Federal News Network

JANUARY 3, 2025

As it always does, the National Defense Authorization Act known as the NDAA includes a whole section devoted to federal procurement. Zach Prince And it’s really quite popular with a lot of agencies and they get a lot of good work done quickly without having to go through a typical procurement process.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 6, 2024

Thanks to a small grant from Schmidt Futures , we had the opportunity to experiment with applying artificial intelligence technologies to green public procurement. The goal is to increase the understanding of AI in public procurement – by discussing the key decisions we had to make about our approach.

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FedScoop

MARCH 14, 2025

He also worked as a confidential incubators investment adviser and finished a four-year stint last month at Procore Technologies as its senior director of security engineering. Grabers appointment comes after DOE reinstated former acting CIO Dawn Zimmer to the role after she was temporarily replaced by Ryan Riedel, a SpaceX network engineer.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Public-sector fleet managers may want to consider delaying replacing their internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicles/trucks (EVs) says Randall Taylor , CEO of The Fuel Ox , a global provider of fuel treatments and lubricants. This technology is here now and is easy to find.”

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On November 14-15, 2023, GW Law’s Professor Christopher Yukins will join the International Conference on Public Procurement and Innovation in Africa, coordinated by Professor Geo Quinot (Stellenbosch University) and held through the National Research Foundation in Pretoria, South Africa. Chris Yukins will speak on the U.S.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Department of the Navy’s third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and overall electronic procurement system is on shaky ground. That hubris reared its ugly head most recently in June when the Navy retracted a technical assessment that found shortcomings in the Navy’s electronic procurement system (ePS) program.

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Telles.eu

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On this one the discrimination against internal combustion engines is explicit since only these would be subject to an analysis of pollution arising from their running. Well, this requirement is mandatory for internal combustion engines but optional for 100% electric ones. This is, self-evidently, discriminatory and as thus, illegal.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The State Department has approved the possible sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon engine components and support to the government of Greece. The proposed foreign military sale is estimated to be valued at $160 million with General Electric Aerospace serving as the principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2021

The post Procurement as a Growth Engine appeared first on Ivalua.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Scottish Government have been working with internal and external stakeholders on the development of a collaborative Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million for use across the Scottish public sector. A DPS is an agile electronic method of procurement.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 22, 2024

million combined to provide research and development, engineering design, production and related support services for the Capabilities Development Command Armament Center at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. The procurement effort is a total small business set-aside program encompassing three functional areas: large caliber cannon

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I A few weeks later, the letter from the organization’s legal counsel was received and agreed with the Director of Procurement’s refusal to accept the late bid. The writing was on the wall for the Director of Procurement.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2021

The post How Procurement Can Become the Growth Engine for Your Business appeared first on Ivalua.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2021

The post How Procurement Can Become the Growth Engine for Your Business appeared first on Ivalua.

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USFCR

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Gain insider knowledge on upcoming opportunities and procurement trends. Top 2025 Federal Contracting Events If you want to make meaningful connections and secure contracts in 2025, these events should be a priority: SAME Federal Small Business Conference Best for: Construction, engineering, and infrastructure firms. Why attend?

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Navy to provide test, system and transition engineering support services. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division launched a competitive procurement process through a small business set-aside program and received three offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 4, 2025

The countdown to Scotlands largest free procurement event is on. Meet the Buyer National is the perfect place for suppliers to discover how they can win their share of Scotlands 16bn annual public sector procurement spend. appeared first on Public Procurement and Property. Why should you attend? Whos exhibiting?

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Procurement authorities become the initiators,“ says Uwingeneye.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Naval Research Laboratory has issued a request for proposal for a potential $244 million contract for the procurement of radio frequency engineering, analytical and technical support services.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

In this edition, Nick provides an update reflecting on the first few months of the year – highlighting key achievements, events, publications and successes from across the procurement community. McKee as the Minister for Public Finance and as the Minister responsible for procurement.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 14, 2025

Sigma Defense will deliver services in management and advisory, technical and engineering, and intelligence services domains. OASIS+ offers a streamlined procurement framework for federal agencies, supporting mission-critical, service-based [.] This 10-year multi-agency contract is a government-wide, multiple-award IDIQ program.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Space Development Agency has issued a solicitation to provide systems engineering and integration support for the Tranche 3 program of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

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ExecutiveBiz

MAY 16, 2024

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland plans to release a request for proposals in August for the third iteration of a contract to procure manufacturing and development, engineering and maintenance services to support aeronautics and space-related testing at GRC’s laboratories and test facilities.

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 24, 2025

Navys SeaPort Next Generation multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which streamlines support service procurement for the Navy.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Industry best practice procurement capabilities now available for rapid deployment to improve margins. Redwood City, CA September 2, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a pre-packaged procurement suite for construction and engineering companies.

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WashngtonExec

APRIL 15, 2025

The 10-year IDIQ contract covers system integration, hardware procurement, engineering, logistics, operations and program management. Armys $4 billion Multiple Award Task Order Contract supporting the Product Director Aerostats program.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security is planning to award a contract worth up to $100 million to procure operations and maintenance services in support of its Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Navy for the continued procurement, manufacturing, testing and delivery of AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio systems. The contract also covers the provision of engineering services and sustainment support for the DMR systems, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Department of Defense seeks to determine the interest and ability of industry partners to provide research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and technical services in support of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 26, 2024

million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to repair K34 marine gas turbine engines. Navy has awarded StandardAero and two other companies positions on an $81.7 StandardAero, represented by the government contracting agency Canadian Commercial Corp.,

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We recently caught up with our Director, Nick Ford, to hear his reflections on recent months, highlighting some key achievements and successes across the procurement community. There are also other commitments involving procurement. Watch the video below, a transcript for this video is also available at the bottom of the page.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Results: A year after the new procurement law was passed, the public procurement agency (DNCP) is using machine-learning to identify tenders that are most likely to be awarded to smaller businesses. Fewer than 300 MSMEs participate in a procurement market worth almost US$3 billion annually.

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The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

A big challenge in public sector procurement is being able to attract and retain competent staffing. A frequent conversation, within senior leadership circles – will we be better positioned if we outsource our procurement services? Outsourcing the procurement expertise is a growing option for smaller entities to consider.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Navy has awarded CACI International a task order valued at up to $805 million to provide engineering services and technologies in support of the NavalX Office. The five-year award will enable NavalX to enhance operational performance and integrate multi-domain systems, CACI said Monday.

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ivalua

MARCH 11, 2020

As we prepare to mark International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8th), we reached into our network of impressive female procurement executives, consultants, and thought leaders. Procurement = Impact. There are no boundaries to the value procurement can deliver.”. Why we LOVE procurement. Simrit Sandhu. Sylvie NOËL.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The request for information was published by the agency’s Office of Procurement Operations on behalf of the Office of Biometric Identity Management, which manages biometric identity profiles — including iris and facial data — for DHS components. It also asks them to address biometric identity standards.

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