SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The post COFC: Lapsed SAM Registration During Proposal Evaluations Makes Offeror Ineligible for Award first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Sign up for our free monthly newsletter , and follow us on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This is a contrast from the GAO protest world, where the agency will often decline to produce documents on the basis of relevance, and even fight through rounds of objections to not include agency evaluation materials. Finally, the list of documents includes the proposals and evaluation record for all offerors.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Skills and capability gaps – Public sector organizations often lack the in-house artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) expertise required to effectively evaluate, deploy, and maintain generative AI systems.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How has the evaluation criteria changed? Under the new regulations, evaluations will now be assessed on the basis of 'Most Advantageous Tender' instead of the 'Most Economically Advantageous Tender'. Here’s how assessment summaries work: Successful suppliers will receive a summary of its own scores and evaluation summary notes.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 21, 2025

.” This gives the intervenor the ability to argue for dismissal of the protest, and a way to directly argue against the protest allegations and in support of the agency’s evaluation in the comments stage of the bid protest. Sign up for our free monthly newsletter , and follow us on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook.

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Bidding Bidder Government Contracts Contract 109

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

In order to evaluate whether suppliers offers are giving a business the optimum value, benchmarking is required. When thinking about benchmarking the most common area that is reviewed is price, but as we know (and as mentioned in previous blogs) price is not the sole factor. Procurement is all about achieving value for money.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The post 2024 GAO Bid Protest Report: Numbers Down, Effectiveness Still Even Odds first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. These are helpful to know what types of issues are most likely to get traction at GAO, although GAO is not too generous on detail.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 26, 2024

As one example, there is a nice overview of how to do an evaluation of your business and examine how your processes will translate to government contracting. first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. But he also provides time-tested strategies for getting into government contracting and for growing your business.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In this blog post, learn how to create multiple generative AI solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) using recorded course lectures to support the student experience with automated and personalized classroom tools. Architectural diagram of the solution that forms the foundation of this blog post.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Unpacking the Black Box of Price Analysis Over the last several years, GSA has been using a series of data management tools to support the price evaluation of products under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. How is BPA pricing, typically volume-based pricing, considered in a price comparison evaluation?

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 29, 2024

How agencies evaluate past performance of joint ventures has been a somewhat confusing topic for federal contractors over the past few years. A procuring activity may not require the protégé firm to individually meet the same evaluation or responsibility criteria as that required of other offerors generally. 13 CFR 125.8(e).

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For qualified HUBZone mentor-protégé joint ventures, SBA is considering how to “clarify the applicability of the HUBZone price evaluation preference to” HUBZone mentor-protégé joint ventures. The post Are Mentor-Protégé Joint Ventures Just Too Successful, Asks SBA first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And, evaluating the product on any characteristics that are not included in the solicitation, even if incorporated by reference to the name brand item, can lead to an improper exclusion of offerors from competition. Which, as any federal contracting attorney would know, is prime real estate for a protest to be sustained.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract. For more information on funding alternatives, see our previous blog article, Funding an e-Sourcing Initiative. The post Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks appeared first on ProcureWare.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 26, 2025

Size and status protests, which are reviewed by the SBAs Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), are far less common than GAO protests which protest an evaluation aspect of a solicitation or award. in Ostensible Subcontracting Review) first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. The post OHA Says: Show me the Money! (in

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 24, 2025

Last weeks FAR & Beyond blog launched the Coalitions Government Procurement Efficiency List (GPEL) for the new federal market. We look forward to followers of the FAR & Beyond blog providing their recommendations for the GPEL. The GPEL will be shared with key stakeholders across government.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 26, 2024

One type of OCI is an impaired objectivity OCI, typically resulting from a contractor evaluating its own offer or its own performance. As part of the evaluation process, the VA began to investigate potential OCIs. Normally, agencies are given quite a bit of discretion when it comes to evaluating potential OCIs.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2025

Last weeks FAR & Beyond blog launched the Coalitions Government Procurement Efficiency List (GPEL) for the new federal market. We look forward to followers of the FAR & Beyond blog providing their recommendations for the GPEL. The GPEL will be shared with key stakeholders across government.

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The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Keeping with the title and theme of the Coalition’s Fall Training Conference, “ What is Fair and Reasonable,” this week’s blog addresses what is fair and reasonable transparency. Look for next week’s blog to continue the focus on “What is fair and reasonable transparency?”

