Federal News Network

MAY 14, 2024

Historically, that was not a parallel process, but definitely a series process. Margaret Boatner, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for strategy and acquisition reform “We are targeting a couple of really key processes like our test and evaluation processes, and importantly, our cybersecurity processes.

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Public Contracting Institute

AUGUST 19, 2024

The “orders under single-agency contracts” Policy (FAR 42.1502(d)) This policy owns definitive clout and the interpretation of this policy warrants some appreciative clarity and confirmation. The policy reads: “Orders under single-agency contracts. Is there a contradiction or what is the correct interpretation?

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

This includes a fairly broad and future-oriented definition of AI, provisions on safeguarding confidentiality and furthermore, ensuring the integrity of the arbitral proceeding. The inclusion in the Guideline itself rather than in the commentary as per the draft, shows the importance of the arbitrator’s obligation to draft awards.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The travaux preparatories of the Convention titled “ Report by the Secretary General ” dated 31 January 1956 indicate that whilst the contracting states considered including a definition of the term ‘arbitral award’ but, later, each Contracting State was given the flexibility to define its respective parameters. NHA 2023 CLD 1365.

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

Achieving this balance is not trivial, and a crucial question arises: How can the definition and quality of these escape clauses impact a country’s ability to navigate economic shocks while maintaining fiscal discipline? For instance, an ECCI score of 0.7 The dotted lines around these averages represent a 95% confidence interval.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 26, 2024

There are dollar thresholds where you can bring a protest at GAO, but the court won’t hear protests of issuance or proposed issuance of orders. But the comparative statute for the Court of Federal Claims doesn’t include a definition. ’ In the dissent’s words, a very important government contracts case.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It also is important to keep in mind that BABA, and by extension, OMB’s Guidance, applies only to infrastructure projects and infrastructure spending – the requirements do not apply to other forms of federal spending, whether through the procurement process, or through other non-infrastructure grant and assistance opportunities.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2] Under the most important evaluation factor, prior experience, the agency was to “assess its level of confidence that the [o]fferor provided a detailed description of prior relevant experience examples where the [o]fferor provided property management support…of a similar size and scope as the TSA [p]roperty [m]anagement [p]rogram.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 2, 2024

This criticism, even if it were true, would not reach the high threshold for a violation of public policy, in any event (para. The SFSC held that under these circumstances, it did not need to take the alleged facts into account (para.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

Cybersecurity Panel (CMMC, Cyber Threat Reporting, and More) As we all know, cybersecurity is of paramount importance in today’s interconnected world. In an era where cyber threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, it is important to keep up with the most recent policies and practices.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 3, 2024

As discussed below, this will be particularly relevant when considering the threshold that should be applied by the tribunal as some institutional rules adopt a different test (although as discussed further below some institutions may adapt their rules to reflect the proposed amendment).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Anticipating additional caselaw on the definition of a “direct relationship” is both of interest and a potential necessity, as the amended provision introduces ambiguity surrounding this specific definition. What constitutes a “direct relationship” remains unclear, leaving room for various interpretations and potential disputes.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

For bulk sensitive personal data, there is a yet-to-be-determined volume threshold that must be involved in the transaction for it to be covered. Suggested thresholds in the ANPRM range from data sets on 100 U.S. Government-related data, there is no threshold requirement and the data categories will be covered regardless of volume.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. The State aid Decision made two important explicit points. By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 The case was very interesting in three respects.

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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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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] Specifically, U.S.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 4, 2024

We welcome everyone back from what we hope was a happy restful holiday season, and we look forward to working with you as we address the aforementioned important business issues that stakeholders face in the government marketplace. To register, click here. The rule implements an executive order of the same name signed in November of 2021.

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

A flurry of new domestic-preference updates brings greater clarity to the requirements and imparts important lessons that government contractors should know when bidding for and performing on federal financial assistance programs. It is important to note the test does not incorporate costs related to the manufacture of the product.

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Procurement Notes

JULY 28, 2021

Army Materiel Command (“AMC”) states that “[t]his office applies the GAO’s $25 million jurisdictional threshold to protests of task and delivery orders issued under Department of Defense (DoD) procurements. The first, important exception is for a procurement involving non-appropriated funds. For example, U.S. 24] The U.S. 152 Fed.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 5, 2021

18] On this point, it is important to remember that the dollar thresholds for the SCA (in excess of $2,500), [19] the DBA (in excess of $2,000), [20] and the Order-imposed threshold for the FLSA (presently in excess of $10,000) [21] do not apply at the subcontract level. [22] Additionally, DoL has previously made this warning.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

MARCH 6, 2024

If this threshold cannot be met, DOL will use a weighted average as the third step to determine the prevailing wage. It is also important to note that DOL is no longer required to separate rural and metropolitan counties when searching for prevailing wage rates.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 6, 2024

If this threshold cannot be met, DOL will use a weighted average as the third step to determine the prevailing wage. It is also important to note that DOL is no longer required to separate rural and metropolitan counties when searching for prevailing wage rates.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Competition and industrial base are important to the vitality of the procurement system. The proposed rule also adds new FAR definitions and expands others. 5] Agencies may compete orders on the GSA Schedule 8(a) contract even if the value of the order is below the 8(a) competitive threshold ($4.5

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Background, of PAP 2021-05. While the PAP’s Background section cites this definition of what is “fair and reasonable,” the PAP’s “guidance” sets standards and directives that raises questions whether, when read as a whole, it provides guidance that will result in a price and terms that are fair to both parties in a transaction.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

Since a disappointed offeror only has three days to timely make a written request for a required debriefing, it is important to know when the three-day period begins to run. 15] Not For All Procurements Just as important as knowing how to get a required debriefing is discerning what is not a required debriefing. 3703 , 10 U.S.C.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

She demonstrated repeatedly the ability to address a variety of complex issues of critical importance to the body of government contracts law that underpins efficient government operations. This increase aligns the DFARS domestic content threshold with that in the FAR.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

As technology evolves, the definition of responsible AI will also evolve. Fairness It’s important to consider how an ML system might impact a subpopulation of users. However, it’s important to understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for understanding why a model made a specific prediction. What is responsible AI?

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Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Regarding the GovEmployee Order, it is important to remember that, once Federal employment is obtained, many Government employees possess a Fifth Amendment property right to it. [60] have an important common feature. 652(5) excludes a state government from the definition of an employer. Not so with a vaccine.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (OCT 2021) (DEVIATION) (a) Definition. William Clark, issued a memorandum encouraging procuring Agencies to adopt without emendation FAR Deviation Clause 52.223-99. [25] Here is what the clause says.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

First , PPI “does not include imports, because imports are by definition not produced by domestic firms.” [10] 10] In contrast, CPI covers the prices consumers pay, irrespective of whether a good or service is imported or domestically produced. 105] Fourth , and this may be most important. Austria (24.2%

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And I think that’s the other piece that’s really important here, is that business does not like uncertainty. We don’t have an opportunity to say, is my criteria going to meet that 4% threshold so that I’ll get the maximum possible points on this award? This is one that isn’t currently defined.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This week, the Coalition, along with other industry associations, met with OMB and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to discuss a number of important topics, including the BCI. The Coalition looks forward to continuing the dialogue with OMB and OFPP on this important initiative.

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