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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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

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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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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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

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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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 27, 2024

From 2028 onwards, emissions will have to be reported on a quarterly basis with a return submitted within a month of the end of the relevant accounting period. Direct and indirect emissions (Phases 1 & 2 emissions) will have to be taken into account in the calculation as from 2027.

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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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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. This is why, for example, governments sometimes require vendors to compile information on there greenhouse gas emissions as a condition of qualification – see above.)

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Great Government Through Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Data ownership and portability: Ascend establishes the requirement that agencies own their accounts and data, and cloud service providers (CSPs) have to make the data portable in case the agency wants to move it. It will provide access only to FedRAMP– or Department of Defense Cloud Authorization Services (DCAS)– authorized cloud solutions.

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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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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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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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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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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Tom Temin And that $2 million that you mentioned, contract threshold, that is a significant reduction from the requirement for periodic competition now, which is 10 million. But at the same time, this regulation doesn’t take any of that into account. Originally had proposed it.

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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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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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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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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The question of whether the Rule of Two should be applied to MACs has actually been a hot topic for some time, and not just at SBA, also at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and (as noted above)in our federal courts. Certainly, what SBA is proposing here is not a novel idea.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The CRA requires agencies to submit "major" rules to Congress and the Government Accountability Office for review and approval. One change in the guidance reflects the April 2023 executive order that raises the monetary impact threshold to $200 million from $100 million.

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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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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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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. Accordingly, it was insufficient that KS&T had purchased allowances in Ontario auctions with an Ontario tracking account. Both KS&T and its parent company, Koch Industries, are US companies.

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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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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. It also relates to above and below threshold data, as only above threshold data is subjected to mandatory eForms compliance.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 11, 2024

For bulk sensitive personal data, there is a yet-to-be-determined volume threshold that must be involved in the transaction for it to be covered. Suggested thresholds in the ANPRM range from data sets on 100 U.S. Government-related data, there is no threshold requirement and the data categories will be covered regardless of volume.

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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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