The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. Many procurement teams lack the technical expertise to draft precise specifications or rigorously evaluate proposals.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

digital transformation strategy, the DevMAC Reboot seeks to establish "teams of effective builders composing a world-class technology organization, well suited to adapt and evolve with the rapidly changing and on-demand environment around the Defense and Health ecosystem," according to a special notice on SAM.gov updated Monday.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

This modular cloud architecture infrastructure enables the evaluation of vector stores, generative AI models, and more, using different evaluation metrics to optimize the architecture based on domain-specific requirements such as performance, cost, and accuracy. The generated answer is then delivered back to the user.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 12, 2024

With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less. But as demand for AI talent across all industries grows, training for employees will be the best option to bridge the AI knowledge gap.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Whether it’s navigating compliance requirements, evaluating supplier performance, or ensuring that security and staffing solutions are up to the task, OMNIA Partners can guide you through the process to ensure your event is a success.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 29, 2024

million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract. Piggyback arrangements entail on-demand purchasing over a period of time, and the vendor must set their price without knowing order volumes and delivery locations.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

LLMs also promote consistency in application evaluation, removing potential bias, and provide scalability to handle large volumes of applications, even with surges in numbers like those seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proof of residency for three years, evaluated using a scoring system. import json import os import boto3 from boto3.dynamodb.conditions

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In June 2024, it announced the Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework to accelerate the adoption of new tech, particularly high-demand generative AI (GenAI) solutions. In February 2024, the fund called for faster evaluation of project proposals that support government adoption of AI.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 17, 2024

Additionally, the Grand and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) have entere d into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement that mandates an annual evaluation by an independent review organization of the appropriateness and medical necessity of therapy services billed to Medicare. “As

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

The RFP, in this case, provided for a two phase evaluation process with the agency evaluating the most important non price evaluation factor in the first phase, which was past performance, experience and team structure. Tom Temin And the GAO then, in evaluating the protest, sided with the agency. From a subcontractor.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 7, 2024

As demand and usage grew, ASTERRA faced limitations when needing to process and manage increasingly large volumes of data efficiently and to provide timely and dependable results to their customers. To scale dynamically based on customer demand, ASTERRA migrated these workloads to AWS.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 20, 2024

million to settle allegations of submitting false claims for certain Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes inconsistent with Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE requirements. Join NWC in Taking Action: Demand that Congress strengthen the False Claims Act Further Reading: Chronic Disease Management Provider to Pay $14.9M Million in $14.9

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For example, the top products were considered those that had the highest demand among buyers, the highest supply and the greatest environmental importance (as quantified by the number of applicable certifications) ( see Table 11 ). KIP’s analysis revealed low use of procurement methods that apply life-cycle cost evaluations.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Offering interactive online classes via live stream or on-demand viewing is one way it achieves this. Scalability was our top priority in evaluating live video service providers, and that’s why we chose Amazon IVS. Metis has readied more than 50 million students for 400 different exams in 10 regional languages.

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Government Contracts

JUNE 13, 2024

A federal judge declined to make CVS hire a forensic auditor to evaluate its compliance with information demands in a lawsuit alleging it colluded with drugmakers to keep Medicare beneficiaries from accessing certain generic drugs, despite a whistleblower bemoaning "woefully deficient" discovery on the pharmacy chain's part.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 24, 2025

There simply needs to be greater flexibility in pricing to meet customer demand across the federal market. Provide greater flexibility in structuring cloud services contracts to ensure commercial payment terms can be leveraged to increase efficiency and save taxpayer funds.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 1, 2024

It also serves to standardize evaluation of specific task performances such as retrieval or text generation. Model evaluation – In order to achieve rapid iteration and experimentation, repeatable model evaluation is a key step. Containers can easily scale up or down based on demand, which optimizes resource usage.

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

The plan sets out the following: Pilot - rapidly developing prototypes or fast light-touch procurement to spin up pilots in high-impact areas, robust evaluation and publishing results. Innovative AI suppliers from the UK and around the world should be engaged to support demand and encourage investment. performance evaluations).

