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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Federal News Network

The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. Source: GAO Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal 2024. Let’s get back to GAO’s bid protest report. These are the latest among a host of story lines in the federal acquisition community. When the U.S.-based

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3 Ways to Drive Value Through Supplier Diversity

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Diverse suppliers do tend to be significantly smaller so have less economizes of scale to pass on though lower pricing. Furthermore, difficulty in identifying diverse suppliers often meant limited options to bid. And more local operations mean higher operating costs than those of emerging market suppliers.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), September 13 Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) Summary states that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3 1] Similarly, the BLS September 14 Producer Price Index (“PPI”) Summary states that “[o]n an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand moved up 8.7

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Another possible challenge for DoD’s $19B moving contract: No movers

Federal News Network

HomeSafe’s pricing was bid in 2019, and we’ve seen a lot of inflation in our industry. So I can go to you and say, ‘Hey, rather than having your shipment delivered in two weeks, I can deliver it to you in a month but I can give you a price savings.’ It’s about $110,000 now,” he said. We had so many shipments screwed up.

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SBA MUST USE TAX RETURNS FOR SIZE DETERMINATIONS

Public Contracting Institute

Colossal’s financial statements recognized only the commission or the difference between sales price and the product purchase price as its revenue (receipts). Bid Solve, Inc. For size determination purposes, the only exclusions from receipts are those specifically provided for in this paragraph. United States ex rel.

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