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. Why Bid on Government Jobs? Not bidding on government jobs means missing out on a major avenue for new customers and revenue.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

MAY 24, 2018

Tennessee construction attorney Matthew DeVries has described the outcome of an Alabama court case in which a bidder left out the word "thousand" in a bid price and was held to the significantly lower bid amount by the public agency. Click here to read Mr. DeVries brief blog post on this court case.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It is an efficient and cost-effective way to consult the market, it ensures a level playing field for all bidders, and allows for contradictions and potential issues to be flagged early in the procurement process. Mexico City is proving that big plans lead to better results when citizens and businesses are part of the process.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Most public agencies have developed standard language for public works construction bid documents that includes Instructions to Bidders, the Contract, and General Conditions, often referred to as "front end documents."

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Bidding Bidder Engineering Education 100

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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Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Bidding 95

Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

Sometimes federal procurements don’t go according to the rules. Sometimes its worse, when bribes and kickbacks come into play. That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. Now the strike force is expanding, with four new members. Dan Glad Sure. Is it mostly whistleblowers?

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Collusion Bid Rigging Procurement IT 107

Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

Conflicts of interest in federal contracting can happen in a lot of ways. In one tangled case, an award winner’s subcontractor turned out to have a conflict of interest. And it may have scuttled the deal. Haynes Boone Procurement Attorney Zach Prince joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Tom Temin All right. Zach Prince That’s right.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It used a slightly unconventional approach to evaluating bidders. The Government Accountability Office recently upheld the protest of a contract award from the Defense Intelligence Agency. DIA was hiring a small business to conduct counterintelligence training. But the source selection authority made a basic mistake. Tom Temin Right.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. Source: GAO Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal 2024. Let’s get back to GAO’s bid protest report. The raw numbers, of course, only tell part of the story.

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Thresholds E-procurement Accountability Procurement 90

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I also think a lot of companies under COMET didn’t have capabilities to bid back in 2019,” said Gissa Sateri, the director of the civilian business unit at SAIC. “I The pool of bidders is going to be huge. GSA has their whole IT playbook and it has been developing the document over last five years. “GSA

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Government Contracts

MARCH 10, 2025

million National Institutes of Health software development task order, finding the NIH unreasonably treated similar aspects of the protester's and awardee's bids differently. Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest over a $19.9

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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. See RCW 60.28.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

The protester, Percipient, had not bid. In a long-running case, a vendor of computer vision software protested a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency award to systems integrator CACI, which was going to develop its own computer vision software. So it was relying on this statutory preference for using commercial products and services.

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Bidding Contract Bidder Thresholds 96

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 8, 2023

TRANSCOM later rescinded that decision amid a series of bid protests and what the Government Accountability Office said were “pervasive” violations of procurement law. billion over nine years. This time, IT integration problems are to blame. Officials at U.S. So there’s a complete transformation occurring.”

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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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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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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Starting these relationships before a bid or RFP is released can significantly enhance your chances of success. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides guidance on the rules and procedures for filing bid protests. When a low bid from a small business is rejected by a federal contracting officer , the situation is escalated.

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Government Government Buyers Government Contracts 52

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

FAR 6.401 (Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals) states: Sealed bidding [using an Invitation for Bids-IFB] and competitive proposals [using a Request for Proposals-RFP], as described in [FAR] parts 14 and 15 , are both acceptable procedures for use under subparts 6.1 , 6.2 ; and, when appropriate, under subpart 6.3

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Bidding Procurement E-procurement Negotiation 52

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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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. 2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. We explore that here. In REV, LLC v. United States, Aptive Res., 4th 1156, 1159 (Fed.

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Bidder Government Contracts Bidding Evaluation 105

The Procurement ClassRoom

JULY 12, 2015

What are pre-bid meetings? Pre-bid meetings are gatherings scheduled after an invitation for bids or request for proposals is advertised. They are called pre-bid meetings because they are pertinent to procurement of goods , non-consultant services and works. What is the purpose of pre-bid meetings?

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Competition: A total of 14 unique contractors bid on the projects. All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders. million by having multiple bidders. Eager to see how the budgeted funds were spent, the coalition began tracking the bike lanes’ procurement processes. “ We owned this budget.

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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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SmallGovCon

APRIL 19, 2024

Bid Solve, Inc. At first, the matter was simple enough: CWS Marketing Group’s (CWS) size was protested, it submitted its tax returns, and SBA sided with CWS over the protester, Bid Solve, Inc. Bid Solve) after reviewing those returns. SIZ-5891 (Mar. among other cases. 13 CFR § 121.104. Let’s take a deeper dive.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. Along with ePS-NDVSB, other bidders may have included Amazon and Granger. It’s clear that they misevaluated our bid. GSA is expected to make anywhere between 6 and 8 awards.

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Bidding E-procurement Consulting Procurement 104

Federal News Network

MAY 29, 2024

In one place, the RFP makes it clear that the solicitor, the bidder, should have a labor harmony agreement in place before the contract starts. In another place, the RFP requires that the winning bidder would entertain negotiations with an interested union if they raised it after the contract is in place.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. Had the Director accepted the late bid, their reputation would be tarnished forever. I cannot” replied the Director. “Why

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

I suppose at this rate, you could just get AI to write all your bids for you?” This elicited a defensive reply from the supplier: “and you could write the tender documents and evaluate all of the bids using AI without ever reading them!” If a bid is incorrectly evaluated, the buyer can hardly hold the AI response generator accountable.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. Dan Ramish Yes, this procurement was very notable for the number of big protests, so many protests that set new records and broke the GAO’s bid protests statistics for the year. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled.

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Contract Bidder Bidding Evaluation 90

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. This defense is only available where the agency can show that the bids received were unreasonably high.

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Bidding Bidder Negotiation Procurement 59

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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Bidder Procurement Evaluation Bidding 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

Vendors are unhappy that the SEWP VI program office chose not to answer more than 4,500 questions submitted about the solicitation, and with bids due later this month, a letter-writing campaign spurred NASA’s decision. “A written response to your inquiry will be made available to prospective bidders within the next week.”

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USFCR

JANUARY 14, 2025

Monitor Opportunities: Use bid-matching tools to stay informed about new contracts. Underestimating Competition: Prepare strong proposals to stand out among bidders. California alone has experienced millions of acres burned , billions of dollars in damages, and untold devastation to communities. What Is the Federal Viper Program?

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

General Services Administration appropriately deemed a bidder's vague subcontracting arrangement a risk. Government Accountability Office upheld a $13.2 million contract seeking financial support services for the Uniformed Services University, ruling 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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Bidding Bidder Thresholds Procurement 52

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). US , 154 Fed.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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