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.

Bidding 147

Bidding Thresholds Price Evaluation 147

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.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Bidding Bidder Price 40

Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

The factors on which tenders are evaluated in MEAT assessment are Quality Cost-effectiveness approach Technology Aesthetic and functional characteristics Accessibility Social characteristics Environmental characteristics Innovative characteristics After-sales service and technical assistance Delivery date, process, and period.

Procurement Team 52

Procurement Team Evaluation Tender Procurement 52

Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2025

Department of Homeland Security issued to another business, rejecting arguments that the government failed to fairly evaluate its own proposal. A federal watchdog swatted down a company's challenge of a $107 million task order that the U.S.

Bidder 52

Bidder Evaluation Government Government 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The pool of bidders is going to be huge. More details out for bidders GSA recently gave vendors more details about its plans for COMET II, releasing another draft of the performance work statement as well as the drafts of how they will evaluate bids. Previously, GSA chose small businesses for about 25% of all awards.

Bidder 107

Bidder Bidding E-procurement Purchasing 107

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In other words, the bidder with the lowest price, who has submitted a responsive bid (on time, signed, bid on all items, bid guaranty included if required, etc.) Evaluation criteria must be clear to firms submitting a proposal so they understand what the expectations are for what is most important to the public agency.

Bidding 100

Bidding IT Price Evaluation 100

SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. In a recent decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, it appears that the COFC will have to give protesters a good bit of benefit of the doubt on this question going forward. We explore that here. In REV, LLC v.

Bidder 105

Bidder Government Contracts Bidding Evaluation 105

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Author: Graham Allen In the second of two parts of “Navigation the Five Steps of the Procurement Journey” we’ll be covering posting, evaluation, award and close out. Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. The RFx may include a bidder information session.

Bidder 52

Bidder Procurement Evaluation Bidding 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

“A written response to your inquiry will be made available to prospective bidders within the next week.” The ambiguity of the RFP resulted in 6,700 questions, most of which are not being answered so vendors do not know what to expect or how they will be evaluated.”

Evaluation 109

Evaluation Bidding E-procurement Consulting 109

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. Some portals are partially financed through small charges to the winning bidders, but often the total cost of sourcing is borne by the procurement organization.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

million NASA space technology development contract, saying the winning bidder was reasonably determined to be an eligible small business and that NASA fairly evaluated bids for the deal. A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest over a $282.2

Bidder 52

Bidder Bidding Evaluation Contract 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. There was a three phase evaluation of proposals requiring offerors to submit a self scoring sheet that assigned points for offerors representations on experience and capabilities under various criteria identified in the solicitation. And proposals were originally due on Aug.

Contract 88

Contract Bidder Bidding Evaluation 88

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. AI EVALUATIONS I am absolutely eavesdropping at this point and think: “now there’s a terrible idea!” Was it simply the evaluation question?

Bidder 52

Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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.

Procurement 105

Procurement Competitive Bidding Bidding Supplier 105

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.

Bidder 52

Bidder Price Evaluation Accountability 52

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

SBA’s proposed rule would change HUBZone protests appeals, principal office requirements (which we did discuss a bit before here ), HUBZone map concepts, and the HUBZone price evaluation preference (PEP). PEP (Price Evaluation Preference) Finally, we look at proposed changes to the HUBZone PEP.

Price 105

Price Bidder Evaluation Procurement 105

Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion information technology deal, after being accused of unfairly evaluating bidders' proposals. Navy gave a shipbuilder $1.2 billion to begin its overdue overhaul of the USS Boise, and the U.S. Defense Health Agency expanded its contractor pool for a $2.5 These are Law360's top government contracts for February.

Bidder 52

Bidder Contract Evaluation Government Contracts 52

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

A lack of clarity will be reflected in the quality of the solicitation document, the evaluation criteria and the bid submissions. In the above example success is measured by the bidder meeting the technical specifications, including on time delivery at or below the approved procurement value.

