Federal News Network

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, the General Services Administration issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. limits on the timing and number of price adjustments). Pricing context is dependent on accurate, relevant data.

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The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the past, FAS did, in fact, post operational policy documents, essentially providing the public, including its industry partners, with a virtual library of the guidance governing and shaping contract administration and management across the organization. Currently, operational policy guidance is not posted for the public.

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Public Contracting Institute

JUNE 5, 2024

Offerors are sometimes distressed when an agency selects a significantly higher priced, higher technically rated proposal in a best value determination. Jacobs protested that the agency had failed to reasonably justify the award at a $37 million (32 percent) price premium. Bulova Techs, LLC, B-281384, Feb.

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Capital Edge Consulting

MAY 10, 2024

Employee Training DCAA will audit training content and documented attendance. DCAA’s position, as in other cost accounting practices, is that “if it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” WAH occurrences do compel a contractor to develop additional documented timekeeping policies related particularly to WAH programs.

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Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

The factors on which tenders are evaluated in MEAT assessment are Quality Cost-effectiveness approach Technology Aesthetic and functional characteristics Accessibility Social characteristics Environmental characteristics Innovative characteristics After-sales service and technical assistance Delivery date, process, and period.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For example, in the past, certain guidance documents that directly impact the MAS negotiation process (and MAS contractors) has not been made available for public review. PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example. One example of this transition is the move in the MAS program from CSP to TDR.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 12, 2024

On November 16, 2023, GSA issued a proposed rule updating the General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Federal Supply Schedule Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses. The rule proposes to remove “certain economic price adjustment requirements within these clauses to better align with commercial standards and practices.”

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

Additionally, NAVWAR also said it mislabeled the document as unclassified, again raising even more questions among observers about how a well-worn process fell apart in so many different places. The spokesperson said NAVWAR is reviewing the document sign-off and release processes.

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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In a solicitation for design-build construction services related to Fort Bragg, NC, Midnight alleged that the evaluation was improper and used unstated evaluation criteria. Midnight asserted that the Corps unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s technical approach as superior due to its inclusion of a conceptual design.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 31, 2024

These documents play a vital role in the procurement process, helping agencies find the right contractors for their projects. An RFP is typically used for complex projects where the agency needs detailed proposals, while an RFQ is more suitable for simpler purchases where price is the primary factor.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It used a slightly unconventional approach to evaluating bidders. And then assuming you passed, they would assess you based on technical approach and capability, and price. Price was a typical submitted a proposal submission, but for technical approach and capability. But what it actually says is your evaluation criteria.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. Applicability of the FAR Cost Principles The FAR Cost Principles apply to the “pricing of contracts, subcontracts, and modifications whenever cost analysis is performed.” [1]

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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. And the pricing under these contracts may not be the absolute lowest. The post Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks appeared first on ProcureWare. Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The remaining successful protests were post-award victories that fall into categories similar to those we saw at the GAO: (1) improper technical evaluation; (2) inadequate documentation; (3) flawed price analysis. The protester’s spreadsheets were off by 30 hours, which resulted in a price difference of 0.063%.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Improper Technical/Past Performance Evaluations Unsurprisingly, topping the list with the most sustains were challenges to the evaluation of the technical or past performance evaluations. GAO sustained protests where the contemporaneous evaluation materials did not support the agency’s conclusions or were insufficient.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 19, 2024

These regulations and associated guidance address a host of contracting officer responsibilities, including but not limited to, proposal evaluation, negotiations, price and/or cost analysis, data rights, and foreign acquisition ( e.g. , TAA). For this reason, procurement policy flow-downs cannot be one-sided. It does not.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JUNE 22, 2017

This position also prepares resolutions with applicable supporting documentation for the Board of Commissioners’ review and approval.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 23, 2024

First, GAO noted that it is a fundamental principle of federal procurement law that a contracting agency must treat all offerors and evaluate their proposals even-handedly against the solicitation’s requirements and evaluation criteria. On past performance, the agency failed to address quality, and was done only in a summary manner.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

