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

Federal News Network

Yes, the number of protests are down, mostly due to the deluge GAO received in 2023 from the ongoing saga that is the CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) from the National Institutes of Health IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). In 2023, GAO received more than 350 protests alone over CIO-SP4.

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Innovation procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 -- changing procurement culture on the cheap?

How to Crack a Nut

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). 94 PA 2023). 94 PA 2023).

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

SmallGovCon

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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Case study: Investigating suspected fraud with opentender.net

Open Contracting Partnership

In a previous post , we looked at Indonesia Corruption Watch s method for monitoring corruption risks in procurement. Identify procurement procedure The procurement package was selected based on the fiscal year and type of work. The center development project started again through a procurement package worth Rp.

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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

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. Together with the global community, we were able to close out 2023 with a big advocacy win, with the UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement passed in December.