Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

Sometimes federal procurements don’t go according to the rules. Sometimes its worse, when bribes and kickbacks come into play. That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. Now the strike force is expanding, with four new members. Dan Glad Sure. Is it mostly whistleblowers?

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Collusion Bid Rigging Procurement IT 107

Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

Government Accountability Office has cleared the U.S. Navy to sole-source an office contract to one company, rejecting a prospective bidder's claims that it should have a chance to bid on the deal.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

If a bid is incorrectly evaluated, the buyer can hardly hold the AI response generator accountable. An easy way to help those bidders is to use an automated bid writer to help them write their first draft. The reason for this is yet another question: what information did the bidder feed the AI response generator to obtain an answer?

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

Army reasonably found risky a bidder's cheaper proposal for a research support deal, justifying its decision to go with a company that had submitted a $153 million bid, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Friday.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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Bidder Procurement Evaluation Bidding 52

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders. million by having multiple bidders. Reyes used it to create his own visualizations about the contracts, including a map of bike lane contracts in Metro Manila, a network analysis of bidders and contracts, and an itemized breakdown of the components of each contract.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On December 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by ELS, an unsuccessful bidder on a Department of Defense (DOD) task order opportunity, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to consider it. GAO reasoned that because “the value of the task order [was] below $25,000,000. 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

This is an indication of the level of transparency and accountability required by public procurement professionals. This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements. Posting for complex, unique or highly technical procurements should be increased to attract more bidders.

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Procurement Procurement Contracts Bidder Contract 40

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

In the above example success is measured by the bidder meeting the technical specifications, including on time delivery at or below the approved procurement value. If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis.

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Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. And after amending the solicitation 16 times, the agency received proposals from 1,150 bidders. Tom Temin It sounds like NIH wanted to create a marketplace with as many bidders as they could fit in. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled.

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Contract Bidder Evaluation Bidding 91

Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

The awards come at more and more agencies are using the initial three platforms, though data shows Amazon Business received the vast majority of the orders, accounting for 96% of all orders in fiscal 2022, according to an August 2023 report from the Government Accountability Office.

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) chart is an effective project governance tool so that team members understand their responsibilities and to ensure accountability throughout the procurement process. A mandatory is a mandatory and if a bidder fails it generally cannot proceed further.

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Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. However, as is usually the case, there are exceptions. On review, GAO found the agency’s decision to cancel the solicitation based on a lack of funding reasonable.

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Bidding Bidder Negotiation Procurement 59

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Boston Consulting Group Federal filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Office on Aug. As for the security incident, which potentially affected both vendors on OASIS and bidders on OASIS+, Hixson said a vendor came to GSA and pointed out a potential vulnerability in the tool. 28 over the terms of the solicitation.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

Compliance Including performance metrics and penalties for non-compliance promotes accountability and incentivizes suppliers to meet their obligations. The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid. But first a definition of efficiency.

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Efficiency Procurement Contract Supplier 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. Along with ePS-NDVSB, other bidders may have included Amazon and Granger. 21 and the Government Accountability Office has until April 1 to decide. It’s clear that they misevaluated our bid.

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Bidding E-procurement Consulting Accountability 105

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. But governments’ digital transformation of their systems to better achieve these goals are at varying stages of development and maturity.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 75

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I “According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. ABC’s was late and deemed non-compliant.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a previous article , we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). The unsuccessful bidder protested at GAO, and GAO found the agency knew about the resignation before award and should have deemed Mr. H unavailable upon submission of the resignation notice.

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Price E-procurement Bidder Evaluation 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Follow our advice on understanding tender technical requirements, exhibiting your expertise, avoiding common mistakes, and beating out rival bidders for these complex and demanding RFPs. You can configure your account with us to receive email notifications whenever new tenders are published in your sectors of expertise.

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Tender Consulting Management Bidding 52

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. Responsibility Owners have an important role in the construction marketplace to be progressive and demonstrate a growth mindset while also demonstrating a duty of fairness to bidders. The procurement world around us is changing rapidly.

