GovCon Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

million contract from the U.S. The Department of Defense said Friday Marine Corps Systems Command launched a competitive procurement process and received 10 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Contract Anduril Industries has won a potential 10-year, $642.2

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 30, 2024

billion Global Household Goods contract (GHC) are unusual too, and justify the sort of late-in-the-day legal claim that courts typically frown on. Suit alleges CICA violations The suit asks the Court of Federal Claims to terminate the GHC contract and order U.S. But the plaintiffs argue the circumstances surrounding the militarys $17.9

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 9, 2025

Raft, a technology consulting firm, has received a contract valued at $25.1 Raft Contract Specifications The Department of Defense said Wednesday the time-and-materials contract covers the procurement of technical engineering services to support the operations of Detachment 12 of the Air […] million from the U.S.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and budget-conscious public sector environment, efficient procurement practices are more crucial than ever. Let’s explore what cooperative purchasing entails and delve into the myriad ways it can revolutionize public sector procurement. What is Cooperative Purchasing? Your Peers are Using Cooperatives!

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USFCR

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sole-source contracts offer businesses a unique opportunity to secure federal contracts without the competitive bidding process. These contracts are awarded directly to a single vendor, often because they provide something no other company can. What Are Sole-Source Contracts? Who Qualifies for Sole-Source Contracts?

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. Procurement teams must source reliable security services that can scale up depending on the size and complexity of the event.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 7, 2025

In May 2024, we held a series of Public Procurement Policy Training for Scotland sessions. These were run by Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP in collaboration with the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. This is a group for public sector procurement professionals to discuss procurement and commercial learning opportunities.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A long-time federal career procurement executive has a new job. Soraya Correa was chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department, among other things, and retired as a member of the Senior Executive Service. We do contract management services, contract closeouts. She’s the CEO of a contractor.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

However, one critical element often overlooked in these discussions is public procurement. Far from being a mere bureaucratic task, procurement is the mechanism through which governments acquire the infrastructure and technology needed for this transformation.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

million contract modification to supply 21 RQ-21A Blackjack and 47 ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems. Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Tuesday the modification includes the procurement of associated payloads, support equipment, turrets, spares, training and tools for both UAS.

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Telles.eu

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Tomorrow I will be participating in the 2023 EPCO public procurement conference, sadly not in person but only online. The title of my presentation is "The limited scope for using blockchain and smart contracts in public procurement" and it is an evolution of my paper from last year on the use cases for blockchain in public procuremen t.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When it comes to procurement, having a clear, strategic approach is key to delivering value to your organization. Whether you’re in education, government, nonprofit or the private sector, procurement can be a powerful tool for maximizing savings, streamlining operations, and ensuring compliance.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

billion modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Air Force for the procurement of advanced, long-range missiles. Air Force Contract Modification for Long-Range Missiles first appeared on GovCon Wire. Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business has secured a potential $1.9

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Challenge: Uganda’s public procurement authorities lack adequate resources and manpower to monitor many major contractors across the country’s more than 100 districts, leading to abandoned projects, missing deliverables and time and cost overruns.

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

The plan heavily focuses on public sector AI adoption and formulates a series of recommendations to boost AI procurement. In this post, I highlight some aspects from a procurement perspective. But doing this well is not easy - it will require real leadership and radical change, especially in procurement. This will require: 34.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The project was supported by OCP’s Lift impact accelerator , helping to integrate open contracting principles firmly in the solicitation process. The post Wheelie good procurement: How Mexico City halved costs and improved its bike share scheme appeared first on Open Contracting Partnership. And read the full story here.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 8, 2025

Watch our latest Procurement on Demand webinar that provides insight into what Social Value in procurement is. The webinar will consider the legal obligations surrounding social value in public procurement, when to consider it and how to measure it. She has worked for the UK MoD and major defence prime contractors.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s no secret that procurement professionals nationwide are struggling with budgets, bandwidth and staffing shortages. The procurement team from Dorchester County, South Carolina is a successful example of what you can also achieve with a cooperative strategy.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. In Part 1 of our FAQs for suppliers , we covered key changes to the procurement process and what suppliers can do to get ready for the Procurement Act.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The procurement regime is changing on 24 February 2025. Here are some key facts and figures you need to know about the Procurement Act 2023. Procedures Number of procurement processes has reduced from 6 to 3. Contract Award Process The standstill letter is being replaced with a more detailed assessment summary.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The latest addition to the Sustainable Procurement Tools website is a case study from NHS National Services Scotland (NHSS). Describing the approach to the procurement of Haemodialysis Machines and Consumables, this case study provides a range of useful lessons learned for NHSS and others to help with this evolution.

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USFCR

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Build Relationships, Win More Contracts Winning federal contracts requires more than meeting technical requirementsits about building relationships with government decision-makers who influence awards. Contracting officers, program managers, and prime contractors prefer to work with businesses they trust. Why attend? Why attend?

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Protests of contracts went down last fiscal year. The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Leidos won a contract to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, a critical system that delivers vital organ transplant information to patients, donors and healthcare providers.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This year, we hosted a large number of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

General Dynamics Information Technology has received a potential five-year, $1 billion contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to support the implementation of a cloud-based infrastructure designed to facilitate the delivery of healthcare services to citizens.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The rule, which applied to open market competitions, will, once the rule is finalized, also apply to multiple award contract vehicles. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide more details. So it’s a huge part of government contracting. That’s a big change.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By moving to digital contract lifecycle management and applying artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, federal agencies are indeed making their acquisitions better, faster and smarter. The post Modernizing federal contract management first appeared on Federal News Network.

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VWV

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

New procurement rules take effect soon heres what contracting authorities need to know about the National Procurement Policy Statement and latest guidance updates. Our full range of Procurement Act services can be found here. We have picked out some key points to note.

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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. The GPEL will identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement system to deliver cost effective, best value solutions to meet customer agency mission requirements.

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Government Contracts Navigator

JANUARY 30, 2025

Many predict that, among other procurement and regulatory reforms, the new administration will implement policies favoring the award of fixed-price government contracts and grants. Throughout the years, the procurement pendulum has swung back and forth in favor of and against fixed-price contracting. DeLancey, Jr.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Karla Smith Jackson, senior procurement executive, deputy chief acquisition officer, and assistant administrator for the Office of Procurement at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) , joins Off the Shelf for an engaging discussion focusing on federal procurement policy and operations.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Our firm handles a wide variety of federal procurement and contract matters, from bid protests, size protests, joint ventures, socio-economic certifications, to everything in between. Often, when talking to blog readers and contracts we hear the same sort of questions pop up. The short answer to that FAQ: No, not always.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

The General Services Administration has issued a request for information for a potential 10-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency could use to procure cybersecurity platforms and services to meet mission needs.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sectors 2024 achievements. They show that the 16 billion of public procurement spend, we generated 13.8 billion to Scottish GDP.

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