SmallGovCon

MARCH 26, 2025

Size and status protests, which are reviewed by the SBAs Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), are far less common than GAO protests which protest an evaluation aspect of a solicitation or award. VSBC-424-P, 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025) shows, it is not the size that is being challenged, it is the awardees status as an SDVOSB.

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Contract Government Contracts Procurement Evaluation 66

Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

A clause in the Defense Authorization law for 2025 has procurement attorneys sitting up in their chairs. And to its credit, the DoD oftentimes provides more than other agencies will give you a redacted source selection decision document, maybe portions of the technical evaluation, so you have some idea of what happened.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is down from 2025 in FY 2023 but up from 1658 in 2022. So, it was somewhat unique to that agency. GAO Protest Numbers 1803 cases including 1740 total protests (the rest are requests for costs and reconsideration). Compared to 2023, total protests are down about 11%.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

The proposed rule was published on January 15, 2025 with comments due on March 17, 2025. ” For the contracting officer, there are guidelines for evaluating OCIs and managing them. Here is a summary of some of the big changes proposed in this new rule. Stay tuned for more updates on SmallGovCon.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CISA concurred with the recommendation, noting that its Cybersecurity Division has commissioned an independent evaluation of AIS that includes the consideration of alternative information-sharing systems. The agency said it will deliver recommendations from its findings and communicate changes to participants as needed by July 31, 2025.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In February 2024, the fund called for faster evaluation of project proposals that support government adoption of AI. Tennessee Pushes Hard on GenAI The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration issued its fiscal 2025 strategic plan in August 2024 with a focus on modernization and integrating emerging technologies.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 27, 2024

Officials said they do not expect international moves to begin transitioning to GHC until September 2025. I call on our Congressional leaders to give this high-stakes experiment the careful scrutiny it demands, and insist on a strategic pause of GHC implementation so a comprehensive evaluation of its feasibility can be conducted by GAO.”

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

20-21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. The Army has set aside $26 million for NCODE for both fiscal years 2025 and 2026. is less than one month away!

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Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Even more legislation may be on the way, as we see provisions in the House version of the FY 2025 NDAA ( see, e.g. , Sections 173, 178, 242, 807, 1706, and 1722) and in the Senate version of the bill ( see, e.g., Sections 885, 886, 887, 888, and 889).

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Supply Chain Price Telecommunication Purchasing 95

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

That’s why AWS is committed to advancing AI skills for educators, through initiatives like AI Ready , a commitment to offer free AI skills training opportunities to 2 million people globally by 2025. Learn more about AWS’s no-cost AI training and access the full Accelerating AI Skills study today.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Reliable Robotics a contract to conduct in-flight test and evaluation of the company’s detect and avoid system, or DAA, which includes advanced air-to-air radar.

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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? Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. is less than one month away!

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This pilot program could provide an opportunity for the DIB to become more directly involved in CMF operations and evaluations. Independent Evaluation of Requirement for a United States Cyber Force. CMF Occupational Resiliency.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

Price Preference For civilian agencies , if the contractor with the lowest priced domestic end product is a large business, then the agency will add a price evaluation penalty to the offeror with the lowest priced foreign end product of 20%.

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Price Government Contracts Manufacturing Purchasing 105

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

GAO Protest Numbers 2025 cases including 1,957 protests. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. And unlike last year, all agencies followed GAO’s recommendations in connection with bid protests. This is up from 1658 in 2022 and 1897 in 2021.

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Bidding Sustainability Price Category Management 104

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2024

As part of its LAB25 (Libraries and Archives Blueprint 2025) Singapore Storytellers initiative, the NLB seeks to nurture a stronger appreciation and understanding of the Singapore experience. To gain deeper insights into what motivates Singaporeans to explore their history and culture, the NCS CIC program employed a blend of methodologies.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

more in funding for 2025 Between September and July, PEO-MLB has made an additional 20 software updates and currently supports 293 users and has executed more than 100 contract actions worth more than $1.5 million increase, for fiscal 2025. Those are the three most common evaluation criteria,” he said. Navy requests $15.6M

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

Amazon has heavily invested in green energy for powering its operations globally, and has invested in two solar farms in regional New South Wales (NSW) with the mission to power operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025. Model evaluation is also available in Amazon Bedrock for large language models (LLMs).

