GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On December 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed a protest by ELS, an unsuccessful bidder on a Department of Defense (DOD) task order opportunity, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to consider it. The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297.

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Bidding Thresholds Price Evaluation 147

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. All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders.

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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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Contract Bidder Evaluation Bidding 91

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Diving into government contracting with SAM requires a clear roadmap to success. SAM.gov stands as a crucial portal for businesses seeking federal contracts. This article delivers a concise guide on effectively using SAM, from completing your registration to enhancing your contracting strategy.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 26, 2024

Government Accountability Office rejected a medical firm's efforts to again upend a pending $44 billion defense contract for professional medical services, saying the Defense Health Agency's revamped evaluation methodology appropriately accounted for bidders' proposed pricing.

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Bidder Price Accountability Evaluation 52

Government Contracts

JANUARY 9, 2024

Army made a flawed analysis of bidders' pricing in a contest to provide waste disposal services at a Kansas base, a Court of Federal Claims judge concluded the error would not have disqualified the winning vendor. Although the U.S.

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Bidder Price Contract 40

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

The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements. Time to Respond Bidders should be provided with sufficient time to review the procurement document, ask questions and submit a bid. Posting for complex, unique or highly technical procurements should be increased to attract more bidders.

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Procurement Procurement Contracts Bidder Contract 40

Telles.eu

JULY 3, 2023

The email argued that the maintenance shed which is part of the contract object would be used for the manufacturing of the trains and as such constitute illegal state aid. Tender documentation The object of the contract is to purchase 117 sets and a maintenance shed for them. So far, so good. Or so it would seem at first glance.

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Tender Bidder Manufacturing Award Criteria 100

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. Paola Diegues is a self-proclaimed public procurement enthusiast.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 55

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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Bidding Bidder Negotiation Procurement 59

Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These notable pre-award victories are broken down into three basic categories: (1) unreasonable bidder qualification requirements; (2) unreasonable elimination from competition; and (3) improper solicitation requirements. Notably, half of the successful protests before the COFC in FY23 were pre-award protests.

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Price E-procurement Bidder Evaluation 52

GovLoop

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, the nature of the low-bid methodology in government contracting invites the possibility of cost overruns. The government, wanting to spend wisely, is often going to choose the lowest bidder. An example? Let’s say a military installation needs to build a new barracks. Project costs escalate rapidly.

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Bidder Bidding Price Government Contracts 52

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. Competitive proposals will therefore be used for these contracts unless discussions are not required and the use of sealed bids is otherwise appropriate. b) Competitive proposals. []1)

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Bidding Procurement E-procurement Negotiation 52

LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

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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Bidder Bidding Negotiation Procurement 52

The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Areas to consider include objectives, background, scope, constraints, deliverables, timing, approvals, policy and legislative requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology and contract management including KPIs. A mandatory is a mandatory and if a bidder fails it generally cannot proceed further.

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Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

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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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a business where every contract award matters, healthcare contractors should be aware that they may have a second chance at winning a contract if the government agency made a material error in its procurement process. So which arguments do win bid protests of healthcare-related contract awards? B-421325, 2023 CPD ¶ 74 (Mar.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Winning management consultancy contracts via competitive tender can be lucrative yet challenging. Follow our advice on understanding tender technical requirements, exhibiting your expertise, avoiding common mistakes, and beating out rival bidders for these complex and demanding RFPs. we should internally link to our Tenders product).

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Tender Consulting Management Bidding 52

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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Bidding E-procurement Consulting Accountability 105

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 3, 2019

When a bidder submits a bid or proposal in response to an invitation for bids or a request for proposals , they need to commit to their bid (this is done on the bid or proposal submission form) and also to how long the bid / proposal can be considered effective (this is what is commonly called the bid or proposal validity period).

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Bidding Bidder Evaluation Price 40

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Even more so now, seasoned professionals in the construction industry have seen budgets disrupted considerably by fluctuations in pricing and lead times that have shredded carefully drafted cost estimates and project schedules. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.

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Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Collaboration Budget 52

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

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. Making the decision of award will be based on price alone. will be awarded the contract. How much is price worth?

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Bidding IT Price Evaluation 100

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. That’s a pretty unique feature of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. I’m not really sure that message has really gotten out completely.

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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. A bid security may be a fixed monetary sum or a percentage of the bid price, usually less than 5%. What is a bid security?

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Bidding Bidder Price Procurement 40

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I They discuss the price the employee pays for their due diligence. ABC’s was late and deemed non-compliant.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) is the measure for selecting the best out of the incoming bids based on factors that are related to the subject matter of the contract. It takes into account components like Cost, Quality, and Technicality of various bid proposals while deciding a contract award.

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Procurement Team Evaluation Tender Procurement 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

All through 2023, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision each month. In this case, BDO had been awarded a contract, and Deloitte, a disappointed offeror, protested. As a result, the protest was premature. In BDO Public Sector, LLC , B-421677.2

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Sustainability Bidding Bidder Evaluation 52

GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Submission of bids: Businesses can submit bids in response to solicitations, outlining their proposed solutions and pricing. Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Submission of bids: Businesses can submit bids in response to solicitations, outlining their proposed solutions and pricing. Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency.

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Procureware

MAY 3, 2018

But if they aren’t designed properly, RFPs can backfire, leading to low response rates, poor bidder fit or proposals that are time consuming to evaluate. Buyers sometimes feel tempted to be vague in RFPs in the hope it will draw varied and innovative solutions from bidders. Avoid relying on generic boilerplate language.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jay Blindauer A contractor takes on a Government contract to make money, and inflation is getting in the way. With inflation eroding value for this long, a Government contractor may need to obtain contract relief. 4] The cost of construction materials has recently tapered, but some increased pricing and inflation risk remains.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list. Step 4: Publish a Bidders List A bidders list is like a construction bid’s planholder list; it includes companies that have expressed interest in a specific bid or tender solicitation. Beyond simply posting the winning supplier, it also includes pricing details.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Aggrieved bidders also had a right of appeal through administrative reviews mechanisms, something that was previously lacking. In addition, price overruns continued to plague procurement outcomes, as well as poor contract execution, manifested through poor quality works and delays.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 63

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

Such delays may damage the Procuring Entity ’s reputation and are a waste of scarce public resources; additionally, contracts are not awarded on time and this results in poor delivery of public goods and services. Bidders often hand-in their bids or proposals on the date of submission and wait to attend the opening.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract. This contract is then available to other co-op members on the same terms, a process called piggy-backing. And the pricing under these contracts may not be the absolute lowest.

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Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

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. This process includes several crucial steps: tendering by the bidders, bid evaluation by the client and award of the contract to the successful bidder.

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