Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

The definition of benchmarking according to the Oxford English Dictionary is: Evaluating (something) by comparison with a standard Benchmarking in procurement can take many forms, the most basic being, simply comparing quotes or bids from incumbent suppliers to ascertain the best value.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I also think a lot of companies under COMET didn’t have capabilities to bid back in 2019,” said Gissa Sateri, the director of the civilian business unit at SAIC. “I SAIC, which won a spot on COMET and plans to bid on COMET II, was one of about 400 companies at the industry day for the BPA last December.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Congress would really like the FAR to focus on additional examples Definitions. the FAR must update “definitions related to specific types of organizational conflicts of interest, including unequal access to information, impaired objectivity, and biased ground rules.” So, it definitely leaves some gaps to fill. Definitions.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

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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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

The biggest one is, as you well know, when a contractor bids on a government solicitation, frequently, one of the requirements is to name and put resumes in of the key personnel, that are going to be performing that work if you win, especially in the services contract arena. You’re going to have to bid lower rates in order to win.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

A “hot off the presses” GAO ruling has confirmed that the timing of SAM registration can make or break a contractor’s winning bid. At the center of the protest is FAR 52.204-7 , which lays out the requirements for SAM registration when bidding on a federal procurement. In TLS Joint Venture, LLC , B-422275 (Comp.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In January 2024, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published 31 bid protest decisions, two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the protesters’ challenges. There were also two requests for costs, one of which was denied, and one request for consideration, which was, unsurprisingly, denied.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 22, 2024

A recent case at the Federal Circuit discussed the statutory and regulatory requirements for bundling, in the context of a bid protest that the Navy had improperly bundled. BH Aircraft Co, Inc. BH aircraft filed a bid protest challenging the inclusion of F414 afterburner liner replacement services within a larger Navy contract.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Definition of Prime Contractor A prime contractor refers to an entity that receives a government contract to oversee and carry out a project. These steps are essential for positioning your business to bid on and win government contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and opening up a new avenue for growth and opportunities.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Interview Transcript: Zach Prince Well, it really depends on how the FAR council ends up refining the definitions. The FAR council said that in the proposed rule, because it touches anybody that has a contract, that includes some information and communication technology, which is a hugely broad definition of things.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. I cannot” replied the Director. “Why

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids. They also cited a lack of financial resources for bidding expenses as another barrier to participation; one woman business owner shared that she had borrowed money to bid three times, but was never successful.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Supreme Court will be tasked Monday with weighing whether public agencies can be sued under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for providing erroneous information about consumers' debts, in a case that hinges largely on whether the law's definition of "person" is unambiguous enough to overcome the presumption of sovereign immunity.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

And so that group includes small businesses, who, by definition, are exempt from the cost accounting standards. That’s expensive and complicated.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

And then that can be part of your bid. And so, by definition, when that’s the case, you’re going to have work not being done because jobs aren’t going to be filled. And the government doesn’t, from a contracting point of view, doesn’t have to pay you for that.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

KS&T bid in auctions in Ontario and consistently transferred emission allowances to California for trading. Relying on this definition, the Claimants argued that KS&T’s emission allowances constituted “property” and therefore qualified as an investment under NAFTA. The Koch v. Emission Allowances as “Property”?

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The small team is tasked with managing a wide range of responsibilities, including overseeing the purchasing budget, soliciting and evaluating bids, addressing supplier queries, finalizing purchases, and handling payments. “Securing three quotes for our purchases poses a significant challenge.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 8, 2024

Per COFC: “the appearance of impropriety (or conflict of interest), by definition, means that an objective observer might believe there is an impropriety, even where the facts, when fully investigated, would not support a finding of an actual legal violation or impropriety in the procurement.” FAR 3.101-1.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It’s assuming that a company bid more than once a year on a lump sum contract. So for a small company that could be fine, for a larger company where it could definitely impact how they count the numbers on their HUBzone. So it would require a lot more kind of maintenance and check and compliance throughout the year.

