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Even for Fraud Allegations, GAO Has No Jurisdiction Over Protests Of Other Transaction Authority Procurements

Public Contracting Institute

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently dismissed a protest involving an Other Transaction Authority (“OTA”) procurement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”). This procurement sought proposals for lunar service infrastructure and in-space infrastructure. Lunar Resources, Inc. B-421936, Nov.

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Friday Flash 04/12/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

If passed, the legislation would ban contract solicitations from including these requirements, unless a written justification is provided by the contracting officer explaining why they should be included in a specific solicitation. We look forward to seeing you at the Conference on May 8-9!

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The Corruption Cost Tracker: Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

Dávid-Barret, E., The Corruption Cost Tracker: Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform. Public procurement constitutes about one-third of government spending or 13 trillion USD per year. Fazekas, M., Basdevant, O. GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Full PDF

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Friday Flash 08/23/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

This Wednesday, The Coalition for Government Procurement had the pleasure of hosting the 11 th Annual Joseph P. This fund, which has raised more than $140,000 over the years, has supported veterans as they pursue their education in government procurement law at the GW Law School. Coffey , and Michael E. Why Attend?

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Contract Data Management With AI

ivalua

Contract Lifecycle management is an area we have seen huge demand in over the last year or two. Many of our customers leverage our contract management solution for both authoring or contract repositor. A specific application for Procurement involves contract analysis.

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Friday Flash 08/16/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Celebrating a Dedicated Procurement Leader: Wishing Tom Sisti a Happy Retirement! It is with mixed emotions that The Coalition for Government Procurement announces the retirement of Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Tom Sisti. Furthermore, he worked as Procurement Counsel detailed to the U.S.

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Government Claim Appeals Nuggets from the ASBCA and CBCA 2023 Annual Reports

SmallGovCon

Here at SmallGovCon we like reading the different federal contracting annual reports. Who knows, maybe in reading this post, you can find something that gives you your own federal contracting new year’s resolution. Some good takeaways are below: Alan E. VA, however, terminated the contract for default.