Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

More specifically, each BPA holder shall be provided a specific request for quote (RFQ) for procurement requirements of an anticipated total dollar value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. Thereby, accommodatingly, the appropriate “method”/vehicle/charge account (BPA) is available for use as needs arise.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Organisations should consider enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect these highly privileged accounts. userIdentity.userName = "breakGlassUser0*") && ($.userIdentity.invokedBy

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VWV

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Universities have successfully persuaded the Cabinet Office to introduce a minimum contract value threshold of £2 million in relation to some of the transparency requirements to reduce the administrative burden on universities, particularly regarding the publication of information.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

This includes a fairly broad and future-oriented definition of AI, provisions on safeguarding confidentiality and furthermore, ensuring the integrity of the arbitral proceeding. However, before having a deeper look into the Guidelines themselves, one question needs to be answered: is there even a need for further rules?

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

Achieving this balance is not trivial, and a crucial question arises: How can the definition and quality of these escape clauses impact a country’s ability to navigate economic shocks while maintaining fiscal discipline? Countries often involve legislative power in activation and accounting. For instance, an ECCI score of 0.7

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

Commercial considerations : tax, accounting, regulatory, and pensions considerations must be accounted for (including how profits can be repatriated from one jurisdiction to another), as well as change of control provisions that may be triggered. a negotiation period, time limitations, or excluded disputes).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 2, 2024

The SFSC held that under these circumstances, it did not need to take the alleged facts into account (para. This criticism, even if it were true, would not reach the high threshold for a violation of public policy, in any event (para.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In January 2024, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published 31 bid protest decisions, two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the protesters’ challenges. There were also two requests for costs, one of which was denied, and one request for consideration, which was, unsurprisingly, denied.

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Bidding Evaluation Sustainability E-procurement 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 29, 2024

It is not clear how key employees will be defined here—for example, whether we should be looking to the definition of key employee from the newly organized concern affiliation test (of 13 C.F.R. Revising Definition of an “Employee” – Increasing the Minimum Hours Requirement. SBA’s Proposed Roll-out of New 13 C.F.R.

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E-procurement Participation Purchasing Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Similar issues arise with the possibility to creatively structure remuneration under some of these contracts to keep them below regulatory thresholds (eg by ‘remunerating in data’). Tenderer selection The public buyer could take a dual approach. This could become a significant sticking point.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The previous four Cost Corner articles addressed the Cost Principles pertaining to the general criteria for determining the allowability of costs, direct and indirect costs, accounting for unallowable costs, and penalties for unallowable costs. 1] This definition is quite broad.

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Price Government Contracts Government Government 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. This part of the dispute concerned the definition of ‘public works contracts’ under Directive 2014/24/EU (issue 1). The case was very interesting in three respects.

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Procurement Finance Purchasing Public Procurement 52

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57] see also Daniel Liberto, et al.,

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

Similarly to the other definitions, the IIJA requires that “all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States.” In the face of strong opposition from some powerful lobbying groups like the United Steelworkers Union, DOT maintained fairly robust thresholds in line with the proposed waiver.

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Manufacturing Transportation Transportation Supply Chain 130

Inside Government Contracts

MARCH 12, 2024

FHWA is proposing that the definitions of component, manufactured product, and manufacturer be substantially similar to those used in the BABA implementing rule, only making minor changes to account for FHWA’s category of “excluded materials” discussed below.

Manufacturing 147

Manufacturing Transportation Transportation Electronics 147

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

GAO Reviews Agency Progress on Cybersecurity Executive Order MeriTalk reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a review on April 18 which found that, while 49 of 55 leadership and oversight requirements from the 2021 Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity have been implemented, five are still unfinished.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Thresholds 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

He began with the Government Accountability Office before serving as Chief Counsel to the then-GSA Board of Contract Appeals. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), “[t]hese selected drugs accounted for $56.2 1] The Government Accountability Office denied the protest. Tom also was Counsel to the U.S.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement Price 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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Government Government Price Contract 40

Procurement Notes

JULY 28, 2021

Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) or the U.S. Army Materiel Command (“AMC”) states that “[t]his office applies the GAO’s $25 million jurisdictional threshold to protests of task and delivery orders issued under Department of Defense (DoD) procurements. Not an Acceptably Independent Forum It cannot be just any bid protest.