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Bonfire

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Opportunities in a bidding portal are hidden behind a paywall and vendors are required to pay a fee to submit their bid. In some cases, they even have to pay to view the opportunity and bid documents. Vendor-paid eProcurement typically offsets the costs of an online procurement platform for the buying organization.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 14, 2024

The referral must include the solicitation, the offer at issue, an abstract of all bids, any pre-award survey, the contracting officers written determination of nonresponsibility, the technical data package, and any other justification for its determination.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 11, 2024

This post can tell you all the basics about debriefings, a crucial part of the complicated world of bidding on government contracts. Before you can bid on a federal contract, you have to be registered in SAM. The SAM definition of “immediate owner” still creates questions for a lot of federal contractors.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 7, 2024

Federal district courts really are not equipped to deal with bid protests. But it is by just a dictionary definition of procurement. The court there decided that they didn’t have jurisdiction over that type of OTA protest, questionable whether that will continue after this decision. Tom Temin: Right.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

But first a definition of efficiency. The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid. The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid. It is about doing things optimally or maximizing time and resource use.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

United States , exercising jurisdiction to consider a bid protest involving Other Transaction (“OT”) authority. 1 Addressing an issue of first impression, the Court held that a challenge to an OT solicitation for the follow-on production of goods and services is within the purview of the COFC’s bid protest jurisdiction.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Before you start, be sure you have a clear definition of your core competencies and why an RFI should be considered a slam dunk opportunity for your company. When you write to your core competencies, buyers will see you are a good company that might be worth talking to or inviting to bid.

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Federal News Network

MAY 15, 2024

And included in that disclosure statement are explanations of how it’s dealing with IRAD, independent research and development costs, and bid and proposal costs. So, they submitted their disclosure statement in 2007. Any big contractor that’s dealing with this is setting forth those methodologies.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Background The Appeal was filed by SANESSOL, a company that was awarded a public bid for the provision of sanitation services in the City of Mirassol by the Municipality of the city in 2007. The Brazilian arbitration market will definitely follow closely the next decisions to be issued by the STJ Chamber and the STF on this case.

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Federal News Network

JULY 10, 2024

Would the subcontractor have known about what’s going on, because it probably would have, because don’t subcontractors know when they’re part of a team that is bidding by the prime for a new contract? Zach Prince They absolutely should have known what’s going on.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It works with data collected through tender forms and gives each procurement procedure an estimated risk rating at various stages of the contracting cycle, including tender, bid evaluation and award. The higher a procedure’s score, the more rules have potentially been broken.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 5, 2024

Factors to consider include: Currency exchange rates Differing fiscal year definitions across countries International accounting standards reconciliation Gain expertise in navigating these challenges with our Masters Academy: Best Practices in International Contracting.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

31] If there are any significant variances between baseline and bidding rates or rate agreements, determine the cause and whether the contractor failed to disclose any known data. [32] Educate personnel regarding the contractor’s obligations under TINA including the broad definition of certified cost or pricing data.

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

They find it very time-consuming to deal with enterprises’ complex organizations with numerous specialized points of contacts (one for bidding, one for contracting, one for ordering, one for invoicing, etc.). Startups’ employees must be polyvalent. They want the real decision-maker. Procurement cannot change company’s complex organization.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

I don’t think the whole story has been told, but I think the one thing that’s definite is that this is going forward. HomeSafe’s pricing was bid in 2019, and we’ve seen a lot of inflation in our industry. “I’ve got a lot of work to do to convince them,” he said in an interview with Federal News Network. “I

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

2) Definition of requirements. It is important to have an official definition of the requirements or conditions that companies must meet to be recognized and accredited as a women-owned business in the public market. 5) Dissemination and awareness-raising.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Over the next few years, many anticipate larger strides, in hopes of a more efficient and smooth procedure for any individual or entity interested in a bidding procedure for a public service or product. Furthermore, the possible use of AI in appellate stages, definitely leads to more questions than answers.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

You know, if you’re looking for technology or professional services opportunities, you’re definitely going to want to have one of these standing IDIQ contracts at least Tom, or have access to it. And as you point out, you know, Bloomberg is predicting this $113 billion in professional services and R&D, $74 billion.

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