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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Join us at the Fall Training Conference, Nov 20 – 21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition is pleased to announce that multiple sponsorship packages are still available for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Market Outlook: What’s Next? Less than Three Weeks Away!

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

million to settle allegations that it misrepresented their commercial pricing practices and overcharged the government on VMware software products and related services purchased under the General Services Administration schedule. So far in 2024, Carahsoft has won more than $960 million in prime awards.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

So the Rule of Two requires federal agencies to set aside procurements for small businesses where there’s a reasonable expectation that at least two small businesses will be able to submit offers at fair market prices and otherwise competitive in terms of quality and delivery. Tom Temin: And that goes back to the 1980s, right?

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

On February 5, 2025, the Council of the District of Columbia discussed their recent purchase of Salesforce and the hope to transfer data and start using the new software in August of 2025. Spending & POs give you historical purchasing data down to the line item, enabling you to price your services competitively.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Framework Public Bodies will be notified in advance of the effective date of any new pricing and a new Lyreco catalogue will be uploaded in due course. The planned start date for the new framework is 11 July 2024. Five suppliers have been appointed, three of which are Scottish Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

The Buy American Act “[r]estricts the purchase of supplies, that are not domestic end products, for use within the United States” unless an exception applies. If the contractor with the lowest priced domestic end product is a small business, the penalty is 30%. However, this law does not actually prohibit the acquisition of non-U.S.

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Redstone Government Consulting

MAY 2, 2024

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC) issued a guidance memorandum dated March 18, 2024 to Agencies based on the results of the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) Audit of DoD Compliance on Whistleblower Protection Requirements.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Our Director, Nick Ford, returns with his second vlog of 2024! In his latest vlog, Nick provides an update highlighting what we’ve achieved over the last quarter, including exciting events and recent publications, as well as what’s coming up over the next few months across the Scottish procurement community.

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At GovSpend, we continuously receive purchase order data with line-item detail from over 30K state and local agencies and public school systems. And, most importantly, we’re applying these AI models consistently across our datasets so our customers can start to understand the story around a purchase.

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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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is excited to share the draft agenda for the healthcare-focused day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference, The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! Join Our Sponsor Lineup for the 2024 Fall Training Conference! Pricing details included in the prospectus. What is the funding profile?

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Federal News Network

JULY 9, 2024

The Senate Armed Services Committee has introduced an amendment that would give the Defense Department components more authority to purchase alternative cybersecurity products and services. The components can also procure cyber services independently if the DoD CIO office approves the purchase.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

million blanket purchase agreement to provide strategic transformation and enterprise project support services to the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA received 14 bids for the five-year firm-fixed-price BPA and will fund the contract using fiscal 2024 through 2029 defense working capital funds and other budget allocations, the Department of

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Federal Monthly Insights — Contract Management Modernization — 09/10/2024 [link] Download audio Defense contractors aren’t the only ones preparing for the launch of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0. And then it’s going to be an overlap where we start to update our systems to implement CMMC.”

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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. 1, 2024, 2024 WL 1460853. Authored by EVAN C. WILLIAMS , JASON C.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

Using ACT Ai, the villager quickly discovered that each lamp post cost the district over 100,000 Thai Baht (US$3,000)—a stark contrast to the 10,000 Baht (US$300) price tag for a similar lamp post online. million), with plans for more purchases underway.

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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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

The only exceptions are for contracts solely for the purchase of Commercial Off-the-Shelf items or contracts under the $10,000 micro-purchase threshold. 27, 2024. [3] SIZ-6281 (2024). [5] NAICS-6286 (2024). ” Comments on the proposed rule are due on or before October 15, 2024. 5] [1] 13 CFR 126.609. [2]

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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. Comments are due March 18, 2024. The Coalition’s Spring Training Conference is quickly approaching! Companion legislation, S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Fall Training Conference: “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? “ The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to announce that registration is officially open for the 2024 Fall Training Conference on November 20-21 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA!

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Join Our Sponsor Lineup for the 2024 Fall Training Conference! The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to announce that multiple sponsorship packages are available for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – 2025 Market Outlook: What’s Next? Pricing details included in the prospectus. 89 FR 68274.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 4, 2024

The framework commenced on 1 March 2024 and is open to all Scottish public sector organisations, including the voluntary sector. XMA Limited are currently updating their eCommerce system but will also accept Purchase Orders by email.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 18, 2024

Accounting Corner: First Glance: Breakdown of the Alliant 3 Draft Solicitation Authored By: Leo Alvarez, Principal, Dylan Schreiner, Manager, and Molly Menoni, Senior Consultant ; Baker Tilly January 18, 2024 The highly anticipated and closely watched second draft of the Alliant 3 solicitation is finally here! To register, click here.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 19, 2024

The Army is on track to meet its 2024 recruitment goals. Army on track to meet its recruitment goals - Federal News Network) Are prices under the multiple-award schedule contracts fair and reasonable? USPS is seeing a major drop in on-time delivery in areas where it has already opened these large facilities. Nikki Budzinski (D-III.))

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

In the case of Sharp Corp Ltd v Viterra BV (formerly known as Glencore Agriculture BV [2024] UKSC 14 , the UK Supreme Court has decided the proper measure of damages under the Grain and Feed Trade Association (“Gafta”) default clause and reaffirmed the interpretation of section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“AA 1996”).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

6936, the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2024, was introduced in the House earlier this month by Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA-36), Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3), Donald Beyer (D-VA-08), and Marcus Molinaro (R-NY-19). Comments are due March 18, 2024. Public comments are due to DoD on February 26, 2024.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 25, 2024

On January 26, 2023, the procuring agency issued a Request for Quote (RFQ) to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under the FSS. to be included in our comments to Ian Bell at IBell@thecgp.org by COB February 6, 2024. Public comments are due to DoD on February 26, 2024. 2023 Small Business Regulatory Year in Review, 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. Lackey; Mayer Brown On July 16, 2024, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC” or “Court”) published an opinion, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. 24-160 (July 16, 2024).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Last month, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a draft Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the proposed governmentwide ASCEND Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for cloud services. Join Us for the 2024 Joseph P. We look forward to continuing this support, and meeting some new service dogs, at the 2024 tournament!

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Their portfolio of commercial agreements includes utilities, ICT (information, computing and technology), corporate and professional services, supported businesses and construction – from 2024. The procurement exercise is underway and we aim to award the new framework in time to commence on 1 January 2024.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

And a new branch of the story line emerges with the release of the draft performance statement of work for the ASCEND cloud service blanket purchase agreement after “being in a coma” for almost 18 months. GSA said this requirement was to ensure price reasonableness of the services any one company is offering.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Their portfolio of commercial agreements includes utilities, ICT (information, computing and technology), corporate and professional services, supported businesses and construction – from 2024. The procurement exercise is underway and we aim to award the new framework in time to commence on 1 January 2024.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

30, 2026, according to a 2020 memo from Kim Herring, the then-acting principal director of the Office of Defense Contract and Pricing. million in 2024. It’s typically called out in the request for proposals that there will be a past performance, a technical assessment and evaluation of price and volume.

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GovSpend

MARCH 18, 2024

At GovSpend, we continuously receive purchase order data with line-item detail from over 30K state and local agencies and public school systems. And, most importantly, we’re applying these AI models consistently across our datasets so our customers can start to understand the story around a purchase.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Just over a month into fiscal 2024 and there is no shortage of excitement and intrigue across the federal acquisition community. This one also is focused on amendment nine, but is around changes GSA made to the proposal for cost and price, changes to the evaluation methodology and the experience of the vendors.

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