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CACI Enforces National Contract Management Association Standard; Amanda Christian Quoted
ExecutiveBiz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
CACI has adopted the National Contract Management Association’s standard for hiring, training and developing its contract management professionals to ensure alignment with federal standards. Amanda Christian, senior vice president of contracts and subcontracts at CACI, commented, “Aligning NCMA […]
DCMA Director David Bassett on AI Possibilities Within Contract Management
GovCon Wire
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The Defense Contract Management Agency, which provides contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is one such organization moving toward AI adoption. Learn more about how federal agencies
Strategies for Designing a Contract Management Plan
The Procurement School
MAY 12, 2023
Author: Liz Busch Planning for a procurement should consider the entire procurement lifecycle, including contract management and close-out. However, it’s difficult to anticipate everything that may occur after the contract is signed – how does one plan for the unpredictable?
GovCon Expert Mick Fox on Harnessing Domain-Trained AI’s Power to Transform Federal Contract Management
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
By Mick Fox, Chief Operating Officer, TechnoMile Your organization successfully wins federal business because of its unique capabilities, qualifications, and past performance. We hire individuals who are specialists at their roles and bring particular expertise to the table.
NEW Ivalua Contract Management Video
ivalua
MARCH 13, 2019
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MVP: Wiley's Scott M. McCaleb
Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
s $1 million fight against a Defense Contract Management Agency contract costs adjustment, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs. Wiley Rein LLP's Scott McCaleb led a military shipbuilder's successful defense against workers' antitrust claims and advanced The Boeing Co.'s
Brett Surbey Appointed Contracts Director at Empower AI
ExecutiveBiz
AUGUST 2, 2024
Brett Surbey, a senior contract manager with over 20 years of experience, has joined Empower AI as director of contracts, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Most recently, Surbey worked as vice president of contracts and compliance at VSE. He will bring to Empower […]
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Kelli Murphy Joins Pyramid Systems as VP of Client Account Delivery
GovCon Wire
JUNE 10, 2024
She will lead the company’s Department of Homeland Security portfolio and oversee strategic growth initiatives, service delivery operations, contract management and business expansion efforts in her new capacity, (Nasdaq: SAIC), has joined Pyramid Systems as vice president of client account delivery.
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TechnoMile SVP Kevin Brancato Joins NCMA Board of Advisors
GovCon Wire
JULY 22, 2024
Kevin Brancato, senior vice president of product strategy at TechnoMile, was added to the board of advisors at the National Contract Management Association. The company said Tuesday the government contracting veteran will provide NCMA with executive-level strategies and insights into contract management issues.
Contract Management’s Impact on Procurement Efficiency
The Procurement School
JULY 16, 2024
Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.
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Robert Deegan Named Unissant CFO
GovCon Wire
AUGUST 8, 2024
Herndon, Virginia-based Unissant said Wednesday Deegan will oversee the digital transformation and cybersecurity company’s financial and accounting, contracts management, human resources and pricing functions.
Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: Versar Global Solutions’ Victor Massaro
WashngtonExec
AUGUST 7, 2024
Victor Massaro Vice President of Contracts, Versar Global Solutions Since joining Versar Global Solutions in 2023, Victor Massaro’s primary achievements centered around enhancing contracts management effectiveness in support of contract delivery, ensuring compliance and digitally transforming contracts management to drive efficiencies.
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Fed. Circ. Revives Boeing Contractual Cost Accounting Case
Government Contracts
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The Federal Circuit on Friday revived Boeing's suit claiming the Defense Contract Management Agency wrongly adjusted contractual cost claims using a regulation that clashes with a federal cost accounting statute, finding the case was essentially a contract dispute and not a disallowed regulatory challenge.
James Milam Promoted to CACI SVP of Business Development Operations
GovCon Wire
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
He will oversee a multidisciplinary team focused on capture management, proposal management, strategic pricing, price-to-win, government-wide acquisition contracts management, competitive intelligence and business analytics. He will also lead the newly formed
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How AI Impacts Contract ABCs
Government Contracts & Global Trade
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Joe Mazzarella presents at the AI in Contracting Conference on new considerations for Contract Managers in relation to AI, including the impact of AI on rights in data, patentability and copyright ability of AI-assisted work products, privacy, data leakage and drift, licensing and data model reliability, indemnification, and challenges of using open (..)
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Former DCMA Director David Bassett to Advise Latent AI Board
ExecutiveBiz
MARCH 15, 2024
David Bassett , who has over 35 years of service in the Department of Defense and is the former director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, has been appointed strategic adviser to the board of Latent AI.
ASBCA Issues Annual Report, Providing Data on How Often Contractors Prevail
Inside Government Contracts
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The Army Corps of Engineers and the Army had the most appeals pending, followed by the Navy and the Defense Contract Management Agency (“DCMA”), which handles appeals of cost disallowances and Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) noncompliance determinations. Separately, the Board provided a breakdown of appeal figures by agency.
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Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: QinetiQ US’ LeNaye Willis-Lloyd
WashngtonExec
AUGUST 5, 2024
LeNaye Willis-Lloyd Senior Vice President of Contract Operations, QinetiQ US LeNaye Willis-Lloyd, an accomplished contracts and procurement executive with 20 years of experience, is known for developing contracts management into a business strategy driver.
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Angel Davis Appointed Director of Federal Strategy and Capture at Presidio Federal
ExecutiveBiz
JULY 9, 2024
Angel Davis, a former contracts manager at Presidio, was named director of federal strategy and capture at the government-focused business of the information technology service management company. She has more than a decade of […]
Lockheed Secures $1.15B Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Site Activation, Hardware Support
GovCon Wire
JANUARY 5, 2024
billion contract modification from the U.S. The modification also covers planning and readiness reviews, contract management and production engineering support services for training device production lines in support of initial aircraft sustainment efforts Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential five-year, $1.15
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Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: Accenture Federal Services’ Michelle Lanier
WashngtonExec
AUGUST 14, 2024
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Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: Integral Federal’s Heather Gerczak
WashngtonExec
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Heather Gerczak Chief Administrative Officer, Integral Federal Along with her role at Integral Federal, Gerczak was selected to lead the National Contract Management Association as the board chair for program year 2025, which began on July 1.
