Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Record Costs Incurred as the Result of the Shutdown – Contractors should document the costs they reasonably incur as a result of a shutdown, as they may be recoverable from the Government. “Fully-funded” contracts are also impacted by a shutdown.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The project was supported by OCP’s Lift impact accelerator , helping to integrate open contracting principles firmly in the solicitation process. As a result, the city expanded the service from 6,500 to 9,300 bikes and from 480 to 687 bike stations, with upgrades to the city’s bike share technology and design to be more user-friendly.

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Procurement IT Budget Electronics 62

Redstone Government Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Government wants to pay a fair and reasonable price for products and services that they purchase and expects you to pay your suppliers a fair and reasonable price. If the purchase exceeds the micro-purchase threshold, yes $10,000 , you must document the justification as sole source. Oh, if that were only the case.

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Redstone Government Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If you are selling products/services under FAR 15 based contracts or subcontracts, submitting certified cost and pricing data and documenting other accounting and purchasing requirements that come along with it, when the products/services technically meet the definition of commercial under the FAR – it may be time to rethink your approach.

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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.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 24, 2025

This was not the case, so we developed an Open Contracting Data Standard to bring together crucial documents and data across the whole cycle of procurement and across the many different silos of government. We were never just after a bit more transparency though, we wanted to transform how procurement is done.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 25, 2019

Price analysis can be considered a stage of bid evaluation depending on the provisions of a legal and regulatory framework. It is an assessment of the evaluated price of a responsive bid to ascertain that it is not unreasonably high nor unreasonably low, but fair enough to the procuring entity and the supplier.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

For example, open market, government credit card orders typically include increased fees for products that are offered at higher prices than available through the MSPV program and create compliance or gray market risks. These documents outline numerous benefits to the VA and VHA in adopting a commercial, best-in-class ordering platforms.

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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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Federal News Network

JANUARY 24, 2025

Embrace dynamic pricing models that leverage competition from the commercial market. There simply needs to be greater flexibility in pricing to meet customer demand across the federal market. Static pricing ultimately hinders competition and reduces value for customer agencies.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Case studies: In Colombia , rather than the government trying to document and standardize all possible technologies, the framework agreements created for the IT sector link directly to the providers’ public web pages, which list all of their services and prices.

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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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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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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The proposed Rules are intended to formalise the process for reporting transfer pricing adjustments impacting customs values declared to SARS at the time of importation. supporting documents) from the exporter. supporting documents) from the exporter. Public comments on the proposed rules close on 9 February 2024.

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Extract Systems

AUGUST 29, 2023

The redacted item in question was a planned pricing schedule that reflected fare increases for Spirit flights. The fare table was accessible by using one of the most common and simple tricks for seeing information intended for redaction, copying and pasting it into a new document.

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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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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Invitation to Bid: Public agencies that issue an Invitation to Bid (or a Request for a Quote) have defined a specific scope of work for which they are requesting bid prices. Making the decision of award will be based on price alone. How much is price worth? will be awarded the contract.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

“Over the course of several years, Raytheon employees bribed a high-level Qatari military official to obtain lucrative defense contracts and concealed the bribe payments by falsifying documents to the government, in violation of laws including those designed to protect our national security,” said U.S.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Government Accountability Office said pricing estimates for Direct File — the electronic filing program made available this tax season for payers in 12 states — didn’t include start-up costs, including for the technology underpinning the system. “A

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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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2025

Embrace dynamic pricing models that leverage competition from the commercial market. There simply needs to be greater flexibility in pricing to meet customer demand across the federal market. Static pricing ultimately hinders competition and reduces value for customer agencies.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Dynamic pricing systems in housing is one area that Congress has already shown interest in — and could be ripe for additional action. I am concerned that these tools may enable property management to coordinate pricing, coordinate escalation in fleet rents and stifle competition,” Warnock said. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.,

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Becoming a prime contractor involves registering with the System for Award Management (SAM), obtaining a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, and meeting federal requirements for compliance and documentation. Adherence to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and maintaining thorough documentation are non-negotiable requirements.

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Telles.eu

JULY 3, 2023

Let's start with what is in the tender documentation, shall we? Tender documentation The object of the contract is to purchase 117 sets and a maintenance shed for them. However, the maintenance shed is not subject to any specific award criteria, although it can be argued it is part of the price criterion.

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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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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

” Evans said DLA analyzes risk in relation to vendors and the item being purchased, in relation to the price quoted for that item. ” Similarly, DLA is using an automated system to make awards in certain cases, where it determines the product is an correct fit and within pricing parameters.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The three most common grounds (and an example of each) were: Unreasonable technical evaluation , such as where “where the contemporaneous record did not support the agency’s conclusion that the awardee’s quotation met solicitation requirements under the management plan factor pertaining to procedures for protecting certain data, because the awardee’s (..)

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Bidding Sustainability Evaluation Price 59

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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Select GCR

JANUARY 14, 2025

Each state has its own certification process, which can include specific requirements and documentation. This includes providing evidence of minority ownership, which involves documentation proving the identity of the owners and their control over management and daily business operations.

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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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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 9, 2024

Special focus on contract pricing). price negotiations and procedures should be used by contracting officers to determine the price reasonableness of modifications offered under a sealed bid contract. Examples of price analysis techniques can be found at FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). In our next session, we will cover FAR Part 15.4

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

We’re creating teams with our customers, so that when we sit down and develop a requirement and the acquisition strategy, all of the stakeholders are in the room very early on, often before there’s a requirements document, when it’s just an idea contracting is getting involved, and that will help astronomically.”

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

The majority of federal government procurement is not a set and attacked by bid rigging, price fixing and fraud schemes. And what the OECD tried to do is assess how much money is lost from bid rigging, price fixing and other collusive schemes at the outset from government spending. Dan Glad They are exceptions. Dan Glad Absolutely.

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Collusion Procurement Bid Rigging IT 108

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Handling approximately 285,000 legal cases annually means that the Nebraska Judicial Branch manages hundreds of thousands of paper documents, audio and video files, and various forms of evidence every year. Watch a recording of this session. In the public sector, security and compliance are pivotal aspects of digital transformation.

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