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Commercial Opportunity for the VA Medical Supply Chain 

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The VA has made steady and significant progress in the management and operation of its prime vendor distribution contract and Supply Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program. Currently, there over 38,000 approved products available via the Supply BPAs.

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Artificial Intelligence & Product Liability

Government Contracts & Global Trade

1] As manufacturers and sales distribution entities embrace AI and incorporate it into their products and services, they should account for and establish policies, procedures, and processes designed to limit personal injury and property damage (and the related exposure) caused by dangerous defects in products that incorporate AI.

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The Cost Corner: Government Contracts Cost and Pricing – Compensation for Personal Services (Part I)

Government Contracts & Investigations

26] Compensation for those individuals must be reasonable for the personal services rendered and not be a distribution of profits, which is an unallowable cost. [27] DCAA failed to consider subjective discriminators such as level of education, security clearances, customer satisfaction, and product quality.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

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] 22, 2023), available at [link]. [21]

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Friday Flash 09/20/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Further, confirming the broad applicability of CMMC, DOD confirmed that these requirements will be applicable to contracts below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (which currently sits at $250,000). The CMMC 2.0 According to the proposed rule, DoD plans to implement a phased rollout of CMMC. According to Capt.

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New Federal and State PFAS Requirements Pose Unique Challenges to the Government Contracting Community

Government Contracts Legal Forum

At the state level, a growing list of states are enacting total bans on the sale and distribution of such products and components. Finally, there is no minimum production (or import) threshold that triggers reporting and no “de minimis” level of PFAS content below which reporting is not required.

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Friday Flash 01/17/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

If a multiple-award acquisition is expected to meet or exceed the substantial bundling dollar threshold the agencys small business specialist would be required to notify the PCR if the agency expects less than 30% of the contract awardees to be small businesses. The public has until January 28, 2025, to submit comments.