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Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Collaboration Budget 52

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

19, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) had made an impermissible conversion to competitive proposals (negotiated procurement) and sustained a protest. b) Competitive proposals. []1) b) Competitive proposals. []1) In Great Lakes Dredge & Drydock Co., LLC, B-421676.4,

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Bidding Procurement E-procurement Negotiation 52

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

Leverage platform resources and tools Some tendering platforms offer bid templates, compliance checklists, or even industry insights , which are helpful resources for any bidder in the procurement process. The UK’s premier tendering portals are vital aids for companies wanting to participate in the competitive bid forums.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

Nick explains that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has consistently ruled that a proposal electronically received after the submission deadline cannot be accepted, even if the proposal was sent timely. 442 (2021) showed multiple bidders encounter the same technical errors resulting in the rejection of their proposals.

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Bidding Bidder Electronics Government 40

Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

It takes into account components like Cost, Quality, and Technicality of various bid proposals while deciding a contract award. It is well updated in the Tender Document about the above metrics based on which the successful bidder will be announced and also the weightage that each one of the criteria holds.

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Procurement Team Evaluation Tender Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 63

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

According to the World Bank, public contracts account for 15% of global GDP. A client once told us: ‘Look, I want to know how much I make, what is my profit margin compared to the second bidder. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice. They currently service 30 clients in Latin America. Diegues says.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 55

LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Debriefings as a Tool for Bid Protests Bid protests are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and to allow disappointed bidders or offerors the opportunity to seek relief for an improper or flawed solicitation or contract award decision. Whether before the U.S.

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Bidding Bidder Thresholds Procurement 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By clearly outlining how your business meets or exceeds the solicitation requirements, you can stand out among other bidders. Unlocking the System for Award Management (SAM) The System for Award Management, or SAM.gov, is the official platform where the federal government publishes and manages contracting opportunities.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

Federal News Network

APRIL 11, 2024

And yet the predisposition is to hold contractors accountable for those extras, even though they’re not getting paid to provide that level of service. But how do you make sure that you’re staying on track of what you’re trying to take care of, right here and now? And that is to be focused. But you have to stay focused.

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Import Bidder Networking Government 59

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If the answer is “yes”—or even “maybe”—healthcare companies may file a bid protest at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) or the U.S. The solicitation informs prospective bidders of what the agency will look for and consider in their proposals, as well as how the agency will weigh elements of the proposals.

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Government Government Contract Bidding 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

Some of the reasons are: Mistakes in the solicitation ( bid or proposal ) documents Prospective bidders request more time for submission and it is granted Poor response to invitation for bids or call for proposals Unforeseen event such as natural disaster, emergency situation, mass demonstrations, etc.

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Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Tender 40

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 8, 2023

TRANSCOM later rescinded that decision amid a series of bid protests and what the Government Accountability Office said were “pervasive” violations of procurement law. billion over nine years. This time, IT integration problems are to blame. Officials at U.S. So there’s a complete transformation occurring.”

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’).

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Collusion Public Procurement Transparency Tender 40

Procurement Notes

JULY 28, 2021

Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) or the U.S. For today’s overworked Contracting Officer (“CO”), the bid protest is the only real disincentive to perfunctory contract award decision-making. The typical CO has a program office that wants its stuff, now. Not an Acceptably Independent Forum It cannot be just any bid protest.

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Bidding E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 40

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While it’s too early to see system-wide changes, open data analyzed by OCP shows signs that participation by smaller businesses is increasing: from July 2022 to July 2023, the share of contracts awarded to MSMEs rose by 1.7%, the share of MSME bids increased by 1.9%, the share of unique MSME bidders grew by 1.4%

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 58

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Given that the main driver for the implementation and redesign of the system was to obtain efficiencies (aka savings) through the exercise of the NHS’ buying power, both the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) and the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are scrutinising the operation of the system in its first few years.

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Supply Chain Procurement Price Efficiency 62