Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. He said GSA disqualified his company around three deficiencies, even after submitting a bid, going through a live demonstration and going back and forth with email questions and answers during the fall.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, are trying to correct a misunderstanding of congressional intent when it comes to how and when agencies should consider price when reviewing proposals for contracts.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 21, 2023

17, 2023) , GAO looked at this issue in the context of a lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA) solicitation for a brand name or better product, with an unexpected ending that the protester surely did not see coming. This is essentially Federal Government Contracting 101 and applies to any type of solicitation. In RELX, Inc.,

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Even more so now, seasoned professionals in the construction industry have seen budgets disrupted considerably by fluctuations in pricing and lead times that have shredded carefully drafted cost estimates and project schedules. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.

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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The solicitation required proposals to include an Attachment 1 (pricing schedule), an Attachment 8 which listed the salient characteristics (specifications) for each item requested, and an Attachment 9 (a pricing crosswalk that contained two columns: one column contained every item description proposed and quantity of the items proposed while the other (..)

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The solicitation required proposals to include an Attachment 1 (pricing schedule), an Attachment 8 which listed the salient characteristics (specifications) for each item requested, and an Attachment 9 (a pricing crosswalk that contained two columns: one column contained every item description proposed and quantity of the items proposed while the other (..)

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

After two years of planning, meetings, feedback and answering almost 900 questions about the final solicitations, vendors’ bids are due tomorrow. That’s a pretty unique feature of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. I’m not really sure that message has really gotten out completely.

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Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For example, FAR Part 14 deals with the rules and regulations for sealed bidding procurement methods, while Part 45 provides rules on contractors’ obligations and the Government’s remedies, addressing scenarios such as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) situations and bring your own device (BYOD) situations.

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This could reduce the number of bid protests because sometimes, information secured through a bid protest is the only way for offerors to fully understand why they were not selected for a particular contract. We have been discussing some of the procurement related provisions buried in the bill.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For those unfamiliar with Seaport-NxG, it is both a set of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) MACs and the platform used by the Navy to solicit, award, and administer task orders under those IDIQ MACs. Department of the Navy awarded Forward Slope a place on the Seaport-NxG Multiple Award Contract (MAC).

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

It is based on years of experience from practicing Public and Project Procurement and takes into consideration bid evaluation procedures and practices applicable under several Public and Project Procurement legal and regulatory frameworks. Bid evaluation is the responsibility of a body known as the Bid Evaluation Panel.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A formal call for bids on a project, known as a tender, initiates the bidding process among prospective contractors. This process includes several crucial steps: tendering by the bidders, bid evaluation by the client and award of the contract to the successful bidder. What is a Tender Document in Construction?

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

Rather, CICA provides that a required debriefing is only available where competition/award is “on the basis of competitive proposals[.]” [16] “The term ‘competitive proposals’ is not defined by Bid Protest Regulations, nor is it expressly defined by statute or regulation.” [17] It uses the term offer, not bid or quote. 3703 , 10 U.S.C.

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Select GCR

AUGUST 27, 2024

Learn how to establish your business, tap into government needs, and bid effectively to win contracts. They submit direct bids to undertake government contracts. The prime contractor is the main builder, the one who won the bid for the project. Looking to secure a government contract? Think of it like a construction project.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 Peregrine) and compete the second part, worth $43 million, for 8(a) participants to bid on. Under 13 C.F.R. million for others), in most cases, the agency must compete the set-aside.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

the quantity and depth of new information) and whether new information is actionable for key stakeholders such as bidding firms; and (ii) the nature of demand for transparency, that is the existence of data users who are willing and able to act upon the information published. However, the average number of received bids increases by 0.5

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

A flurry of new domestic-preference updates brings greater clarity to the requirements and imparts important lessons that government contractors should know when bidding for and performing on federal financial assistance programs. McMillen’s bid submission used foreign butterfly valves and requested a waiver, which was denied.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This year’s tables include: November 15 Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) GSA Pricing Tools Customer and Stakeholder Engagement (CASE) VA Med/Surg Supply BPAs November 16 VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) VA Pathfinder Program Be sure to check both agendas for more details! This update aligns the OSP functionality with the RFP at Section L.5.2.1.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Did they bid the same product you want to obtain? Did they bid roughly the same quantity you need? Was the other agency's solicitation bid recently? Did they receive more than one bid? Did they include mandated federal requirements, if you will be paying the vendor with federal funds?

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