The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Learn “What’s Next” After the Election at the 2024 Fall Training Conference, Nov. 20-21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) kickoff the Healthcare Day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference on November 21. Happy Veterans Day!

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GovCon Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson. Each year, Wash100 identifies and celebrates the most accomplished leaders in the government contracting field.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 24, 2024

Iridium CEO Matt Desch accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award in a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson , who founded the award. Wash100 annually recognizes government contracting industry executives that have exhibited exceptional leadership.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Paul Courtney, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from the award’s founder, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson, in a recent in-person meeting. Candidates are evaluated

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet The 2024 GAUGE Report, a collaboration between Unanet and CohnReznick, is an essential resource for the government contracting community.

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 29, 2024

How agencies evaluate past performance of joint ventures has been a somewhat confusing topic for federal contractors over the past few years. A procuring activity may not require the protégé firm to individually meet the same evaluation or responsibility criteria as that required of other offerors generally. 13 CFR 125.8(e).

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FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 12:00PM – 5:00PM EDT | 3 CPE | Albany, NY The state of New York and many of its cities are aggressively pursuing a strategic overhaul of the delivery of services to residents. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

We get a lot of questions about federal government contracting as federal government contracting attorneys, which makes sense. This is also unsurprising, as the government really did not do the best job in making it clear what this act does. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 1, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. 2244 (2024). This actually has many implications for federal contractors and how they interact with the federal government. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Raimondo, 144 S.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 27, 2024

VSBC-363-P, 2024 (June 12, 2024). However, historically, it has been hard to overcome this assumption when dealing with the VA Center for Verification and Evaluation (the predecessor to the current CVE at SBA). Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 26, 2024

One type of OCI is an impaired objectivity OCI, typically resulting from a contractor evaluating its own offer or its own performance. 538 (2024), the Court of Federal Claims reviewed a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decision to exclude a joint venture from a competition to provide support suicide prevention services for the VA.

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FedScoop

MAY 28, 2024

In February 2024, the bureau said it was in the last phase of evaluation but an award wouldn’t be made until bid protest challenges to the contract filed with the Government Accountability Office were resolved.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 18, 2024

CMS evaluated Sparksoft and the eventual awardee, TSG, as follows: Sparksoft protested, challenging numerous areas of the agency’s evaluation, including challenges under both of the non-cost evaluation factors. The post June 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In federal government contracting, however, a contractor may not have the same leeway to raise its prices. 2024) involved a request for quotations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking in-person and virtual training services. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

In February 2024, GAO continued its streak of taking a hard look at procurements conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. allows the government to use “simplified” ordering procedures to obtain commercial supplies and services. 21, 2024. We would like to thank Cherie J. View the full article

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SmallGovCon

JULY 31, 2024

SAM.gov is like the home base of federal government contracting. Everything in federal government contracting seems to either start there, or require using SAM in some fashion. As a consequence, contractors are expected to register on SAM to work in federal contracting. In Prak Industries, LLC , B-422517 (Comp.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? We explore that here. In REV, LLC v. United States, Aptive Res., 4th 1156, 1159 (Fed. Give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 2, 2024

SBA then evaluates each agency’s proposal, and either notifies the agency that its proposal is acceptable, or negotiates with the agency to reach a goal that is acceptable. Maybe 2024 will finally be the year that agencies finally give WOSBs the business needed to meet the goal? Will 2024 be the year for straight A’s?

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FedInsider

AUGUST 20, 2024

Monday, September 16, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Federal agencies’ systems are targeted by hostile interests all the time, whether it’s through a vulnerability in their networks or through a third-party product. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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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. Consequently, the protester first filed an agency level protest challenging the evaluation, which was denied, and then filed a protest with the GAO.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

1, 2024) GAO heard a protest focused on the timing of an awardee’s SAM registration renewal. GAO first analyzed FAR 52.204-7 and found that the text of the FAR provision requires offerors to maintain SAM registration throughout the evaluation period (i.e., the time between proposal submission and the award of any contract).

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

An “offeror has access to non-public information (including proprietary information and non-public source selection sensitive information) that may provide the offeror with a competitive advantage in a competition for a different government contract.” Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 23, 2024

First, GAO noted that it is a fundamental principle of federal procurement law that a contracting agency must treat all offerors and evaluate their proposals even-handedly against the solicitation’s requirements and evaluation criteria. For other helpful suggestions on government contracting, visit: Richard D.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 26, 2024

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The federal government invests a lot of time, money and manpower into cybersecurity to protect its IT systems and, by extension, the national interest, from criminals and hostile nation-states. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 30, 2024

Though not the first sustain of 2024 (click here for our writeup of 2024’s first sustain), GAO’s decision in American Material Handling, Inc. The post January 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum. We would like to thank Cherie J. View the full article

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FedInsider

JULY 23, 2024

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Power grids, water systems, transportation networks and other vital services are essential to communities but lack substantial cyber defenses. Their vulnerabilities make them tempting targets, whether for nation-states or cybercriminals. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 16, 2024

The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Government Procurement. 1 Federal contractors should avoid the risk of being found ineligible for award by ensuring that their SAM registration remains current—and does not become a roadblock to receiving a potentially lucrative government contract.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Very recently, we went through some more of the potential changes to the HUBZone Program from SBA’s proposed rule from August 23, 2024. SBA’s proposed rule would change HUBZone protests appeals, principal office requirements (which we did discuss a bit before here ), HUBZone map concepts, and the HUBZone price evaluation preference (PEP).

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 17, 2024

22, 2024, a recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) case, where the GAO sustained the protest. After receiving the quotes, the contracting officer added six salient characteristics to be evaluated by the agency—none of which had been expressly stated in the solicitation. B-422171, Jan.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

Date & Location Date: September 12, 2024 Time: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM (ET) Location: Offices of Google – 25 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20001. The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Government Procurement. 24-160 (July 16, 2024). Virtual attendance is also available.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Become a Sponsor of the 2024 Spring Training Conference! We would like to thank our current sponsors: 2024 Spring Training Conference, May 8-9 To view the 2024 Sponsorship Prospectus, click here. 4] The proposed rule clarifies that only one limitation on subcontracting should apply to a set-aside contract.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

We would like to thank our current sponsors: 2024 Spring Training Conference, May 8-9 To view the 2024 Sponsorship Prospectus, click here. On March 6, 2024, the Federal Circuit vacated the CBCA decision on the threshold jurisdictional issue. This would be a big win for software companies that sell indirectly to the Government.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Small business hurt by court decision The General Services Administration used the 876 authority for its ASTRO contract for services to support the operations, maintenance, readiness, research, development, systems integration and support for manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms and robotics.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Coalition is thrilled to unveil the agenda for the governmentwide day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! October 28 : Webinar: 2024 (2025 FCPs) Public Law Pricing Update for Covered Drugs – Click here to register. Join Our Sponsor Lineup for the 2024 Fall Training Conference!

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FedInsider

MARCH 25, 2024

Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Successful federal modernization requires an artful blend of people, process, and technology—with a relentless focus on enabling business transformation. A “digital playbook” can provide a comprehensive guide to the process, describing both overarching strategy and tactical approaches.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

As the second quarter of 2024 begins, there is a lot on the horizon for those who do business with the government: New regulations and laws and even the revival of a long time argument. How does the government evaluate that? How do you manage that in contract administration?

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 22, 2024

In its first published bid protest sustain decision of the new year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights agencies’ obligation to adequately document a substantive analysis of proposals against the solicitation requirements, even in FAR Part 16.5 procurements. In SierTeK-Peerless JV LLC , B-422085, B-422085.2,

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