There was a three phase evaluation of proposals requiring offerors to submit a self scoring sheet that assigned points for offerors representations on experience and capabilities under various criteria identified in the solicitation. Dan Ramish So GAO evaluated the protests and sustained protests on two grounds. Dan Ramish Yes.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This week, in the spirit of “Fair and Reasonable Transparency,” the Coalition submitted to the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) feedback on its “ FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing.” Beyond the non-mandatory nature of the FSS program, all task and delivery orders are governed by the FAR 8.4

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. 28] DCAA Audit Guidance Chapter 6 of the DCAM, Incurred Cost Audit Procedures, includes detailed guidance for evaluating the reasonableness of compensation costs.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

NIST Releases New Revision of Key Cybersecurity Guidance Document Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft of a new version of its cyber incident response guidance that will be open for public comment through May 20, MeriTalk reports. that was finalized in February 2024.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Flawed selection decision , “where the agency failed to meaningfully look behind the adjectival ratings and adequately document reasons for finding the protester’s and awardee’s proposals technically equal before making award to the lowest-priced offeror.” It will be interesting to see if protest numbers continue to go up next year.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Skills and capability gaps – Public sector organizations often lack the in-house artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) expertise required to effectively evaluate, deploy, and maintain generative AI systems.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process includes several crucial steps: tendering by the bidders, bid evaluation by the client and award of the contract to the successful bidder. Customers may select the best offer from submitted tenders based on quality, price, and terms thanks to its transparency, equity, and efficiency of the tender process.

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This two-part series discusses the five steps of the procurement journey beginning with concept and development and continuing with posting, evaluation and award. These steps may not apply to every procurement but once completed they will inform the procurement strategy which then leads to development of procurement document.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 26, 2024

Contracting officers are required to take detailed notes during oral presentations to document what the Government relied upon for purposes of source selection. FAR 15.102(d)-(e). The Government is not required to hold in-person FAR 15.505(c). FAR 15.506(d).

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 8, 2023

July 3, 2023, 2023 CPD ¶ 165, in which GAO discussed the amount of documentation needed to support an agency’s price analysis. The agency would also evaluate whether the offerors’ proposed hourly rates were “reasonable.” The agency would also evaluate whether the offerors’ proposed hourly rates were “reasonable.”

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Other agencies can also use the contract with competitive pricing and terms. Cooperative structures can vary, and thus their purchasing agreements may differ in several aspects such as: terms and conditions, contract offerings, access to documentation and fees and rebates. This reduces the need for bid preparation and evaluation.

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Procureware

JANUARY 22, 2018

They want to know if they should create online forms or simply have suppliers upload bid documents. In other words, how will the information be used in the evaluation process and in later steps such as long-term pricing analysis. The buyer should consider how the information will be used down-stream in the evaluation process.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Legitimate sole source situations require thorough justification, including market research and analysis, evidence of unique expertise or specialized needs that only one vendor can fulfill, and a demonstration that the price is fair and reasonable. This must be demonstrated along with ensuring the price is fair and reasonable.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These are helpful to know what types of issues are most likely to get traction at GAO, although GAO is not too generous on detail. It will be interesting to see if protest numbers continue to go up next year.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

After receiving quotations, the contracting officer added salient characteristics to the technical evaluation form to be considered during evaluations that were not stated in the solicitation. For the awardee’s first prior experience example, the TET report did not analyze or evaluate the size of the project.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

One of the greatest sources of contract disputes is how to handle price increase requests where there is no clear contract language. The best method is an evidence-based approach showing the underlying cause of the price increase. Communication Including the proforma contract in the RFx document minimizes any dispute upon signing.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

The Solicitation required vendors to submit pricing schedules that included quoted labor categories from their underlying FSS contracts. are still subject to the requirement that agencies perform reasonable evaluations that are consistent with the solicitation and sufficiently documented.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Government agency programs like the GSA Schedules provide long-term contracts, allowing businesses to sell commercial products and services at pre-negotiated prices, simplifying the purchasing process. Meeting all the criteria outlined in the solicitation documents ensures compliance and increases the chances of winning the contract.

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