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Bidding E-procurement Procurement Evaluation 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 4, 2024

Covered follow-on contracts include most contracts governed by the Service Contract Act (SCA) that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, currently set at $250,000. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed the protest, finding the protester misinterpreted the FAR and sought to impose inapplicable FAR provisions. [8]

Price 52

Price Supply Chain Contract Data 52

Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

Weekend & Holiday Tolling Regarding the definition of day for the three-day request period, FAR 15.501 states “ Day , as used in this subpart, has the meaning set forth at [FAR] 33.101.” [11] See FAR 2.101 (definition of offer ). local time), the debriefing request will likely be considered filed on the next day. [10] 50] See id.

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Bidding E-procurement Procurement Negotiation 40

Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The rule also adds new FAR definitions and expands others. The rule applies to contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold, and to commercial products, including commercial off the shelf (COTS) items, and commercial services. But the definition of “security incident” under the proposed clause is very broad.

Contract 173

Contract Telecommunication Data Thresholds 173

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It includes numerous updated definitions, requirements, and representations relating to contractor cybersecurity. Items to note: “ Information and communications technology ” – This updated definition includes additional examples of ICT including telecommunications services, electronic media, IoT devices, and operational technology.

Telecommunication 52

Telecommunication Supply Chain Contract Data 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It includes numerous updated definitions, requirements, and representations relating to contractor cybersecurity. Items to note: “ Information and communications technology ” – This updated definition includes additional examples of ICT including telecommunications services, electronic media, IoT devices, and operational technology.

Telecommunication 52

Telecommunication Supply Chain Data Thresholds 52

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 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Price Thresholds 52

Procurement Notes

JUNE 23, 2021

16] , [17] Therefore, with the holiday notionally representing another 8 hours of work, the individual has over 40 work-accountable hours for the week, and with no extra compensation. With the holiday factored in, the contractor/subcontractor obtained over 40 work-accountable hours from the salaried individual with no additional labor cost.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Background, of PAP 2021-05. While the PAP’s Background section cites this definition of what is “fair and reasonable,” the PAP’s “guidance” sets standards and directives that raises questions whether, when read as a whole, it provides guidance that will result in a price and terms that are fair to both parties in a transaction.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Price E-procurement Contract 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Court considered the definition of investment under the BIT, and noted that it does not expressly provide for a three-factor-test, although some investment treaty tribunals, such as Salini v. Nevertheless, the Court established it was not required to provide a precise definition of investment.

Export 59

Export Tender Thresholds Corruption 59

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Government Accountability Office will rule on the protests by mid-April. If a multiple-award acquisition is expected to meet or exceed the substantial bundling dollar threshold the agencys small business specialist would be required to notify the PCR if the agency expects less than 30% of the contract awardees to be small businesses.

Procurement 40

Procurement Thresholds Professional Services Efficiency 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

GAO Examines Federal Agencies’ Use of AI On December 12, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the government. The proposed rule also adds new FAR definitions and expands others. million or $7 million for orders with a manufacturing NAICS code).

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Supply Chain Price 52

Select GCR

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Definition and Eligibility 8(a) set-aside contracts are federal contracts specifically designated for businesses that are part of the SBAs 8(a) program. The SBA Associate Administrator for Business Development approves requests for competitive 8(a) awards below certain thresholds, ensuring that all parties comply with program requirements.

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Contract Participation Government Contracts Price 52

Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For most contractors/subcontractors, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) will not apply unless the employer is a health plan, healthcare clearinghouse, healthcare provider, or a business associate thereto. [75] 652(5) excludes a state government from the definition of an employer. 8] [link]. [9]

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E-procurement Government Contract Government 40

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

First , PPI “does not include imports, because imports are by definition not produced by domestic firms.” [10] 31] Generally speaking, the PCE is based on the national income and product accounts (“NIPA”) data which BEA uses to determine GDP. [32] Hence, PPI tends to be more germane to Government contractors and subcontractors.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 40

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021) (DEVIATION) (a) Definition. No contractor wants to experience massive labor disruption on account of sick days attributed to COVID-19. Consequently, ideally, a Government official will just ask for an anonymized accounting of who is/is not vaccinated.

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E-procurement Procurement Contract Negotiation 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that NITAAC must certify the scores. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied the protest. [2] ” This proposed rule implements a statutory requirement to adjust acquisition related thresholds every five years to account for inflation. Court of Federal Claims.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Thresholds Sustainability 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

These materials account for nearly half of all U.S. It includes numerous updated definitions, requirements, and representations relating to contractor cybersecurity. Notably absent from those FAR provisions is a definition for these terms. The investment, which nearly exhausts the $2.15

E-procurement 52

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