitation requirements but could provide value to the agency during contract performance. May 11, 2023. Awardee’s evaluated price was $64.98

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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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Inside Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

FHWA sought comments on its longstanding manufactured products waiver in March 2023 and received over 9,400 comments from the public. BABA also discourages the use of general applicability waivers like FHWA’s Manufactured Products Waiver and required review of existing waivers. Comments on the RFI are open until May 13, 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 2, 2024

On 26 April 2024, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC ” ) rendered decision 4A_486/2023 , upholding the unpublished Final Award in Clorox Spain S.L. The SFSC held that under these circumstances, it did not need to take the alleged facts into account (para. decision 4A_486/2023 , para. Venezuela ”) (PCA Case No.

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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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Select GCR

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Department of Labor announced that effective June 27, 2023, the Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit Rates have increased for those Service Contract Act wage determinations. Be sure you account for the additional wage requirements for the contract. The low-level service employee’s increased benefit is $4.98 per hour, or $199.20

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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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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 18, 2023

On the third day of Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2023, the ADR in Asia Conference, the flagship event of the Hong Kong Arbitration Week, hosted a panel discussion on the Hong Kong Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration (“ ORFSA ”) regime. A step towards this is the establishment of success fee pricing committees within law firms.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In January 2024, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published 31 bid protest decisions, two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the protesters’ challenges. Although the protester offered the lowest price, the agency found its proposal was technically unacceptable because it did not meet the new characteristics.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations traditionally emphasize pricing to control costs when selecting vendors. On-premises models over-provision to account for spikes and growth, risking underutilized capacity. Why can’t we just focus on price? Realizing this, many executives are now accelerating cloud adoption. We have a limited budget.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

So ASG got this award in 2023. Before GAO got to a decision there, the agency took corrective action, held exchanges with Cogent and ASG, got revised quotations, and then decided that actually it was going to award to Cogent which had a substantially lower price. One was better on price, but it has a conflict of interest.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

E-invoicing Mandate | France 2024 March 27, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Steve Carter The biggest change to Accounts Payables since the introduction of double entry journals is about to hit finance departments–but are they prepared? Read More : Under Pressure, Will Procurement Take Performance Higher in 2023?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

He began with the Government Accountability Office before serving as Chief Counsel to the then-GSA Board of Contract Appeals. On September 20, 2023, the Army awarded the follow-on production contract to Taylor Defense Products, LLC. The new prices will be effective Jan 1, 2026. Tom also was Counsel to the U.S.

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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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