Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

What's the difference between a Bid and a Proposal, or between an Invitation to Bid and a Request for Proposals (RFP)? Invitation to Bid: Public agencies that issue an Invitation to Bid (or a Request for a Quote) have defined a specific scope of work for which they are requesting bid prices.

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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. Also, such a decision must not create an unfair advantage of one bidder against the others in the competition.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

Conflicts of interest in federal contracting can happen in a lot of ways. So analyzing data generated from other CMS contracts, among other things. Tom Temin Right, so now, nobody has the contract while CMS figures out what to do. And it may have scuttled the deal. Tom Temin All right. Zach Prince That’s right.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

Unlike the payment/performance bond waiver provision applicable only for Limited Public Works Projects (Small Works Roster projects less than $35,000), this provision in RCW 39.08.010 does not require that the project less than $35,000 be bid through the Small Works Roster process.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

With a grant from the Open Government Partnership, WeSolve and Move As One reviewed 12 publicly available contracts with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) website. Competition: A total of 14 unique contractors bid on the projects.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Government Accountability Office recently upheld the protest of a contract award from the Defense Intelligence Agency. It used a slightly unconventional approach to evaluating bidders. But then, of course, you’ve already made your bid. The agency doesn’t have to let you change your bid.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Listen carefully and you can hear the buzz in the federal market about a new contract from the General Services Administration. It’s not another big governmentwide contract like Alliant 3 or the ASCEND cloud blanket purchase agreement. The pool of bidders is going to be huge.

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

FAR 52.214-16, Minimum Bid acceptance Period: the contracting officer inserts a time period in that clause, similar to Form 33 above; or A time period set forth somewhere else in the text of the solicitation. Apparently, Global was the low responsive bid. The agency made award to the next-lowest bidder at its bid price.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

The protester, Percipient, had not bid. And so at most, it could act as a prospective subcontractor, but it couldn’t prime contract the work with the government. This was relating to an IDIQ contract. So CICA by the way is Competition in Contracting Act. Tom Temin: Right. So what did that court decide?

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The Procurement ClassRoom

APRIL 24, 2016

During the bidding process, it is customary to require interested bidders to provide a bid security or bid securing declaration along with their bid. What is a bid security? A bid security may be a fixed monetary sum or a percentage of the bid price, usually less than 5%.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 3, 2019

What is bid validity? For the sake of simplicity and to avoid unnecessary repetition, we will refer from this point forward only to “ bid validity ”, but it must be understood that we are referring to the validity of a bidder’s offer , be it a bid or a proposal. What is the bid validity period used for?

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) gives contracting officers significant flexibility in selecting the procurement method they choose to use. these parts require full and open competition, full and open competition after exclusion of sources and other than full and open competition, respectively] (a) Sealed bids.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether Congress passes a 2024 budget or not, federal agencies will continue to engage in contracting. That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. And after amending the solicitation 16 times, the agency received proposals from 1,150 bidders. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Want to bid on government jobs? This guide explains each step, from finding opportunities and registering in SAM, to crafting a strong bid and increasing your chances of winning contracts. Discover how to navigate the process and secure government contracts for your business. Why Bid on Government Jobs?

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Yet, these terms—such as Request for Quotations (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI), and Invitation for Bids (IFB)—are technically indicative of distinct concepts. These methods may include Shopping , Limited Competitive Bidding , Force Account , or Direct Contracting.

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Oles Morrison

AUGUST 24, 2022

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker is beyond thrilled at the success of our government contracts practice group Bid Protest Webinar 2022. Bid Protests are an important weapon in a contractor’s arsenal, whether as a successful awardee or disappointed bidder.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

29, and addition of a new (yet to be known major or minor) character, Eric Mill, as executive director for cloud strategy in GSA’s Technology Transformation Service, and the ongoing story arc of the status of several new governmentwide contracts. 23 when the current contracts with Amazon, Fischer Scientific and Overstock expired.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

It is based on years of experience from practicing Public and Project Procurement and takes into consideration bid evaluation procedures and practices applicable under several Public and Project Procurement legal and regulatory frameworks. Bid evaluation is the responsibility of a body known as the Bid Evaluation Panel.