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Select GCR

JANUARY 16, 2024

By analyzing agency needs, upcoming projects, and industry trends, businesses can strategically position themselves to meet the evolving demands of government agencies. Building relationships ensures that your business is top-of-mind when agencies are evaluating potential contractors.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi stated in a recent post, “Our regional based employees aren’t going away, but this shift in our structure will meet the growing demand from our customers that FAS respond holistically when it comes to contracting assistance.” PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 11, 2023

She has an extensive background in analyzing energy markets and policy, designing and evaluating energy efficiency, and other demand-side management programs, the company said. Ellsworth is an experienced energy professional, having served as a principal at Cadmus since 2007. She leads [.]

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 6, 2025

The demand for modernization is growing, and Precise can help government agencies adopt AI/ML technologies. A lot of federal agencies know machine learning will be beneficial, and need partners to augment the expertise, help consolidate siloed data, and enhance the capabilities in their existing environment, says Duan.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” No question, government procurement is different from acquisitions outside the public sector, Cunningham believes.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A Comprehensive Approach Rather than buy potentially dozens of solutions to address different needs, including customer relationship management (CRM) demands, an agency can turn to Salesforce, Hansen said, and ultimately provide an “omni-channel approach to [offering] accessible government services.”

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To meet these demands, many nonprofits, including Thorn , are turning to innovative technology solutions. Generative AI chatbot saves time During the hackathon, Thorn’s Toolsmiths team began evaluating their solution using past questions from staff related to IT and infrastructure support.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In its proposal released on April 14 2023, the NHTSA acknowledged previous input and demands from the NWC. Following the passage of the MVSWA, advocates including NWC called on the NHTSA to adopt regulations modeled off other highly successful whistleblower award programs , such as the SEC Whistleblower Program.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI for IT operations – AIOps, as it is called – is well suited to managing complex IT systems and supporting constantly changing and growing data and security demands. This is one area where artificial intelligence can provide assistance to address the challenges.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 27, 2024

I call on our Congressional leaders to give this high-stakes experiment the careful scrutiny it demands, and insist on a strategic pause of GHC implementation so a comprehensive evaluation of its feasibility can be conducted by GAO.”

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2024

Their innovative and immersive AR web app delivers content on demand over the internet, using a mobile or tablet, with no need to download another native mobile app. To gain deeper insights into what motivates Singaporeans to explore their history and culture, the NCS CIC program employed a blend of methodologies.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

Continued evaluation ensures AI augments rather than replaces human judgement where risks outweigh rewards. Model options are evaluated based on required outputs, compatible input types from available data sources, and customization desires on a spectrum from simple prompting to full retraining.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2025

There simply needs to be greater flexibility in pricing to meet customer demand across the federal market. Provide greater flexibility in structuring cloud services contracts to ensure commercial payment terms can be leveraged to increase efficiency and save taxpayer funds.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

According to Berntsen, DOD is also investing heavily in computing power and upskilling personnel to meet AI’s growing demands. In addition, NASA Digital Transformation Culture and Communication Lead Krista Kinnard talks about how AI helps astronauts evaluate their equipment in space and optimizes project management on the ground. “We

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

And increased AI implementation demand that organizations rethink how they staff, develop, and run their day-to-day operations. Harnessing AI is a useful way to advance modernization goals, but AI governance—including ethical considerations, data security, and compliance with federal regulations—must remain a top priority.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This is unsustainable in terms of the demand on council resources. Using Amazon Bedrock, you can easily experiment with and evaluate high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies via a single API. It can typically cost £120 ($150) to adapt content manually for a single page with just five lines and five images.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“We will choose from that pool of selectable-not-awarded as we on-ramp new companies, and that will largely depend on the performance of the companies that we initially select, and demand, which I think there will be a lot of.” The main way vendors will prove themselves will also shun the usual paper-based bid evaluation process.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

However, this technology has not yet registered a significant foothold when it comes to the evaluation process. The adjudicators or evaluators of a tender act as both gatekeepers on behalf of the tendering process. Any evaluation process must keep in mind issues such as market forces and supply issues, local and/or regional.

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