Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

GSA created the CPI program under a proof-of-concept moniker with awards to Amazon, Fischer and Overstock Government in 2020 under direction from Congress with a goal of capturing data on and managing products under the micro purchase threshold of $10,000.

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

This applies to all above-threshold procurements. The updated questions will allow contracting authorities to assess the bidder's ability to manage the supply chain, deliver steel safely and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Following our theoretical framework, we also expect transparency effects to unfold over time with many effects arising through the help of stakeholders – journalists picking up stories based on newly available data, buyers learning about procurement markets or bidder finding new opportunities more efficiently.

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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. This was relating to an IDIQ contract. Tom Temin: So that provision that they could not protest comes from the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act that’s of long standing here.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 22, 2022

Debriefings as a Tool for Bid Protests Bid protests are designed to protect the integrity of the procurement process and to allow disappointed bidders or offerors the opportunity to seek relief for an improper or flawed solicitation or contract award decision. Whether before the U.S.

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Procurement Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

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] 13] That clause requires an offeror to make the following representation. “By

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

1 Simplified Acquisition Threshold: The bill would raise the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) from $250,000 to $500,000. Past Performance Information: The bill would allow bidders in federal procurements to submit information related to their performance on commercial or non-government projects as relevant past performance.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

The basic proposal here is that, regardless of whether an employee is a salaried employee or an hourly wage employee, if they’re below a certain threshold, in this case, nearly $60,000 a year in terms of salary, then you would have to pay them overtime.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable. 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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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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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Select GCR

DECEMBER 17, 2024

One of the significant changes introduced by FASA was raising the simplified acquisition threshold from $25,000 to $100,000, and later to $250,000, making it easier for contractors to access federal contracts. FASA introduced significant reforms to streamline the procurement process for the United States government.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

OJEU (Official Journal Of the European Union) Before Brexit, public contracts above certain thresholds had to be published in OJEU, ensuring fair competition across the EU. Standstill Period This is a short waiting time after a contract award, allowing unsuccessful bidders to challenge the decisions before it becomes final.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These reactions can lead to strict risk management and purchasing policies with overly complicated bid documents and onerous requirements that are imposing on potential SME bidders. Specific outcomes provide clear objectives for the bidder to achieve for the service or product delivery.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Although the PLA mandate only applies to large-scale construction projects with the contract value of $35 million and more, under the proposed rule, agencies have the option to include the PLA requirement for construction projects that are under the $35 million threshold.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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Procurement Notes

JULY 28, 2021

4] As another example, the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“NFS”) “gives bidders or offerors the ability to protest directly to the contracting officer (CO)[,] or to request an independent review by the Assistant Administrator for Procurement (or designee).” [5] For example, U.S. 24] The U.S.

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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.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

The plain meaning of § 3553(d)(4)(A)(ii) is that the clock starts on the day that the bidder receives debriefing. It follows that ‘the debriefing date’ here, under the statute, is March 6, 2020—the last day of NIKA’s debriefing process.” [59] 59] CAFC’s February 4, 2021 decision went in the opposite direction.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

It is true that in many Member States somewhat different purely domestic provisions apply to contracts below the threshold and not having a cross-border interest as well as to other excluded contracts. Contracting authorities and entities are thus left in a normative vacuum. However, these rules tend to set alternative and lighter procedures.

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