Tenders Direct

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Details of current EU Public Procurement Thresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post EU Public Procurement Thresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Here at SmallGovCon, we would like to thank all of our blog readers for a wonderful year. Happy Friday! It’s time to say goodbye to 2023 and usher in the new year. We will continue to work hard to provide helpful federal contracting news and updates in 2024 and we truly appreciate your continued support and feedback. Happy new year!

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VWV

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Contract modifications A contract change notice will be required for most above threshold modifications. You can also sign up to our mailing list for blogs, FAQs and regular updates here. Light Touch Regime Applies for education and social contracts Exempt from requirement to hold a standstill period and to set KPIs.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The FedRAMP High designation denotes that the OpenAI services have met a higher security threshold to work with sensitive civilian datasets, including those in the fields of health care, law enforcement, finance and emergency response, among others.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 15, 2024

FAR 19.502-2(a) requires that all acquisitions for supplies or services that have an anticipated dollar value above the micro-purchase threshold ($10,000 at the time of this post) but not over the simplified acquisition threshold or SAT ($250,000 at the time of this post) be set aside for small businesses.

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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 What happens when an agency decides that instead of competing a five-year contract to 8(a) companies, it will just sole source five one-year contracts at the sole source dollar threshold to an 8(a) company? Under 13 C.F.R.

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LoupedIn

JANUARY 7, 2022

As of 1 January 2022, the minimum financial thresholds for the procurement regime to apply changed, so new ones are now in force. The change has two key features: The new thresholds only affect procurements commencing on or after 1 January 2022. Procurements already commenced before then are unaffected.

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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. For LAC countries, this threshold is at approximately 53 percent of GDP.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 28, 2024

” Even if you are not sure where this term comes from, don’t fret, a great place to start is this other Back to Basics blog on limitations on subcontracting. To read up on all the SBA’s Program’s size qualifications, check out this blog. Finally, what does all this mean for Blake Anderson Events, Inc.?

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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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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

While OCI “requirements are applicable to most procurements, acquisitions below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) and those for commercial products are exempt, as well as subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services.”

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 24, 2017

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. Review your agency's practices to ensure that you have a process to verify and document the mandatory bidder responsibility criteria for all public works projects. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC - [link]

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 8, 2024

million threshold mentioned before; The WOSB/EDWOSB is a responsible contractor; and Award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. million/$7 million threshold, the awarded concern is responsible, and award can be made at a fair and reasonable price.

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GovSpend

JUNE 18, 2024

GovSpend’s platform allows you to create lead lists based on agency location, agency types, spending thresholds, quantities, expiring contracts, upcoming renewals, and other criteria: Expiring Contracts and Subscriptions : Filter your search by issue date to find contracts that are due for rjenewal.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

The post Back to Basics: The Buy American Act first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. However, this law does not actually prohibit the acquisition of non-U.S. Sign up here for our free monthly newsletter , and follow us on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook.

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LoupedIn

DECEMBER 17, 2021

New public procurement thresholds apply from 1 January 2022 As of 1 January 2022, the minimum financial thresholds for the procurement regime to apply will change. This change has two key features: In real terms, the result is a lowering of the net thresholds.

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The CGP

AUGUST 11, 2023

Read the recent FAR & Beyond blog on this topic here. Previous FAR & Beyond blogs regarding this topic can be found here and here. As a threshold matter, it puts businesses/contractors, especially small businesses, under a significant, market-wide restriction on offering lower prices to commercial customers.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Underlying these tools is a price analysis algorithm that assesses or compares several pricing data points to generate a “market threshold” that can then be used to determine whether a proposed price is fair and reasonable based on the market information available to GSA.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 11, 2024

This post revisits those blog posts from 2023 that were the most popular. Below, we summarize the blogs written in 2023 that were the most popular as well as the perennial favorites from years past that were the most viewed in 2023. Here are the top 10 blog posts that were posted in 2023.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. This represents about 15 percent of the VHAs $5 billion annual spend on medical supplies and equipment. Significant challenges across the medical supply chain remain.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this blog post, learn a quick recap on what StateRAMP is and how it differs from the similar Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ( FedRAMP ). A recent blog post described how the AWS Nitro Systems were independently audited for affirmation of its confidential compute capabilities. What is StateRAMP?

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SmallGovCon

JULY 18, 2024

On top of this, it also would allow DoD contracting officers to sole source contracts to VOSBs if the contracts are below certain dollar thresholds. Congress Takes Next Step Towards VOSB Expansion first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. This new provision would also set up a VOSB contracting goal for DoD.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This blog post highlights project management tools, references, and AWS Management Console tips that give public sector customers better project visibility, automate task management, and help accelerate project outcomes. Amazon Web Services (AWS) employs project management principles to deliver public sector cloud outcomes.

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

The result– the market has turned into almost a monopoly where there is one dominant provider and the threshold for other vendors is so high that entry is incredibly difficult. In Norway there has been a long period of consolidation on the vendor side where vendors have been bought to be discontinued or bought to be sold under a common brand.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Underlying these tools is a price analysis algorithm that assesses or compares several pricing data points to generate a “market threshold” that can then be used to determine whether a proposed price is fair and reasonable based on the market information available to GSA.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 26, 2024

The blog outlined the significant differences between the Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). This blog continues to explore the mixed supply chain messages the federal government is communicating to the industrial base. The exception is triggered by a waiver of the Non-Manufacturer Rule (NMR).

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

In order to bring Washington law in compliance with federal small works bonding requirements, Senate Bill 5734 , which passed both the House and Senate unanimously, addresses the following: Changes Project Amount: Increases the $35,000 threshold to $150,000. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E.

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 27, 2024

Monetary Fines and Penalties: The maximum monetary fine is set at VND 200 million, which is four times the threshold in Decree No. The post Asia Pacific: Vietnam to Propose Updates to Regulations On Civil Encryption Products appeared first on Import and Trade Remedies Blog. 58/2016/ND-CP.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. million for construction contracts). While the specific goal will vary with each contract (or in some cases may be on a company-wide basis), it is rare for a contracting officer to find a large business hasn’t met the given goal.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A recent post in this blog covering the SIAC Symposium 2023 touched on practitioners’ views of different themes that can be found in the Draft Rules. An earlier post on this blog notes that while preliminary determinations are useful, tribunals have been reluctant to use them because of due process paranoia. and kevinnash@siac.org.sg

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In our region and within multilateral developing banks, it is a common practice to rely exclusively on monetary thresholds to decide on selection methods, which can be problematic as it is not the optimal solution for all cases. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep yourself updated about our latest publications, blogs and events.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. It would maintain the $800 cap but apply lower thresholds with countries on the basis of reciprocity. De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023 ( S. Blumenauer. Customs team.

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VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In this two-part blog series, we answer frequently asked questions to help you understand the impact of the Act and how to prepare. For below threshold contracts , Contracts Finder will still be active. For above threshold contracts , the new Central Digital Platform will be the primary tool for finding upcoming opportunities.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. Public procurement is one of the key ways of corruptly channelling money out of the state, not least because it is one of the few areas of public spending in which there is significant discretion.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Two categories of successful protest arguments discussed in our previous blog are Improper Past Performance Evaluations and Flawed Best Value Analyses. To meet this threshold, a protester must demonstrate that, but for the agency’s actions, it would have had a substantial chance of receiving the award.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Alerting and notifications: CloudWatch canaries can initiate alerts and notifications based on predefined thresholds, enabling teams to quickly respond to issues and minimize downtime. Using CloudWatch canaries for observability Discover the power of CloudWatch canaries in enhancing system reliability and performance monitoring.

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