Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A Blanket Purchase Agreement (“BPA”) is a “simplified method filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by establishing ‘charge accounts’ with qualified sources of supply. BPA’s may only be used for purchases that are otherwise authorized by law or regulation. FAR 13.303-1(a). Crewzers Fire Crew Transp.,

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Inside Government Contracts

MARCH 1, 2024

The new rule (1) increases the applicable domestic content threshold for domestic end products, and (2) creates a framework for the application of an enhanced price preference for domestic products that are considered critical products or are made up of critical components. Beginning in calendar year 2029, the threshold will be 75 percent.

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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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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%. That 65% will become 75% in 2029. What is a Domestic End Product?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

The conference begins with remarks from Christine Harada , Senior Advisor in OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), on the governmentwide Better Contracting Initiative , a four-pronged initiative to ensure that the Federal Government receives optimal terms and prices when purchasing goods and services.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

3705, which requires offerors to submit data other than certified cost or pricing data so that contracting officers may determine the price reasonableness of a contract, subcontract, or modification. The authority for this pilot program will sunset on January 1, 2029. Cost Accounting Section 802 amends 10 U.S.C.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

Like the FAR rule, the new DFARS rule: Modifies the definition of domestic end product, qualifying country end product, and domestic construction material by increasing the domestic content threshold to 65 percent for calendar years 2024 through 2028, and to 75 percent beginning in calendar year 2029. supply chain.

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