Procurement 52

Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

For first-time bidders, preparation costs can range from $80,000 to $130,000. Handling bid protests A bid protest occurs when a losing bidder or another interested party claims that there were improper actions or decisions during the bidding process.

Bidding 52

Bidding Government Government Buyers 52

The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This two-part series discusses the five steps of the procurement journey beginning with concept and development and continuing with posting, evaluation and award. They should be kept to a minimum and are a ‘need’ not a ‘want’ If in doubt the mandatory should be placed in the technical section and evaluated.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

One is there is still, even for us, a lot of confusion around how we evaluate joint ventures and small business teams who are coming together as primes as part of the source selection process. If you’re coming in as a small business team with primes, how does their experience count against our evaluation criteria?” Hixson said.

Professional Services 114

Professional Services Bidding Bidder Accountability 114

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).

Bidding 40

Bidding Bidder Evaluation Price 40

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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

Contract 105

Contract E-procurement Evaluation Strategic Sourcing 105

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Three times the losing bidder protested. Usually when you get to the point where you’re arguing that the agency’s technical evaluation was wrong, it’s often subjective and you’re likely to lose. So what what are the lessons learned here then, for bidders? Finally a court said the protestor might be right.

Bidder 97

Bidder Balance Procurement IT 97

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. It’s not the government.

Bidder 101

Bidder Professional Services Negotiation Bidding 101

Bonfire

MARCH 28, 2023

Unqualified vendors are allowed to bid because there isn’t a system in place to screen bidders for necessary qualifications and certifications. That means you waste time sorting through bids that can’t be considered or, worse, you get all the way through the evaluation stage before realizing not all bidders meet the qualifications.

Finance 52

Finance Procurement Evaluation Bidder 52

The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements. Rated Criteria The technical evaluation criteria needs to align clearly with the scope / performance requirements of the good / service being procured. The clearer the technical evaluation criteria the better the procurement outcome.

Procurement 40

Procurement Procurement Contracts Bidder Contract 40

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. In KPMG, LLC v.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Bidder Evaluation 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process includes several crucial steps: tendering by the bidders, bid evaluation by the client and award of the contract to the successful bidder. This method decreases the number of bids to control and evaluate, concentrating on the quality rather than quantity.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Bidder Competitive Bidding 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

Delay in Preparing Technical Specifications, Scope of Work or Terms of Reference Technical specifications , scope of work , and terms of reference are documents that describe what is needed, and should be clear enough to avoid confusing suppliers, contractors, service providers or the evaluation panel.

Public Procurement 40

Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Tender 40

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s going to be a tight turnaround for potential bidders to submit their comments on the Army’s latest draft, issued on Oct. The main way vendors will prove themselves will also shun the usual paper-based bid evaluation process. I don’t want to evaluate your tools, I want to evaluate your people.

Contract 64

Contract Evaluation Bidding Bidder 64

Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

You do your market research, then you do your solicitation, your evaluation, your award. So how do you keep that current going long way without discriminating against some bidders or in favor of other bidders. The way that a lot of agencies approach this, now. David Berteau Absolutely.

Professional Services 89

Professional Services Bidder Procurement Bidding 89

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

About the project In recent years, publishing and analysing administrative data on government contracts and tenders has an increasing importance in evaluating government transparency, efficient public spending and measuring risk of corruption in public procurement. sole source procedure) and the winning bidders themselves (e.g.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Corruption 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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. Referrals lend credibility as prequalified bidders provide more lead time and give exclusive tailored insight into client bid expectations.

Tender 52

Tender Consulting Management Bidding 52

Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

Those key personnel actually have a huge effect on your on the government’s evaluation of the contractors proposal and on the ability to actually win the job and be able to perform the work. The government takes a long time to solicit, evaluate and award contracts.

Bidding 118

Bidding Professional Services Sustainability Capacity 118

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The question disappointed healthcare contractors should ask is whether the agency acted unreasonably in its evaluation and selection of the awardee. The solicitation informs prospective bidders of what the agency will look for and consider in their proposals, as well as how the agency will weigh elements of the proposals.

Government 52

Government Government Contract Bidding 52