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. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

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Redstone Government Consulting

DECEMBER 26, 2023

New Rule for Filing 1099s: The IRS rule TFA 23O1 reduces the electronic filing requirement from a threshold of 250 Information Returns down to 10. Employers must calculate the total number of Information Returns to determine if they meet the threshold, including 1099s, W-2s, 1098s, etc. Yes, you read that correctly.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 28, 2024

The housing was not structurally accessible because of failures like slopes that were too steep, counters that were too high, and thresholds that did not permit wheelchair access,” the government further alleges.

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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. Having a well-developed account plan is crucial for focusing your efforts on business development and managing relationships with strategic customers. It is an essential tool for ensuring the success of any company.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Government buyers operate under strict purchasing policies designed to ensure accountability and compliance in their procurement processes. Most government contracts require a competitive solicitation process, especially for purchases exceeding certain thresholds, typically ranging from $5,000 to $50,000.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

The MSPV program accounts for approximately $700 to $800 million in purchases in support of veterans healthcare. As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. Significant challenges across the medical supply chain remain.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM).

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A conformance pack is a collection of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that can be deployed as a single entity in an account and an AWS Region or across an organization in AWS Organizations. AWS Control Tower is built on top of AWS Organizations , which allows customers to group accounts and centralize billing.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Challenges to a $50 billion government-wide IT contracting vehicle, CIO-SP4, contributed to a 22% increase in bid protests handled by the Government Accountability Office, according to numbers the agency submitted to Congress. The only place you can go is GAO once you meet certain dollar thresholds.”

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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.

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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The implementation of EHR was later suspended in 2023 as part of a reset, and the department noted that it was working toward holding Oracle Cerner accountable for delivering high-quality services. The post Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade appeared first on FedScoop.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

While its hard to know exactly what Congress is referring to, it could mean professional standards such as those established by industry groups including public accounting rules. Current FAR 9.506 simply commands contracting officers to review OCIs, but with little guidance for agencies.

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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. B-418123.4, 9, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 397 at 5.)

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 27, 2024

The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) recently announced that it seeks public comments on “whether and how” to amend the rules to clarify whether the CAS apply to indefinite value contract vehicles (or IDVs, otherwise known as indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity, or IDIQ, contracts). Comments are due no later than August 19, 2024.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is fair to say I did get some pushback for my view and how that implied an unreasonably high threshold of competence and behaviour by decision makers in the run up to a serious medical emergency. Honestly, I much prefer to have been wrong all along.

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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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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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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop. Example AWS Services: AWS Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Dashboards Operations Solution (CUDOS; for enterprise accounts). With this data, project teams can generate a path and project plan to deliver project outcomes.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 1, 2024

The issue, simmering since the IG issued its report on the purchases in January, came to a head during a hearing on Thursday before the House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee on cybersecurity, information technology and government innovation committee. “As Deputy IG Robert Erickson Jr. But Erickson Jr.

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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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International Economic Law and Policy

JULY 19, 2010

The main concern about China’s latest proposal is that it does not offer foreign companies access to local government and state-owned enterprise procurement contracts, which account for the vast majority of state contracts in China. Here's the Chinese offer.

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 23, 2019

First, the simplified acquisition threshold currently sits at $150 thousand but there is a FAR proposal on the table that will increase that threshold to $250 thousand. Today we will continue the series with a new requirement concerning feedback to unsuccessful offerors. There are several things to note here.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

The second measure is to implement a Global Minimum Tax on corporates so that the accounting profits of multinationals are subject to an effective minimum tax rate of 15%. We also suggest reconsidering the current ban on implementing the Digital Services Tax on companies with revenues below the agreed thresholds.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Alerting and notifications: CloudWatch canaries can initiate alerts and notifications based on predefined thresholds, enabling teams to quickly respond to issues and minimize downtime. The S3 buckets will be named c wsyn-code-{AWS ACCOUNT NUMBER}-us-east-1 and cwsyn-results-{AWS ACCOUNT NUMBER}-us-east-1 respectively.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Interview Transcript: Tom Temin So this was protested, not to the [Government Accountability Office (GAO)], but to the court in the first place, the Court of Federal Claims. For details on this important case, the Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with attorney Stephen Bacon of Rogers-Joseph-O’Donnell. Tell us what happened here.

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Tracker Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2024

How Thresholds Influence the Find a Tender Solution Thresholds are crucial in the context of public bids and must be properly addressed. Easy Access: The Process of Find a Tender Service Login Tracker’s service login and account management procedures are easy to use and safe.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Accountability Businesses, contractors, and government organisations should have a way to hold each other accountable for their decisions and actions. The type of contract will determine the threshold since different thresholds exist for specific types of contracts.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. International Trade Commission (“ITC”), Section 321 imports account for a substantial share of all U.S. e-commerce imports in fiscal year 2022. Blumenauer.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024, the Government Accountability Office has published 35 decisions, but only two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the challenge. To meet this threshold, a protester must demonstrate that, but for the agency’s actions, it would have had a substantial chance of receiving the award.

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VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The basic mandatory information (contact details, exclusion grounds, connected persons, audited accounts) will be captured using the Supplier Information System. For below threshold contracts , Contracts Finder will still be active. This replaces the first part of the information required in the Standard Selection Questionnaire.

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Select GCR

JUNE 4, 2024

To qualify for 8(a) certification, a business must meet SBA size standards, be majority-owned by economically and socially disadvantaged individuals, and demonstrate potential for success along with the owner’s good character and appropriate financial thresholds. For instance, an applicant’s net worth must not exceed $850,000.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Standards promulgated by the CAS [Cost Accounting Standards] Board, if applicable, generally accepted accounting principles and practices appropriate to the circumstances. The September 2023 Cost Corner concluded a three-part series on TINA. 10] A cost is allowable only if it meets all of the following requirements: Reasonableness.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Court of Federal Claims, the General Accountability Office or an agency, the key to a successful protest is to set forth a detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds, including identifying specific facts. Whether before the U.S. Critically, enhanced debriefing procedures also grant the contractor more time to submit a bid protest.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Eligibility for EDWOSB certification requires a business to be 51% unconditionally owned by economically disadvantaged women, satisfying strict financial thresholds and NAICS code criteria related to underrepresented industries. Firms must create an account on WOSB.Certify.sba.gov to start the certification process.

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Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Multiple-award contracts mandate a fair opportunity to all awardees for orders over the micro-purchase threshold, though there are exceptions like urgency or specialized service needs. Additional specific requirements are necessary for executing cost-reimbursement orders and time-and-materials or labor-hour orders under federal contracts.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participating in the program opens avenues for securing federal contracts through sole-source awards, eliminating the need for competitive bidding up to a designated threshold. A narrative is a structured account or story that describes a series of events or experiences. What is a narrative?

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