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Government Government Ethics Transparency 75

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 24, 2025

AWS supports this holistic view of resilience through its shared responsibility model and resilience lifecycle framework , which includes setting objectives, designing and implementing solutions, evaluating and testing, ongoing operation, and responding and learning.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 23, 2024

Ricky Clark, deputy director of NITAAC, said the agency is “very confident” that the new contract will be awarded before the end of CIO-SP3’s six-month extension to April 2025 that was announced last month. “We’re Court of Federal Claims, and expect to have a decision from the court in the next few months.

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Bidding Sustainability Contract Accountability 118

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

There seemed to be some recognition of the need for more State intervention through regulation, for more regulatory control of standard-setting, and for more attention to be paid to testing and evaluation in the procurement context. Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

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Procurement Evaluation Participation Collaboration 80

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

31, 2025 , a little more than a decade after it was introduced as a voluntary instrument intended to help financial institutions pinpoint their risks and evaluate their cyber preparedness. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council revealed last month that the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool will go dark Aug.

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Insurance Supply Chain Utilities Evaluation 85

Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

The second area is emerging threats, experimentation and evaluation. However, what is the head scratching part of this is that the areas that they would like the FFRDCs to focus on are things like operational support, which is acquisition planning and development or operational analysis and organizational innovation.

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Supply Chain Professional Services Government Government 104

The Softly Spark

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Similarly, the EPA’s Safer Choice program evaluates ingredients for their potential impacts on human health and the environment, ensuring that products contain only the least harmful ingredients. Both of these certifications signal to consumers that a product is safe to use. | Crestline eCFR :: 16 CFR 260.10 — Non-toxic claims.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Goodger said NITAAC expects to make awards by late January 2025, and if all goes well, the new CIO-CS contract would start by May. He said NITAAC likely will not use a self-scoring sheet, and it will be based on best value evaluation factors and not lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA). “We

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Bidding Thresholds Contract Manufacturing 69

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. The framework expiry date following this extension is 15 May 2025.

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Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 12, 2024

Even more legislation may be on the way, as we see provisions in the House version of the FY 2025 NDAA ( see, e.g. , Sections 173, 178, 242, 807, 1706, and 1722) and in the Senate version of the bill ( see, e.g., Sections 885, 886, 887, 888, and 889).

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Supply Chain Price Telecommunication Purchasing 45

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With a nationwide decrease in the number of students ages 18-22 enrolling in postsecondary education—known as the enrollment cliff—expected as early as 2025, the UNC System is addressing an increasing need for learning opportunities that enable students who cannot or do not wish to take classes in a traditional on-campus environment.

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Professional Services Education Integration Integrity 81

Import and Trade Remedies

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The UK government published an evaluation report for the six pilot initiatives on an ‘Ecosystem of Trust’ (“ EoT ”) on 29 August 2023, which was first set out in the government’s 2025 UK Border strategy. The EoT evaluation report includes recommendations not just for the government but also industry.

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Supply Chain Data Interpretation Export Evaluation 40

Select GCR

MARCH 4, 2025

FY 2025 forecasts predict a diverse array of federal contracts totaling over $27.3 Securing multi-year contracts involves identifying and evaluating competitive threats. Identifying Contracting Opportunities Identifying the right contracting opportunities requires more than just browsing government websites.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Fall Training Conference: “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The theme of this year’s two-day conference will be “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ” and will explore the future of the Federal procurement system after the Presidential election.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

In Rwanda, it helped that e-GP was included in a top policy priority seeking to make all government business electronic by 2025. It’s easier to evaluate the suitability of suppliers now, since information about their past projects can be checked in the e-GP system. There was a clear political agenda to digitize the process.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Federal News Network

AUGUST 22, 2024

Effectiveness of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the federal sector - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) The Treasury Department is on the cusp of finalizing its updated Evidence and Evaluation Policy. Ultimately, EEOC said the earlier agencies can resolve workplace disputes, the better.

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Networking Insurance Accountability Contract 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Register for the Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition invites you to register for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! The Coalition expects this rule to be in effect sometime during the first half of 2025. Don’t Miss Out!

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Price Logistics E-procurement Procurement 52

ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. This means category managers must work with suppliers much differently and evaluate them based on a wider array of factors. Sustainability. Think of the brand Tom’s shoes.

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Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Global Sourcing 45

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A long-term action plan was also created, with milestones set for strengthening the legal mandate for green procurement, further professionalizing the process, and introducing new tools into the e-procurement system that will facilitate greener procurement choices by 2025.

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