Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a recent protest, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that although performance risk was not specifically listed as an evaluation criterion, an agency may always consider risk that is intrinsic to the stated evaluation factors. South Dade A/C and Refrig., B-421406, April 25, 2023.

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Those remedies are key to contractors holding the government accountable for project changes and delays – and staying financially solvent. For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 42.15

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. So I thought it might be good to revisit the topic of account plans, specifically as it relates to federal contracting. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A recent decision confirms that in a source selection, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) saw nothing unreasonable in giving credit to an offeror that exceeded the solicitation requirements but could provide value to the agency during contract performance. Awardee’s evaluated price was $64.98 May 11, 2023.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 23, 2024

Government Accountability Office concluded, finding the agency's evaluations were sound. Department of Agriculture reasonably found weaknesses that sank a bid from Virginia-based IT Concepts Inc. to provide organizational management and support services to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S.

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Great Government Through Technology

MARCH 28, 2024

Key to successful organizations Government acquisition professionals are out there every day doing the hard work of evaluating requirements to determine what’s possible, what’s working, and what could be improved. Each group is instrumental to the success of our mission. Thank you for your unwavering dedication.

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

There is a draft version of the guidance, according to Michelle Sager, managing director of the Government Accountability Office’s strategic issues team, but the GAO has not seen it. Greater transparency will help bring more accountability, as well as efficiency, to government operations.”

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2024

Introduction Application owners are committed to developing new applications and enhancing existing ones rapidly as a top business priority. To tackle this challenge, it is imperative that you design your systems with a comprehensive understanding of how your workloads will perform in real-world scenarios.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2024

Government Accountability Office ruled that the U.S. million technical project management deal, rejecting a rival company's claim DHS conducted a flawed evaluation of Deloitte's staff. Department of Homeland Security reasonably chose Deloitte Consulting LLP to perform a $222.3

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., as its co-sponsor.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Those remedies are key to contractors holding the government accountable for project changes and delays – and staying financially solvent. For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 42.15

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Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

It takes into account components like Cost, Quality, and Technicality of various bid proposals while deciding a contract award. Evaluation of tender is divided into two parts first being the technical Evaluation that involves the assessment of the tender bin its technical merit.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It’s the FAR provision that requires, among other things, all offerors to be registered in the System for Award Management, or SAM as it is better known. And, as we have seen many times before , there is no way around this rule. United States , No. 23-443 (Fed. May 23, 2023). The relevant solicitation incorporated FAR 52.204-7 by reference.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. However, outdated evaluation criteria tailored to on-premises infrastructure still commonly shape procurement processes.

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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. The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297.

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Government Contract Insights

MARCH 31, 2024

In our bid protest roundup for March, we consider three recent decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The first explains why similar proposals for similar requirements under similar evaluation criteria may legitimately receive very different ratings from one procurement to the next.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By: Richard Arnholt On November 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest that asserted the Veteran Administration’s (VA) evaluation of Texas Waste Company’s past performance was unreasonable and reflected the Contracting Officer’s (CO) bias.

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Capital Edge Consulting

APRIL 10, 2024

Two Quick Ways to Fail DCAA T imekeeping Requirements The federal government is the biggest purchaser of goods and services, so it's important that you have a good grip on your accounting practices. DCAA’s position, as in other cost accounting practices, is that “if it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

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FedScoop

AUGUST 16, 2024

The FDA’s active postmarket surveillance system relies on data pulled from electronic health records, wearable devices, mobile health applications and more to evaluate the safety of a medical device. As the agency establishes the system to better evaluate authorized tools in the U.S

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 25, 2019

Price analysis can be considered a stage of bid evaluation depending on the provisions of a legal and regulatory framework. It is an assessment of the evaluated price of a responsive bid to ascertain that it is not unreasonably high nor unreasonably low, but fair enough to the procuring entity and the supplier.

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FedScoop

MAY 20, 2024

The goal of the upcoming pilot, which will run through the fall, is to evaluate overall user experience throughout the new workflow and to find where individuals become stuck or confused throughout the process so the “team can iteratively make improvements,” the agency spokesperson said.

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FedScoop

JUNE 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has work to do in assessing its software licenses, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that included four other new priority recommendations to the VA.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement. We explore the two most salient aspects of the decision below.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

Understanding the nature of today’s job market and the importance of effectively recruiting and retaining its employees, the HR department at Manatee County Sheriff’s Office took important steps to transform the way it evaluates employees’ and managers’ performance. An audit helped the team realize the gaps it could not fill.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why does Accounts Payable Need Heroes? In Accounts Payable, it’s the Supplier inquiry. According to Gartner , engaging with internal stakeholders can help to develop a set of appropriate metrics and KPIs to evaluate which suppliers can provide the most value. Pay on time. Provide self-service capabilities.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement. We explore the two most salient aspects of the decision below.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to NASA, the SSA was appointed after the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) was selected, and all participants in the procurement process were reminded of their obligations under the FAR, NFS, and Procurement Integrity Act. On September 11, the agency notified L3Harris that the contract was awarded to Ball. L-3 Services Inc.,

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FedScoop

JUNE 13, 2024

VA remains committed to holding ourselves and our vendors accountable for resolving challenges with deployment of the Federal EHR and moving forward productively.”

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 17, 2024

22, 2024, a recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) case, where the GAO sustained the protest. After receiving the quotes, the contracting officer added six salient characteristics to be evaluated by the agency—none of which had been expressly stated in the solicitation. B-422171, Jan.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Government Accountability Office sustained all four aspects of a competitor's protest over how their bids were evaluated. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will have to reconsider a contract it awarded to a public relations firm after the U.S.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Government Accountability Office that a $1 billion contract for services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children was awarded based on a flawed evaluation, making it one of Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year. Hogan Lovells convinced the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. Evaluate models thoroughly on safety characteristics such as prompt stereotyping (encoded biases for gender, socioeconomic status, etc), factual knowledge, and toxicity.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

So some of those are things that can be mitigated, usually impaired objectivity, which means basically, that you’re evaluating your own work from another contract. Conflicts of interest in federal contracting can happen in a lot of ways. And it may have scuttled the deal. Tom Temin All right. Zach Prince That’s right.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

As the IRS’s Direct File pilot approaches the end of its 2024 runway, a new watchdog report finds that the tax agency’s cost estimates for the program were incomplete and would need “a comprehensive accounting” ahead of a potential takeoff in 2025. Estimates for technology costs appear to be an especially unwieldy target.

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Redstone Government Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

About four years ago, DCAA was looking around and evaluating its workload and saw a problem: it was going away. The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) wants to re-connect with you.

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