Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

And so at most, it could act as a prospective subcontractor, but it couldn’t prime contract the work with the government. There are dollar thresholds where you can bring a protest at GAO, but the court won’t hear protests of issuance or proposed issuance of orders. This was relating to an IDIQ contract.

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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. Whether before the U.S. In May of 2021, DOD issued its proposed rule, now adopted as final.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently published a proposed ruled that, once implemented, will require the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects with a contract value of $35 million or greater. 14063 addresses the use of PLAs in the government contracts. 14063) issued on February 9, 2022.

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Procurement Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

For a Federal prime contract or subcontract (regardless of tier) valued at $150,000 or more, the deadline for submitting to the U.S. First and foremost, it is a contract/subcontract obligation. 1] , [2 ] The report(s) can be filed here. 3] , [4] The report(s) can be filed here. It is important to the file the reports.

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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. Obviously, contract type matters. Fixed-price contracts are the most vulnerable.

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Procurement Notes

JULY 28, 2021

For today’s overworked Contracting Officer (“CO”), the bid protest is the only real disincentive to perfunctory contract award decision-making. Maybe there is a political appointee who needs the contract to go to meet a new policy objective, and has no problem expressing his or her aggravation. Break out the champagne.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Given that above threshold procurement data is already (in the process of being) captured at EU level, the PPDS is very much about data on procurement not covered by the EU rules—which represents 80% of all public procurement contracts.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia. They were selected based on the implementation of recent open contracting reforms and the availability of procurement data for both before and after the reforms. Fazekas, M. & & Tóth, B.

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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. Oftentimes, though, the proposal isn’t acted on very quickly.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Questions remain about vertical and horizontal contract duplication arising from the ASCEND BPA acquisition strategy. The purpose is to improve agencies’ ability to access data and information from across the government throughout the contracting process.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

Jay Blindauer A contractor will often incur a significant cost (in time and money) to prepare and submit a proposal for a possible Government contract. Indeed, a GAO protest is generally not helpful if the contested contract/order is already substantially performed before a protest decision is reached.

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