Federal News Network

AUGUST 7, 2024

Zach Prince: Yeah, so DOD’s OTA rules allow them to issue sole source follow-on production contracts, either as another OTA or as a standard procurement contract. But the argument was from the protester that they didn’t follow their own solicitation requirements and they evaluated this improperly. I mean, who?

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

It is estimated that less than one percent of the $10 trillion spent annually on global public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses. [1] 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. 2) Definition of requirements.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

4 The Court rejected the government’s contention that because OTs are not procurement contracts subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), they are necessarily removed from the Court’s bid protest jurisdiction. Examining the text and legislative history of the OT statutes at issue (i.e.,

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

program requirements proposed at 32 CFR part 170; Add definitions for controlled unclassified information (CUI) and DoD unique identifier (DoD UID) to the subpart; Establish a solicitation provision and prescription; and Revise the existing clause language and prescription. Ultimately, the Court denied the government’s motion to dismiss.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

Congress has directed DLA “to evaluate the feasibility of expanding this program to help all users of the Military Health System access medicines at risk of shortage in a health emergency.” The related TAA definition can be found here. DLA concluded that the expansion is feasible.

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