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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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

At the time of the publication of that disclosure, the AI tool, which describes its training data as “agency generated,” was in production for more than one year. Due to the significant volume of social media posts, only posts that score above a designated threshold are forwarded to the system for review.”

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GovLoop

APRIL 26, 2023

Easy access to data is crucial for decision-making, especially in finding the right questions to ask. As data increases, it becomes more challenging to store, share and secure it, within and across organizations. “We But we’ve still got that same dilemma that has existed since the dawn of time, that there’s so much data out there.

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Company will work with Agency in good faith to ensure that Company’s record management and data storage processes meet or exceed the thresholds required for Agency’s compliance with applicable records management laws and regulations.” Zhou also pointed to record management and data storage as a potential issue.

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Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 26, 2025

The Government considers a split purchase when a contractor intentionally breaks down a requirement to stay under a regulatory threshold (e.g., micro-purchase, simplified acquisition threshold, or Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (TINA)) in order to circumvent procurement requirements or avoid having to compete.

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GovSpend

JUNE 18, 2024

Last month, GovSpend host Paige Mockler hosted a practical webinar on the top 5 ways customers can boost their public sector sales using data and workflow tools on the GovSpend platform. By leveraging the GovSpend platform’s powerful tools and data-driven strategies, you can enhance your sales efforts and achieve better results.

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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

IDB staff calculations based on The Conference Board’s Total Economy Database (TED). (*) Data for 2022 is estimated and for 2023 is projected. This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. For LAC countries, this threshold is at approximately 53 percent of GDP.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As for the 2017 transposition I do not have much to say, but I did say a lot about what was happening below-thresholds. Predictably, the rules were 'simplified' further particularly for below threshold contracts with compliance requirements, timescales and the rights associated to them slashed. Personal data on base.gov.pt

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. The team continues to add new variables.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Changes to Prevailing Wage Rate Calculations Previously, DOL set a rate as the “prevailing wage” within a county when a threshold of 50 percent or more of applicable workers voluntarily reported that they were paid that rate. We expand on the final rule’s changes — and on the pending legal challenges — below.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. In turn, this transparency would empower the VA to make sound, data driven decisions regarding contract structure to enhance greater value for veterans and the American people.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 11, 2024

Topics include: The possible increase in both micro-purchase and simplified acquisition threshold Issues confronting the agency comptroller regarding audit-ready data Oversight and audit issues from a cost and burden perspective The post All things SmartPay first appeared on Federal News Network.

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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). Government Outcomes Lab.

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FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

One notable proposal includes forming “criteria for tactical exclusion and/or protection of sensitive chemical and biological data — such as sequence information associated with pathogenicity or toxicity — from publicly accessible databases on which AI could train.”

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Redstone Government Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2025

We have had several clients tell us they have purchase orders under the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data (TINA) threshold for what they believe to be commercial purchases.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

These impact levels are based on the data classification that the CSO offering will be supporting. This maps the data to classification levels such as Low, for data generally considered to be public data; Moderate, for data generally considered sensitive data; and High, for data generally considered to affect national security.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

That opposition stems partly from the steep costs of compiling greenhouse gas emissions data, and from the uncertain impact that barring “non-compliant” contractors would have on the U.S. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Market intelligence tools like GovWin IQ and the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) can streamline this process and provide key insights into public sector sales opportunities. One approach to securing short-term wins is to offer a proof of concept or low-cost pilots that fall below the agencys competitive threshold.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, GAO noted that “[i]n contrast, according to government-wide data released by the Small Business Administration (SBA), many contractors reported not meeting their subcontracting goals in fiscal year 2022.” million for construction contracts). 637(d)(7) ).

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Redstone Government Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2025

The common belief is that only when the award of a subcontract exceeds the cost or pricing data threshold. When is a commercial determination required in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)? This common belief is what we refer to as a too-often believed myth.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

GSA created the CPI program under a proof-of-concept moniker with awards to Amazon, Fischer and Overstock Government in 2020 under direction from Congress with a goal of capturing data on and managing products under the micro purchase threshold of $10,000.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 30, 2024

The Final Rule also makes many changes to 2 CFR Parts 180 and 200, including, but not limited to, increasing the threshold for audits, clarifying the requirements for fixed amount awards, and implementing a mandatory disclosure rule.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

The YCAP report is a rare opportunity, given the confidentiality of arbitral awards, to see what parties can expect from arbitral tribunals, and thus provides an important data point for practitioners in advising their clients.

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VWV

AUGUST 2, 2024

We have set out the notices to consider at each stage of the procurement life cycle for different types of above threshold procurement. Click the image to download the file for future use. For more detailed advice on how the new transparency regime will apply to your procurements, please get in touch at srickard@vwv.co.uk.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For Mentor-Protégé Agreements entered into after December 23, 2022, the Mentor actually has deadlines to submit data on those items. Additionally, Mentors are able to either receive some small business contracting credit or reimbursement of costs through the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

It is critical to think responsibly about these technologies so that all users of the ML system are treated fairly, data is appropriately protected, and individuals can make informed choices about consent. It offers the ability to balance your data through various techniques. Read about how to improve the security of your ML workloads.

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VWV

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Universities have successfully persuaded the Cabinet Office to introduce a minimum contract value threshold of £2 million in relation to some of the transparency requirements to reduce the administrative burden on universities, particularly regarding the publication of information. Invalid Input Send my message

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Managing data permissions and access was a key challenge in the UBC CIC’s COVID19 MRI Model project, which involved collaboration between data scientists from AWS, UBC, and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). How does the UBC CIC manage multiple stakeholders? They control permissions through AWS accounts and OUs.

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Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

They are the primary source of federal contract opportunities, which small businesses can tap into by reviewing agency forecasts, using systems like the Federal Procurement Data System, and contacting the agency’s small business office. The old ways of a DUNS, or data universal numbering system, are over as this number is no longer required.

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 23, 2019

First, the simplified acquisition threshold currently sits at $150 thousand but there is a FAR proposal on the table that will increase that threshold to $250 thousand. We have been discussing some of the procurement related provisions buried in the bill. There are several things to note here. Second, the request must be in writing.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With this data, project teams can generate a path and project plan to deliver project outcomes. Automate notifications – Your organization can also set up notifications, such as for when a project’s cost exceeds a designated threshold. Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop.

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Federal News Network

MAY 14, 2024

I’d say about three months ago, we actually slimmed down the administrative portion and focused on what were the things that would allow us to protect our data, protect access to a system and make a system survivable. We really condensed down the entire risk management framework (RMF) process to six critical controls,” he said. “On

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The CGP

AUGUST 11, 2023

As a threshold matter, it puts businesses/contractors, especially small businesses, under a significant, market-wide restriction on offering lower prices to commercial customers. The adoption of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) across the entire MAS program is just such a step towards modernization.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. Rather, de minimis shipments are typically entered using only manifest data, and there is no importer of record as with typical informal and formal entries.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

I think we recently saw an article that we crossed $100 billion a year market share threshold, which was somewhat unheard of just even a few years ago, but it’s all due to an unknown. 100% of acquisition, the heart of the smart modern acquisition is data. We have to share this data with each other.

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