AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful adoption of generative AI, especially within the public sector, requires organizations to enable systematic experimentation and exploration, with their own data, for their workforce and constituents. Strict data governance protocols are typically required.

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FedScoop

JUNE 20, 2024

The OFPP’s product launch follows the Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information letter , or Circular A-137, that OMB released in May. We’re not telling agency CDOs what to do in their data strategy within their agencies,” Wilson said. GSA did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

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Data Procurement Budget Management 116

VWV

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Specifically, the platform will: Simplify the procurement process for suppliers: Suppliers will only need to enter their information once, which can then be reused across multiple tenders Collect data about procurement Be where all the procurement notices will be published, improving transparency by having them all in one place.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption. For example, Thailand’s procurement data could be improved by releasing planning data and ensuring a more timely publication.

Corruption 113

Corruption Data Procurement Public Procurement 113

AWS Public Sector

MAY 22, 2024

The COVID-tracking and health data system built for the district during the COVID-19 pandemic had become clunky, difficult to customize, and expensive to maintain. Because the district’s data contained sensitive student health information and images, the data had to be encrypted during transit and migrated securely.

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Data Education Collaboration Price 126

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

Explore 10 years of open contracting With so much public money at stake, we expected to find data teams in government who already knew exactly who was buying what from whom for how much. We were never just after a bit more transparency though, we wanted to transform how procurement is done.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The current statutory language has been interpreted by some to require the lowest price regardless of terms and conditions at the contract level. Competition at the order level includes price competition. At the order level, sometimes, price is the determining factor for an order.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Garris develops and leads complex technical initiatives including key vulnerability and critical asset determination, policy development, investigative oversight and coordination, intelligence program implementation and data science program implementations. Andrew furthered his career at USinternetworking (acquired by AT&T and IBM), Inc.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Federal customers are often challenged by integrating data across multiple systems and providing federated access to authenticated users operating across multiple organizations. This will facilitate agile and secure data sharing with their providers. Department of Defense (DoD). “By

Data 78

Data Price Integrity Integration 78

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 23, 2024

Firm fixed price (FFP) contracts are a common type of agreement used in government contracting. Under an FFP contract, the supplier agrees to deliver a specific product or service at a predetermined price, regardless of the actual costs incurred during the project.

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Supplier Price Ethics Government 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These systems are independent, leading to data siloes that can be difficult to consolidate for unified business insights. With consolidated data, public sector organizations can offer new experiences for donors and members, enrich research datasets, and improve operational efficiency for their staff.

Data 78

Data Accountability Management Integrity 78

WashngtonExec

MARCH 17, 2024

Peter Warren Pricing Director, Noblis As the pricing director for Noblis, Peter Warren leads the corporate team that develops data-driven pricing solutions to propose the best value to its federal customers while continuing to help build a strong foundation for the company today and in the future.

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Price Data IT 52

GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

NASA has awarded eight companies positions on a potential $476 million multiple-award contract to acquire Earth observation data derived from small satellites operated by commercial entities. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a performance

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Data Contract Quantity Procurement 64

BLP

JULY 20, 2023

There are two different stages in which a market study must determine the price: 1) before the issuance of the initial bidding decision and 2) during the analysis of the reasonability of the price. The post Price Reasonability in the New Public Procurement Law appeared first on BLP Legal.

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Public Procurement Price Procurement E-procurement 52

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Procurement must ensure the availability of high-quality systems that allow for real-time monitoring and data analysis to respond to any incidents that may arise. Competitive Pricing and Cost Savings Procurement teams are always looking for ways to stay within budget while maximizing the value of their contracts.

Procurement 58

Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 58

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Traditional procurement approaches prioritised lowest price, which led to unintended consequences like accepting bids of lower quality, a lesser performance record or that did not adequately allow buyers to consider equity, sustainability or socio-economic objectives like creating local jobs.

Procurement 52

Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Procurement Team 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. The system works by collecting public procurement data and structuring it in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) format. Diegues says.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Federal News Network

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, the General Services Administration issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. limits on the timing and number of price adjustments). Pricing context is dependent on accurate, relevant data.

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Price Negotiation Data Contract 52

Watson & Associates

AUGUST 10, 2023

254b that requires government contractors to submit cost or pricing data in their bids and to certify. Read more » The post How to Avoid Truth in Negotiations Act TINA Pricing Criminal Liability appeared first on Watson & Associates LLC Government Contracts Blog. federal law, 10 U.S.C. 2306a, 41 U.S.C.

