The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Yet, these terms—such as Request for Quotations (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI), and Invitation for Bids (IFB)—are technically indicative of distinct concepts. These methods may include Shopping , Limited Competitive Bidding , Force Account , or Direct Contracting.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 26, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent its annual bid protest report to Congress, which reflected a dramatic increase in protests filed following four straight years of decline. The report provides important insights into the current state of GAO bid protests.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Want to bid on government jobs? This guide explains each step, from finding opportunities and registering in SAM, to crafting a strong bid and increasing your chances of winning contracts. Why Bid on Government Jobs? Not bidding on government jobs means missing out on a major avenue for new customers and revenue.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. Identifying potential protest grounds is invaluable and can mean the difference between the award of a contract and an unsuccessful proposal.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The GAO decision provides an in-depth look at the high evidentiary bar associated with proving governmental bias in bid protests and the need to have definitive evidence before making such a claim. Specifically, in limited circumstances, the Court of Federal Claims allows for discovery to supplement the record in a bid protest.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you have any questions about GAO jurisdiction or the bid protest rules, please contact the author. 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. 3406f(2).

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Mexico City is a leader in urban mobility, with a public bike share system that is the longest-running and largest network of its kind in Latin America. As a result, the city expanded the service from 6,500 to 9,300 bikes and from 480 to 687 bike stations, with upgrades to the city’s bike share technology and design to be more user-friendly.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

On September 11, the agency notified L3Harris that the contract was awarded to Ball. On March 12, 2023, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) hired a former senior Ball executive to be its director. L3Harris argued that the conflict required that the award to Ball be terminated and Ball be disqualified from the GXS competition.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Over the past four and a half years, the Defense Department has faced at least four separate rounds of bid protest litigation challenging its multi-billion dollar overhaul of the militarys household goods moving system. Its now gearing up for a fifth. Two other moving companies joined the lawsuit this month: Total Military Management on Dec.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana. Goods : Documents used for procuring physical items.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This reduces the need for bid preparation and evaluation. Let’s explore what cooperative purchasing entails and delve into the myriad ways it can revolutionize public sector procurement. What is Cooperative Purchasing? By participating in cooperative purchasing, organizations can save time and resources.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. Identifying potential protest grounds is invaluable and can mean the difference between the award of a contract and an unsuccessful proposal.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Our firm handles a wide variety of federal procurement and contract matters, from bid protests, size protests, joint ventures, socio-economic certifications, to everything in between. then the joint venture may bid on that procurement without needing to form the joint venture under an SBA-Approved Mentor Protege Agreement.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office to develop a plan to test a novel idea: having companies that lose bid protests to repay DoD for legal costs. And they actually thought through and came up with four recommendations related to bid protest. Chris Griesedieck: No, it’s not. Tom Temin: Wow.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For procuring officials, the pre-bidding documents module also streamlines their workload by consolidating feedback in a single, organized platform. Open by design The pre-bidding module was designed specifically for complex procedures that are highly technical or likely to have a significant impact on citizens.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

The findings highlight just why it is so important to bring the information together to get a coherent picture on spending and delivery: Out of the 94 projects currently tracked, 50% remain in the early stages (design or bidding), and only 6 out of 59 planned for completion by February 2026 are finished. of allocated funds.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather, it’s time for GAO’s annual bid protest report. This report is GAO’s summary of bid protests for the previous fiscal year. It also summarizes the general statistics for bid protest decisions. And unlike last year, all agencies followed GAO’s recommendations in connection with bid protests.

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

Sometimes federal procurements don’t go according to the rules. Sometimes its worse, when bribes and kickbacks come into play. That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. Now the strike force is expanding, with four new members. Dan Glad Sure. Is it mostly whistleblowers?

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Part 2 of our 3-Part Miniseries on Bid Protests Now that weve talked about Bid Protests fundamentals in part 1, its time to talk about the mechanics and procedures involved in bid protest litigation. Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

Under the second iteration of the FBI’s potential $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement, CGI will bid on task orders provided by the agency, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company announced Thursday. CGI Federal has been chosen to help the FBI modernize its IT system.

