SmallGovCon

JUNE 14, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news there is buzz about AI procurement, supply chain risks, and timing changes on the 8(a) and WOSBS programs from SBA. We hope you have been staying cool and have some fun things planned for the weekend.

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ivalua

JUNE 18, 2020

Innovations focus on supporting smarter and faster decisions around supplier relationships and sourcing initiatives, improving the capture and recognition of savings, increasing accounts payable automation and ensuring accessibility for all. Procurement leaders can ensure the significant savings they generate are recognised financially.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Supply Chain Optimization : AI can enhance supply chain performance by analyzing vendor reliability, delivery timelines, and cost trends.   Supply Chain Visibility : Blockchain ensures real-time tracking of goods and services , critical for complex digital infrastructure projects.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Importantly, the study demonstrates why more needs to be done across the supply chain to assess and measure green credentials regularly. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions. Taking action today.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

The pandemic and its aftermath only further exposed the fragility of our supply chains in all parts of the economy. Two prominent procurement laws address supply chains and the industrial base: the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). Some believe a clarification may be affected via legislation.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Federal Acquisition Security Council would be empowered to better protect the federal supply chain from adversarial technology companies and products under a new bipartisan bill from a quartet of House lawmakers. the chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Reps. James Comer, R-Ky.

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FedScoop

JUNE 11, 2024

Starting this week, the General Services Administration is collecting common forms for new software contracts from providers and contractors in accordance with a 2022 Office of Management and Budget memo regarding software supply chain security.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Close VP, Solution Architecture, Federated Wireless Chad Jones × Chad Jones Global Government Supply Chain & Procurement Lead Chad Jones is the Global Government Supply Chain and Procurement Lead for KPMG.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by IBM over the terms of a solicitation to modernize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' supply chain, saying the VA reasonably scrutinized bidders' financial health as part of the deal.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Similarly, crises like the COVID-19 pandemic or the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, which disrupts supply chains and markets, may call for specific procurement strategies. These safeguards are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and ensure fairness and accountability. What is a Solicitation Tool?

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Procurement and supply chain teams will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality. Carbon Reduction Procurement and Supply Chain teams are essential players in the race to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions–specifically Scope 3 carbon emissions.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

The total costs, in terms of human lives, disrupted supply chains, ruined businesses and GDP impact, are still just projections in the array of charts presented daily by statisticians and data modelers. There are, however, already some clear lessons to be learned by Procurement and Supply Chain leaders.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

And at the same time, we’re seeing this growing swell of compliance costs, whether it be cybersecurity, increasing audits, supply chain regulations that are all creating an environment where doing business with the federal market is actually getting more expensive and the barriers are going up.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The current system resulted from a redesign of the NHS supply chain that has been operational since 2019 [for details, see A Sanchez-Graells, ‘ Centralisation of procurement and supply chain management in the English NHS: some governance and compliance challenges ’ (2019) 70(1) NILQ 53-75.] billion savings by 2023-24.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fact that many supply chains remain inadequately prepared for a crisis. Supply chain management and procurement sit poised on the frontlines of managing global supply risks for their brands. Today’s supply chain managers deal with higher financial risks than ever before.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

military forces and their partners can use in conflicts to integrating 5G capabilities to create “smart” warehouses to significant improvements in supply chain logistics, DoD has been committed to investing in rethinking the meaning and applications of communications. From creating secure private networks that U.S.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s also taken into account the importance of respecting the fiscal limits on how much revenue Congress might be willing to forgo.” Companies with less than 50 employees are numerous in the defense industry, especially among those further down the supply chain.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Former federal executives and industry experts said it may be time to rethink the IT value added reseller (ITVAR) approach as the FBI and DCIS raid shined a brighter light on supply chain risks that most vendors and agencies generally glossed over until now. I think the government and industry are asking that question now.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“The small business concerns is one I know the department and the government has been working on because it’s so important to make sure that we hold them accountable, but hold them accountable in a way that’s not going to chase them out of the [defense industrial base],” Travis said. Not a good outcome.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Department of Defense has adopted advanced telecommunication capabilities to support a variety of new technologies including creating private networks for the military, integrating 5G capabilities, improving supply chain logistics and more. Close Director, Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, NTIA, U.S.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why does Accounts Payable Need Heroes? In Accounts Payable, it’s the Supplier inquiry. Product quality improves and the supply chain is more likely to keep humming along, despite disruptions caused by global or political events — which seem to be common these days.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Tyto Athene has appointed Rick Johnson as chief financial officer to lead the finance, accounting, supply chain, pricing and contracts teams. Johnson brings over 25 years of financial and accounting experience in the federal government contracting arena. Rick is a proven CFO with a very strategic orientation.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The FedRAMP equivalency, enduring exceptions, temporary deficiencies — all of those things communicate that the DoD is really taking into account the plight that contractors have in trying to implement and maintain cyber hygiene,” Gruden said.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 9, 2024

Close VP, Solution Architecture, Federated Wireless Chad Jones × Chad Jones Global Government Supply Chain & Procurement Lead Chad Jones is the Global Government Supply Chain and Procurement Lead for KPMG.

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ivalua

AUGUST 29, 2019

Overall, 85% of respondents view the Procurement and supplier management function as less digitally mature compared to other departments, such as marketing, human resources or accounting. Full digital transformation remains a long way off for most Procurement and supply chain organisations. please visit: [link]. About the study.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

Dan Ramish Well, Tom, nontraditional defense contractors are defined to include all contractors that do not have a subcontract or contract subject to full cost accounting standards coverage and have not had one in the preceding year. Is that the rationale? So, that’s certainly one of the priorities with this rule.

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Federal News Network

JULY 31, 2024

In 2021, the Government Accountability Office found that the Defense Department’s contract obligations to small businesses increased by about 15% from fiscal years 2011 to 2020, while the number of small businesses contracting with DoD dropped by 43%. Outside of the Washington, D.C.,

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CISA) The Veterans Affairs Department's supply chain modernization efforts get a big win at the Government Accountability Office. Through this acquisition, VA is seeking technology and support to modernize how they manage the supply chain to support more than 300 warehouses, 4,000 facilities and 170 hospitals. (

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

How I got into procurement My peers all have a 'story' about how they got into procurement without knowing they were actually working in a Supply Chain Management (SCM) role. ​I've never met anyone who studied supply chain management at university because they knew that's what they wanted to do. Read on to find out.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

So supply chain risk management and elimination becomes a very important discipline. We also have global events that are causing disruptions to the supply chain. And so we do take that into account very, very closely. However, I do think that still also happens in a case by case basis.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

GSA-collected fees would have accounted for $30 million of the total $33 million in fund credits.” “‘Best value’ also reflects the current realities of how ordering activities use the GSA [schedules] program per its ordering procedures in the FAR.1 Koses said CICA change would help contracting officers as well as companies alike.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Importantly, the study demonstrates why more needs to be done across the supply chain to assess and measure green credentials regularly. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions. Taking action today.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

The federal government has increased efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain. Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented. But recent media reports suggest the deadline might be elusive.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The study also highlights that most organisations are not communicating across the supply chain to drive green initiatives. For most organisations, emissions from their supply chain are several times greater than their own direct emissions. Notes to the editor.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Implementing an HHS-wide strategy to support greater enforcement and accountability. Prioritize as a key contract consideration the handling of data, including procedures for data management, accountability, and access. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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