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Negotiation Price Bidding Government Contracts 52

Redstone Government Consulting

JULY 8, 2024

DoD issued a final rule DFARS Case 2023-D010 on May 30, 2024, amending The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) implementing Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act on data required in support of commerciality determinations and price reasonableness under procurements for major weapon systems.

Procurement 84

Procurement Price Data Government 84

WashngtonExec

MARCH 25, 2024

Charlene Bargiel Vice President of Pricing & Estimating, Booz Allen Hamilton In 2023, the pricing and estimating team at Booz Allen achieved new levels of success, providing detailed and data-driven financial insights that significantly improved the firm’s bidding strategy on new contracts, according to Charlene Bargiel.

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GovSpend

APRIL 29, 2024

Delving into data is a passion of mine. Whether analyzing financials, customer KPIs, marketing data, or federal spending data, I rely on data for not just monitoring the performance of our business and our government, but for making informed decisions with real-time information.

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Data Contract Price Procurement 52

Redstone Government Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If you are selling products/services under FAR 15 based contracts or subcontracts, submitting certified cost and pricing data and documenting other accounting and purchasing requirements that come along with it, when the products/services technically meet the definition of commercial under the FAR – it may be time to rethink your approach.

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Price Purchasing Accountability Data 105

Government Contracts Advisor

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In light of the increased audit activity focusing on defective pricing issues, this article surveys recent defective pricing cases, specifically those decided since the turn of the century.

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Price Negotiation Government Contracts Data 52

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The DOJ also alleges that Raytheon violated the FCA as it “provided untruthful certified cost or pricing data when negotiating prices with the DOD for numerous government contracts and double billed on a weapons maintenance contract.” $428 428 million of the total $950 million DOJ settlement stems from the FCA violations.

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Negotiation Price Corruption E-procurement 107

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It

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Thresholds E-procurement Accountability Procurement 88

The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

For example, open market, government credit card orders typically include increased fees for products that are offered at higher prices than available through the MSPV program and create compliance or gray market risks. Open market purchases via government credit card increase costs and supply chain risks.

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Supply Chain Purchasing Transparency Price 49

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The agenda promised insights into vendor verification, sourcing new vendors, validating pricing against historical purchase orders, market research, and tailoring bids and RFQs for success. To further illustrate the importance of price validation, Paige then walked the audience through a spending search for Chromebooks.

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Procurement Purchasing Price Bidding 105

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, GSA issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. The rule proposes to remove “certain economic price adjustment requirements within these clauses to better align with commercial standards and practices.”

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Price Negotiation Data Supplier 45

Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

Refresh 22 included the expansion of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) as an option for contractors to 67 new Special Item Numbers (SINs) covering non-configurable products. The performance results showed that contract level pricing was better under TDR than under Most Favored Customer (MFC) pricing.

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Price Transparency Supply Chain Data 82

Great Government Through Technology

JANUARY 14, 2025

These systems provide a wealth of data and insights for tackling environmental challenges, driving scientific discovery, and supporting informed decision-making across numerous sectors. Ground-based sensor networks: Gathering real-time data on factors like air quality, soil moisture, and weather patterns.

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Competitive Bidding Data Integrity Integration 40

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

million if median internal reference prices were used, to as much as PHP 214 million if the Department of Public Works and Highways construction materials price data were used. Access to data: most documents they needed were available online, but you had to know the contract number, says the team.

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Budget Transportation Transportation Bidder 136

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Dynamic pricing systems in housing is one area that Congress has already shown interest in — and could be ripe for additional action. cited a ProPublica story that detailed how an algorithmic software program was able to assess data across multiple companies and buildings in the same area and then artificially inflate rents. “I

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Price Insurance Finance Transportation 111

Extract Systems

AUGUST 29, 2023

The redacted item in question was a planned pricing schedule that reflected fare increases for Spirit flights. The remaining characters are usually recognizable to the owner of the data, such as the last four digits of a credit card number.

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Price Data Management IT 52

Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 31, 2024

and its subsidiaries will pay $5 million to settle charges that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) “by falsely overstating cost or pricing data included in a subcontract proposal for work under a contract with the U.S. Department of the Army.” Army’s Tank Automotive Command (TACOM).

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Contract Automotive Price Negotiation 120

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Government Accountability Office said pricing estimates for Direct File — the electronic filing program made available this tax season for payers in 12 states — didn’t include start-up costs, including for the technology underpinning the system. “A Werfel left the door open in his letter for Direct File to be a one-and-done program.

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Accountability Price Electronics Data 114