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. GAO reasoned that because “the value of the task order [was] below $25,000,000. 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C. 3406f(2).

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VWV

APRIL 23, 2024

This applies to all above-threshold procurements. The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. A new Procurement Policy Note has been published which provides an updated Standard Selection Questionnaire.

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

This applies to all above-threshold procurements. The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. A new Procurement Policy Note has been published which provides an updated Standard Selection Questionnaire.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

In order to bring Washington law in compliance with federal small works bonding requirements, Senate Bill 5734 , which passed both the House and Senate unanimously, addresses the following: Changes Project Amount: Increases the $35,000 threshold to $150,000. CPARB will need to revise the Guidelines to add this new criterion.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

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. ’ In the dissent’s words, a very important government contracts case. This was relating to an IDIQ contract. Tom Temin: Right. So what did that court decide?

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Procurement Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

It is important to the file the reports. For example, FAR Clause 52.222-38 (Compliance with Veterans’ Employment Reporting Requirements) is required in solicitations where the “award will exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and the contract is not for acquisition of commercial items.” [13] See, e.g., Singer Furniture Co.,

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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. The two bottom layers, and in particular the data layer, are the ones doing all the heavy lifting.

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