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Discussions & Clarifications

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published its much anticipated Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023. GAO's annual report is required under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 ("CICA") and provides the government contracting community with good insight into GAO's bid protest function. [1]

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Discussions & Clarifications

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

On November 18, the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") released its much-anticipated Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024 , which was submitted to Congress on November 14. 1] Government contractors and other industry professionals that become familiar.

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Government Contract Insights

JULY 17, 2024

Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over bid protests related to follow-on production contracts arising out of other transaction (“OTs”) for Department of Defense prototype projects. A recent decision, Independent Rough Terrain Center, LLC v. United States (“IRTC”),[1] confirms the U.S.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 10, 2025

Department of Veterans Affairs task order award failed to raise grounds to reconsider the denial of its bid protest, the U.S. A Colorado information technology company challenging a $158 million U.S. Government Accountability Office said Thursday, as the company vowed to press on with its challenge.

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FedScoop

MAY 28, 2024

In February 2024, the bureau said it was in the last phase of evaluation but an award wouldn’t be made until bid protest challenges to the contract filed with the Government Accountability Office were resolved. The new agreement will serve as the primary vehicle for the agency’s IT services for the next eight years.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

According to the DOJ, the manager was also under the impression at the time that Thukral would have influence over the award of a pending $200 million contract, having been chosen to serve on a three-person panel to assess bids’ technical feasibility. Satbir Thukral, 62, of Germantown, Md., Satbir Thukral, 62, of Germantown, Md.,

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USFCR

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sole-source contracts offer businesses a unique opportunity to secure federal contracts without the competitive bidding process. Some of the key benefits include: Fewer competitors : You avoid the lengthy and competitive bidding process. Situations where only one vendor can meet the agencys needs. Example: The U.S.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Challenges to a $50 billion government-wide IT contracting vehicle, CIO-SP4, contributed to a 22% increase in bid protests handled by the Government Accountability Office, according to numbers the agency submitted to Congress. The surge in cases filed comes after at least four years of declines.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As a federal contractor, there are many factors to consider in filing a potential bid protest. In this post, we look at the potential considerations, both pros and cons, for filing a bid protest at the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). There are fewer cases in COFC, but the bid protest numbers appear to be growing at COFC.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

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. The raw numbers, of course, only tell part of the story.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

The protester, Percipient, had not bid. In a long-running case, a vendor of computer vision software protested a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency award to systems integrator CACI, which was going to develop its own computer vision software. So it was relying on this statutory preference for using commercial products and services.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This goes back to bid protests dating around 2020. GAO took a different view, in part in its decision in ITility, a bid protest issued shortly after the Tolliver decision. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide more details. Just give us a quick background on it. Tom Temin: OK.

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GovSpend

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In our most recent webinar, host Paige Mockler discussed how to navigate the GovSpend platform to uncover the best government bid and RFP opportunities. The Challenges of Finding the Right Bids Many businesses face common pain points when using bid platforms. GovSpend does more than notify users about open bids and RFPs.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 9, 2025

And how do you successfully bid on those opportunities? Each year, New York City spends over $30 billion a year on public contracts to deliver essential good and services to its eight million residents. This is an enormous amount of spending, more than most U.S. states or indeed many countries. The other part of it is people.

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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

GAO, has declined, as a matter of policy to permit a protester “to use the bid protest function to restrict, rather than promote competition.” GAO has specifically stated that the purpose of its role in resolving bid protests is “to ensure that the statutory requirements for free and open competition for government contracts are met.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2025

billion GHC contract after a prolonged series of bid protests. The Defense Department has issued a formal notice to the contractor on its household goods moving contract , asking the firm to justify recent performance issues that appear to violate the terms of the multibillion dollar contract. The recent show-cause notice from U.S.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 8, 2023

TRANSCOM later rescinded that decision amid a series of bid protests and what the Government Accountability Office said were “pervasive” violations of procurement law. billion over nine years. This time, IT integration problems are to blame. Officials at U.S. So there’s a complete transformation occurring.”

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