Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Sustainability needs to be seen as a wider issue, not just green purchasing and the environment, but also supporting women businesses and local economic development. Rwanda also introduced sanctions for delayed payments and addressed a common issue of suppliers not submitting all required documents.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Government Contracts Legal Forum

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These requirements are expected to be included in all DoD solicitations valued above the micro-purchase threshold, except for procurements that are exclusively for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items. DoD plans to include CMMC requirements in all applicable solicitations beginning October 1, 2026.

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Data Contract Supply Chain Procurement 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 11, 2024

These requirements are expected to be included in all DoD solicitations valued above the micro-purchase threshold, except for procurements that are exclusively for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items. DoD plans to include CMMC requirements in all applicable solicitations beginning October 1, 2026.

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Procurement Data Contract Supply Chain 40

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Instead, the Industrial Base Policy M&A office merely has broad discretion to assess “covered transactions” involving “major defense suppliers” as defined in DoD’s M&A policy under Directive 5000.62. Section 805 becomes effective on June 30, 2026 for the Entity Prohibition and June 30, 2027 for the Goods and Services Prohibition.

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Government Government Export Data 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacted in November 2021, mandated that the General Services Administration (GSA) create a website to track Federal agency use of waivers and exceptions to domestic preference laws that generally require that agencies purchase goods produced in the U.S.

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Inside Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Government’s purchase of goods and services produced in the United States and Executive Order 14104 to increase domestic manufacturing and commercialization in certain research and development supported by federal funding. Both sides of the political aisle have marched to a drumbeat of increased domestic sourcing for the past several years.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Purchasing Procurement 130

Inside Government Contracts

JANUARY 9, 2024

The NDAA also focuses on strengthening the controls that ensure the security of microelectronics purchased by DoD. Domestic purchases of key pharmaceuticals. The key provisions in the law include: Multi-year procurement authority.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing E-procurement Procurement 189