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Florida Government Contracts

MARCH 4, 2019

18, 2019) that prospective bidders have standing to file bid protests challenging out-of-scope modifications to existing government contracts. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals just held in Asphalt Paving Sys., Anderson Columbia, No. 1D18-2035 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb.

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Federal News Network

MAY 29, 2024

First of all, it’s a one-year contract with nine one-year options, and it was awarded in September of 2022. They’re not actually terminating the contract. You know, this is the type of contract that’s under the service contract agreement. So, it’s not even two years ago, right? Tom Temin Yeah.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

The biggest one is, as you well know, when a contractor bids on a government solicitation, frequently, one of the requirements is to name and put resumes in of the key personnel, that are going to be performing that work if you win, especially in the services contract arena. And the government itself will suffer from this.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. The defense is among those listed at FAR 14.404-1 and it is logical that an agency cannot award contracts that exceed available funding.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 8, 2024

” A contracting officer has “nearly unlimited discretion to exclude bidders for appearance of impropriety” and the decision must be based on “reasonable factual predicates” and not be irrational. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Third, there is the issue of the use of AI by contracting authorities, eg in relation to qualitative selection/exclusion, or evaluation/award decisions. It recognises that there ‘are potential benefits to suppliers using AI to develop their bids, enabling them to bid for a greater number of public contracts.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I I suppose at this rate, you could just get AI to write all your bids for you?” If a bid is incorrectly evaluated, the buyer can hardly hold the AI response generator accountable. says a buyer.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

That is, you have to show that there was a substantial chance you would have received contract award if not for the agency’s mistake. 2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? In REV, LLC v.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

million NASA space technology development contract, saying the winning bidder was reasonably determined to be an eligible small business and that NASA fairly evaluated bids for the deal. A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest over a $282.2

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Government Contracts

JULY 29, 2024

Department of the Interior misattributed the contractor's bid for a $6.9 million janitorial contract to an ineligible affiliate, saying the submission identified the contractor as the bidder only once. Government Accountability Office has rejected a contractor's claims that the U.S.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Department of Defense (DOD) has just locked in its Enhanced Postaward Debriefing procedures, making it easier for contractors to understand the source selection and contract award process and make informed bid protest decisions. Critically, enhanced debriefing procedures also grant the contractor more time to submit a bid protest.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Army wants to create a huge new ID/IQ contract to modernize the way it buys and builds software — and it’s not wasting any time. It’s going to be a tight turnaround for potential bidders to submit their comments on the Army’s latest draft, issued on Oct. 11; the deadline is this Friday. I have zero patience.

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

And then finally, I think I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the people who are really there the procurement officers, the contracting officers, the people in government whose day-to-day job is buying stuff. The majority of federal government procurement is not a set and attacked by bid rigging, price fixing and fraud schemes.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Construction Tenders Securing lucrative contracts in the dynamic engineering and construction industry requires an understanding of the tendering process. A formal call for bids on a project, known as a tender, initiates the bidding process among prospective contractors. What is a Tender Document in Construction?

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

Navy to sole-source an office contract to one company, rejecting a prospective bidder's claims that it should have a chance to bid on the deal. Government Accountability Office has cleared the U.S.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Friday is the end of the beginning for the General Services Administration’s years’ long effort to develop the OASIS+ professional services contract. After two years of planning, meetings, feedback and answering almost 900 questions about the final solicitations, vendors’ bids are due tomorrow.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

Bidding on government contracts is a stressful, high-stakes process. Electronic bid submissions have the added complication of using technology that is not always reliable. However, disappointed bidders have multiple options for bringing bid protests, and that includes the Court of Federal Claims (COFC).

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