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

Federal News Network

So some of those are things that can be mitigated, usually impaired objectivity, which means basically, that you’re evaluating your own work from another contract. Zach Prince You can’t have a situation where you’re evaluating your own work, or where somebody who’s part of your team is evaluating its own work.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Technical Evaluation Another popular strategy is to incorporate “green procurement” considerations into the technical evaluation for award in a procurement – for example, to give a “greener” product (one that caused less greenhouse gas emissions) more “points” in the evaluation.

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The Bid Evaluation Process

The Procurement ClassRoom

As the field of Procurement is still evolving and scholars don’t seem to subscribe to universal definition of concepts such as what constitute the procurement cycle, this article does not make reference to any textbook or academic publication. Bid evaluation is the responsibility of a body known as the Bid Evaluation Panel.

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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. Invitation for Bid (IFB), Bidding Documents QCBS, QBS, FBS, LCS Methods for complex procurements requiring evaluation of both technical and cost factors.

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The reason why the Air Force pulled the plug on a huge cyber contract may surprise you

Federal News Network

While it is good that the requirement generated significant industry interest with over 250 proposals received, the established acquisition strategy and evaluation methodology were not suitable to result in a manageable number of prime contract awards. It is in neither the U.S. the former official said. “If

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Analysing the potential pitfalls of “AI-judication” in Public Procurement -- guest post by Paris & Esmail

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However, this technology has not yet registered a significant foothold when it comes to the evaluation process. The adjudicators or evaluators of a tender act as both gatekeepers on behalf of the tendering process. Any evaluation process must keep in mind issues such as market forces and supply issues, local and/or regional.