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Fed. Circ. Says DOD's Overpayment Clawback Claim Is Timely
Government Contracts
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the Defense Contract Management Agency can pursue a $1.1 million claim against a Navy contractor for overpayments made under a cost-reimbursement contract, rejecting the contractor's argument that the DCMA's claim was untimely.
Fed. Circ. Ruling Helps Clarify When Gov't Clawback Is Timely
Government Contracts
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Federal Circuit’s examination of claims accrual in a January decision that allows the Defense Contract Management Agency to pursue overpayment claims under a cost-reimbursement contract serves as a reminder that the government can lose such claims by waiting too long to file, say Evan Sherwood and Peter Hutt at Covington.
State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes
Federal News Network
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.
DLA turns to automation for head-start on incorporating CMMC requirements in contracting
Federal News Network
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Federal Monthly Insights — Contract Management Modernization — 09/10/2024 [link] Download audio Defense contractors aren’t the only ones preparing for the launch of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0. “NIST is the precursor.
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Digital Technology Assurance Framework – Procurement insights
Scottish Government Procurement
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In our analysis of recommendations from major digital reviews we have found three distinct themes relating to procurement and contract management.
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Register for Our MAS Basic Training and GSA and VA Schedule Contract Training for In-House Counsel Courses!
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 11, 2024
GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, October 29 On October 29, we will host our “must attend” General Services Administration (GSA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel. To register for the GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, click here.
Supply Chain Management and Cybersecurity Updates
Government Contracts & Global Trade
MAY 24, 2024
We will discuss the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) mandate to examine contractor compliance with cybersecurity requirements as part of its Contractor Purchasing System Reviews (CPSR) and its implications for contractors in the near future.
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The Critical Importance of Understanding Legally Binding Contracts Before Signing
Redstone Government Consulting
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Contract Management needs to ensure they set aside enough time and read the contract before they sign it.
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Register for Our MAS Basic Training and GSA and VA Schedule Contract Training for In-House Counsel Courses!
The Coalition for Government Procurement
OCTOBER 15, 2024
GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, October 29 On October 29, we will host our “must attend” General Services Administration (GSA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel. To register for the GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, click here.
What is Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)?
ivalua
APRIL 6, 2021
A Guide to Contract Management Tools and Processes including a guide to the key steps of the Contract Lifecycle Management Process and to the benefits that using Contract Management software can bring to your Procurement processes. An Overview of Contract Lifecycle Management.
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Supply Chain Management and Cybersecurity Updates
Government Contracts & Global Trade
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Cara Wulf discusses the pair of Proposed Rules issued in October 2023 (addressing “Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing” and “Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems”), and explores the implications of those Proposed Rules for contractors.
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52 Kronos Group and Ivalua join forces to optimise H.Essers’ Purchase2Pay & Contract Management
ivalua
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Paris, France – 20 November, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and its key consulting partner Kronos Group have joined forces to successfully deliver Purchase2Pay & Contract Management at H.Essers, a major logistics service provider.
Procurement Act 2023 - Transparency Regime
VWV
AUGUST 2, 2024
The number of notices a contracting authority will be required to publish will greatly increase from the current regime to improve transparency throughout the full life cycle of a procurement, which extends into the contract management phase. Click the image to download the file for future use.
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Thank You to This Week’s Training Participants!
The Coalition for Government Procurement
MARCH 1, 2024
Rob Burton of Crowell & Moring for his presentation on Staying Out of Trouble – Compliance and Ethics for Government Contractors Bill Gormley and Andrew Sisti of The Gormley Group for their presentation on Schedule e-Tools: Tips on Competing and Winning Through the GSA Schedule Program Ken Dodds of the Coalition for Government Procurement for his (..)
Two months to go – 19th National Procurement Conference
Scottish Government Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year. Running alongside Procurex Scotland, our conference will take place at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24 October 2024.
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Join our 2024 MAS Basic Training and GSA and VA Schedule Contract Training for In-House Counsel Courses!
The Coalition for Government Procurement
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
On February 28, again at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, we will hold our GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel course. This course is designed for lawyers and contract managers with significant contract management and compliance responsibilities with GSA and/or VA Schedule contracts.
Enter the Go Awards Scotland 24/25!
Scottish Government Procurement
JULY 9, 2024
The award categories reflect the diversity of procurement requirements and initiatives across Scotland’s public sector.
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ASBCA’s FY 2023 Report – A Look at the Numbers
Government Contracts Legal Forum
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
According to this year’s report, contractors prevailed on 67% of the appeals decided on the merits, continuing a recent uptick in contractor success relative to the success rate of 53% in 2020 and 2021.
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Asian Paints Successfully Digitizes the Source to Contract Process in Collaboration with Ivalua & Durvah
ivalua
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Rapid Optimization of Contract Management, Supplier Management and Direct Materials Sourcing. Asian Paints conceptualized a technology solution using Ivalua’s Supplier Information Management , Sourcing and Contract Management solutions to streamline the end-to-end contract management and sourcing processes. .
How to Sell to the Government (SLED)
GovSpend
APRIL 5, 2023
Contract management software: Contract management software can help businesses manage the contract lifecycle, from initial negotiation to contract closeout. Understand procurement regulations: Procurement regulations can be complex and vary widely between jurisdictions in the SLED market.
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