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SmallGovCon

JULY 31, 2024

As frequent readers may notice, this is certainly not the first time we have blogged about the need to stay on top of your SAM registration. Just a few months ago, we blogged about a GAO decision that held contractors must not let their SAM registration lapse at all, even when renewal information was already submitted.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog. If such gaps are addressed, the system could give insights on which procurements or projects need the most support, and enable more evaluation, learning and feedback. Currently, STEP lacks benchmarks to monitor performance and the full spectrum of risks.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While a separate blog post about all the differences is likely justified as some point, for this blog, we will just cover the unique items that DoD is planning on updating right now. The post DoD Proposes Updates to its Mentor-Protégé Program first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Unpacking the Black Box of Price Analysis Over the last several years, GSA has been using a series of data management tools to support the price evaluation of products under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. How is BPA pricing, typically volume-based pricing, considered in a price comparison evaluation?

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Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 24, 2025

As explained in Architect defense-in-depth security for generative AI application using the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs in the AWS Machine Learning Blog , defense-in-depth security best practices can mitigate many of the common risks that any workload faces, helping accelerate generative AI innovation.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Since this was solicited on an LPTA basis, the agency planned to evaluate offers received starting with the lowest-priced option and continuing its evaluation of offers with increasing prices until it found an offer that met the salient characteristics of the LexisNexis product. d/b/a LexisNexis, and one by West Publishing Company.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A great example of why such a protest is important is covered in a previous blog here on SmallGovCon. 16, 2020), a contractor–after award decision–raised a concern via post-award protest that the evaluation factors were ambiguous or indefinite. In One Community Auto, LLC , B-419311 (Comp.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

” For the contracting officer, there are guidelines for evaluating OCIs and managing them. The post New OCI Rule Contains Big Changes first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. ” A contracting officer will have to consider OCIs at time of award and when issuing an order.

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 1, 2024

Historically, agency interpretations of those acts, and others, would be deferred to, something we noted in some of our older blog posts. Overall, this improves the chances a federal contractor will succeed in a dispute with the federal government (although of course, it’s still something that must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis).

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Select GCR

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore the transformative journey from quarter one government-targeted marketing to the attainment of substantial contracts in quarter two, guided by the expertise of Select Government Contracting Resources (Select GCR).

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 27, 2024

However, historically, it has been hard to overcome this assumption when dealing with the VA Center for Verification and Evaluation (the predecessor to the current CVE at SBA). The post Good Timing: SBA Decision on Full-Time Devotion Allows For Two Jobs if No Hours Overlap first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

Aether has a DynamoDB first policy for databases, evaluating if DynamoDB is viable and using Aurora for use cases that require a relational database. The team continuously evaluates new AWS services to learn how improvements can benefit research sponsors.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

After evaluating the quotations, CMS announced that the order would be awarded to Octane Public Relations. then filed a bid protest with the GAO, challenging various aspects of CMS’s evaluation. Two of the five vendors submitted quotations. The other vendor, Kauffman and Associates, Inc.,

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 4, 2024

GAO first analyzed FAR 52.204-7 and found that the text of the FAR provision requires offerors to maintain SAM registration throughout the evaluation period (i.e., 650 (2023) , that FAR 52.204-7 “requires offerors to maintain their SAM registrations without lapses during the solicitation period” (which we blogged about here ).

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 6, 2024

These additional blog posts look further at measuring and mitigating bias: Tune ML models for additional objectives like fairness with SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning Use SageMaker Clarify to explain and detect bias Privacy protection and security When working on a new use case, consider doing a privacy impact assessment (PIA) at the design phase.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This blog will cover the key findings of this Report and the most important takeaways for current and prospective DOE implementing partners. Key Findings of the Report Cybersecurity: The Report emphasized that improving DOE’s cybersecurity plans and coordination remains a top priority.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

The Federal Circuit noted this analysis was mistaken, the VA had indicated it intended to give seven offerors a passing grade at that second step in the evaluation process, and furthermore that the VA’s decision on who would remain in the process was really based on the offerors’ relative ratings.

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GovSpend

JUNE 18, 2024

Analyze Partner Performance : GovSpend’s analytics tools help you evaluate potential partners by showing their award trends, top agencies, and recent sales activities. For example, if you sell generators, find companies that provide installation and maintenance services.

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