SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 8, 2024

One of the perks of being certified in any of the SBA’s small business socioeconomic contracting programs is the fact that there is potential for a sole source award. 8(a) Sole Source Awards Since the majority of sole source awards are made to 8(a) Program participants, let’s start there. What is a sole source award?

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This article explores practical approaches to streamline public sector procurement processes and focuses on increasing participation from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This guide breaks down the crucial steps: identifying contracting opportunities, understanding procurement processes, and building relationships with government buyers. Dive in to learn strategies that can help you secure lucrative government contracts. Want to start selling to governments but dont know where to begin?

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Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Trying to figure out how to get a government contract? This no-nonsense guide walks you through the contracting process, from initial eligibility to bidding, and ultimately enables your small business to win contracts available every fiscal year. You’re in the right place!

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Federal News Network

MAY 1, 2024

Interview Transcript: Tom Temin Dan, the uniform guidance is a little bit outside of FAR and contracting concerns. And government contractors will sometimes participate in the federal grant space, either as contractors or as recipients or sub recipients. Let’s talk about maybe the threshold for what gets audited.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Many federal contractors know of and participate in the SBA’s Mentor-Protégé Program. Here at SmallGovCon, we have always endeavored to stay on top of all the different changes to the myriad of small business contracting programs. Also, the DoD will remove the deadline to apply to participate in the program.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The changes apply to all solicitations and contracts, including those at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and for commercial-off-the-shelf products and services. It is in the best interest of the government to apply whistleblower protections through a clause in all federal government contracts.”

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

government in April 2024 issued a final rule calling for contracting officials to plan to procure sustainable and services “to the maximum extent practicable.” Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. Planning The first strategy looks to procurement planning. In the U.S.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 28, 2024

If you are a small business government contractor who ever utilizes subcontractors to complete federal set-aside contracts, knowing what a “similarly situated entity” is for a given contract is vital to your success. So, let’s take it back to the basics of “similarly situated entities.”

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Depending on the item and the value of the acquisition, the TAA or other specific free trade agreements might apply because the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has waived the BAA for many supply acquisitions above specific thresholds, ranging from 50,000 to 174,000.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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. of completed contracts for 2022 for SDVOSBs! It was as low as 35.9%

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Tracker Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Find a Tender Service: Navigating UK Public Contracts The area of public sector tenders in the United Kingdom is complex but filled with opportunities. This innovative technology not only simplifies the process of discovering public sector contracts, but also makes the once-impossible task easy to manage.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Participants heard from industry experts, shared best practices, and forged new connections with their peers. What general policies do crown corporations follow when it comes to procurement, POs, and contracts? Depending on the purchase, contract lengths are generally 3-5 years with the option for renewal.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. Canada Award will have implications for cross-border participation in these mechanisms. The Program commenced in January 2017 and was linked with similar programs in California and Québec. The Koch v.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Taking this into consideration, as well as the volume of GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and thereby source competition afforded the federal acquisition community, it’s quite interesting how the FAR prescribes “order set-asides.” How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders?

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Taking this into consideration, as well as the volume of GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and thereby source competition afforded the federal acquisition community, it’s quite interesting how the FAR prescribes “order set-asides.” How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders?

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Department of the Navy’s third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and overall electronic procurement system is on shaky ground. The latest iteration of ePS is partly a spin-off of CON-IT, the platform the Air Force has been implementing for Defense contract writing since 2018. billion in contracts on.

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Public Contracting Institute

AUGUST 19, 2024

This article provides some key considerations to enhance the reader’s understanding of the FAR prescriptions, AND, the user/participants experience using the CPARS. The policy reads: “Orders under single-agency contracts. Is there a contradiction or what is the correct interpretation?

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

As well as having good data, there are a number of highly competent interested agencies in Jamaica, with various roles in overseeing contracting, and longstanding UK-DFID (Department for International Development) support for local agencies that work to fight grand corruption and organised crime.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Looking to access federal contracts as a woman-owned small business? It empowers economically disadvantaged women to secure set-aside contracts. These guidelines are designed to ensure fair representation and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in federal contracting. The EDWOSB certification is key.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Given that above threshold procurement data is already (in the process of being) captured at EU level, the PPDS is very much about data on procurement not covered by the EU rules—which represents 80% of all public procurement contracts. As of 2025, the system could establish links with additional external data sources ’ (at 2).

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VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Part 2 will cover the debarment list; contract award process and what options are available to suppliers if things go wrong. Extension of scope of the Act across the procurement and contract lifecycle to include contract management. For below threshold contracts , Contracts Finder will still be active.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

EPAs are mechanisms built into contracts to increase or decrease stated contract prices of goods or services, generally contingent on market conditions. Contractors rapidly found that their MAS offerings were no longer economically feasible and began removing important goods and services from their contracts.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 12, 2024

Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. The worry is the new size standard would exclude or make it nearly impossible for a large swath of small businesses to compete on the contract.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57]

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Streamlined Procedure is likely to be attractive to small-scale enterprises and parties involved in short-term contracts that prefer a swift determination within three months. In 2022 alone, SIAC received 87 requests for Expedited Procedure, of which 48 were accepted. Draft Rule 14.1(b) USD 715,000, and USD 1,330,00 (approx.).

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Public contracts matter, he says: “The government allocates 32% of the country’s budget towards goods, services, and public works, to secure the rights and enhance the quality of life for citizens. Open data has been available in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) since 2020. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

Larry Allen Tom, I think that the change coming from the Office of Management and Budget, where they are going to implement the rule of two for task orders against all multiple award IDIQ contracts except the GSA schedules, is potentially a big deal depending on the size of your company. So, think about companies on NASA SEWP.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participating in the program opens avenues for securing federal contracts through sole-source awards, eliminating the need for competitive bidding up to a designated threshold. Moreover, the 8(a) program extends far beyond contract access.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

New opportunities in the public sector contracts and procurement process begin with finding the right tender opportunities. Thousands of contract notices are posted every week on different platforms in the UK. Public sector procurement information and contracts are available through both free and paid tender search engines.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

This symposium is an excellent opportunity for contracts and compliance professionals, Federal account executives, and other professionals to stay informed and ensure their organizations are prepared for current and future cybersecurity requirements from their Federal customers. Comments on the proposed rule are due on Oct.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Of note, the bills would require the NIST guidance to include standards by which a supplier would have to attest compliance in order to be eligible for a federal artificial intelligence contract award. A failure to do so could render the vendor ineligible to receive artificial intelligence-related contract awards.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MAY 9, 2024

Both prohibitions will apply to all procurements, including commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items, and purchases below the micro-purchase threshold: Section 5949(a)(1)(A) ( Part A ) prohibits agencies from acquiring electronic products or services that include covered semiconductor products or services. View the full article

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 20, 2024

These procurement forecasts alert small businesses to future opportunities and contain a wealth of government contracting market research for small business vendors. What are the two biggest barriers to success in government contracting? LRAFs alert vendors to potential contracting opportunities early in the procurement process.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This symposium is an excellent opportunity for contracts and compliance professionals, Federal account executives, and other professionals to stay informed and ensure their organizations are prepared for current and future cybersecurity requirements from their Federal customers. The CMMC 2.0 The CMMC 2.0

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