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

Federal News Network

This award was for health insurance marketplace and financial management analytics. Before GAO got to a decision there, the agency took corrective action, held exchanges with Cogent and ASG, got revised quotations, and then decided that actually it was going to award to Cogent which had a substantially lower price. Tom Temin All right.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 2

The Procurement School

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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Procurement Planning: Steps for Issuing a Solicitation

The Procurement School

The implied outcome is that we are seeking to insure value for taxpayer dollars. 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. The estimated value also determines how long the document is posted for bidders to respond.

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Why would anyone file an Agency-level protest?

Procurement Notes

And the CO’s protégé, the Contract Specialist, wrote a price analysis that is a modern art masterpiece (it was based on adequate price competition). Postal Service , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , and nonappropriated fund activities are beyond GAO’s bid protest jurisdiction as established in 31 U.S.C. [§§] 3551-3556.” [27]

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ProcureWare Product Tip – Top 10 new features for 2017

Procureware

My favorite new features for 2017 include: • API • Approval workflows • Certifications • Connected bid events • Invite unregistered bidders • My Dashboard • PDF reports • Ranked reverse auction • Supplier view of contracts API Long before ProcureWare was developed, we envisioned an application that would easily connect to other business systems.

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