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SBA OIG Again Challenges SBA’s Revised Definition of a HUBZone Employee

SmallGovCon

Small Business Administration’s Office of Inspector General isn’t mincing words–OIG thinks that SBA has strayed from Congressional intent with its expansive definition of who qualifies as a HUBZone employee for purposes of satisfying the HUBZone Program’s eligibility requirements.

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Why bidders for federal contracts need to deal with conflicts of interest early on

Federal News Network

What happens in these situations when you have too close bidders. And the most outlandish option — this is definitely not happening — is the agency just says ‘we don’t care what GAO says.’ One was better on price, but it has a conflict of interest. ’ Zach Prince The agency has got a couple of options.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches.

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Excitement growing over GSA’s COMET II program

Federal News Network

The pool of bidders is going to be huge. When looking at that as a roadmap, it’s clear it has grown and improved with more definitions for vendors to figure out what technology can be brought into the fold. GSA has their whole IT playbook and it has been developing the document over last five years.

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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

For more complex procurement requirements, the submission lead-time may be extended to allow bidders adequate time to prepare comprehensive bids. The primary solicitation tool used for full competition is the Standard Bidding Documents for Goods , Works, and Non-Consulting Services for competitive bidding.

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Cracking the State aid individual economic advantage requirement on the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

On my previous post about *that* train tender in Portugal, I argued that it was quite possible the contract involved a State Aid angle but stopped short of making a more definitive or certain claim.

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Apparent Conflict: Appearance of Impropriety Enough to Exclude a Contractor from Federal Contract

SmallGovCon

Per COFC: “the appearance of impropriety (or conflict of interest), by definition, means that an objective observer might believe there is an impropriety, even where the facts, when fully investigated, would not support a finding of an actual legal violation or impropriety in the procurement.” FAR 3.101-1.

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