Accountability Bidder Thresholds 
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.
The Procurement ClassRoom
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. Most organizational procurement policies define thresholds that dictate when a particular method should be used. What is a Solicitation Tool?
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Public Procurement Intl
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable. These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches.
Federal News Network
MARCH 27, 2024
GSA created the CPI program under a proof-of-concept moniker with awards to Amazon, Fischer and Overstock Government in 2020 under direction from Congress with a goal of capturing data on and managing products under the micro purchase threshold of $10,000. Overstock Government decided not to bid on the next generation platform, sources say.
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.
How to Crack a Nut
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
It is true that in many Member States somewhat different purely domestic provisions apply to contracts below the threshold and not having a cross-border interest as well as to other excluded contracts. Contracting authorities and entities are thus left in a normative vacuum. However, these rules tend to set alternative and lighter procedures.
How to Crack a Nut
MARCH 28, 2023
The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. In order (sic) words, public procurement is rich in data, but poor in making it work for taxpayers, policy makers and public buyers.
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