SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The 2024 NDAA is directing quite a change in past performance evaluations for offerors in Department of Defense acquisitions. The post 2024 NDAA will Update DFARS to Require Evaluation of Small Business Affiliate Past Performance first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 7, 2024

Dan Skinner , head of federal go-to-market at Material Security , began his career nearly three decades ago and has since garnered a wealth of technical and leadership experience.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Air Force Research Laboratory not only uses digital twins to design, prototype and evaluate aircraft and weapons systems but also is developing a digital environment called the Colosseum where vendors’ proposed systems can battle virtually.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Planned Systems International a potential five-year, $156.1 million contract to provide support for the testing community overseen by the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, or EHRM-IO, Program.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Digital twins, or computerized renderings of real-life systems and objects, are now favored by private companies and the government alike to test and gain a deeper understanding without having to make physical modifications, which can be costly and time consuming.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A letter signed by 12 senators urges DHS to investigate the TSA's use of facial recognition before it expands the technology's use to many additional airports.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The professional services network’s annual report spotlights technology trends most likely to cause disruption over the next 18-24 months and evaluates the government’s readiness to adopt them.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Its important to re-evaluate what exactly an application must do. How Will Customizations Affect Modernization? Its common for a legacy application to have several customizations, but whether these are still relevant can be difficult to determine. Click the banner below to learn more about continuous app modernization.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2022

After evaluating white paper submissions, the 5G Challenge selected three vendors to go through interoperability testing with CableLabs, the 5G Challenge host lab. The NTIA and DOD both…

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

billion allocated to research, development, test and evaluation, this budget emphasizes innovation, modernization and technological advancements aimed at strengthening U.S. The Department of Defenses fiscal year 2025 budget request offers significant insights for government contractors seeking to align with the department’s priorities.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic. The credential is more evidence that federal interest in purchasing AI technology continues to grow.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

According to award notices published in December on the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation, the awardees are Maximus business Veterans Evaluation Services, Leidos subsidiary QTC Medical Services, Optumserve Health

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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 Source: OFPP memo from Nov.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Consensus on where agencies should start their artificial intelligence journeys is shifting as federal officials continue to evaluate how the technology can work for them. Some agencies already use AI to fight fraud. Work with AI at the Department of Defense ranges from identifying cybersecurity threats to analyzing data from drones.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

The show is trying to make a point about the value of human-directed versus machine-directed decision-making, and as agencies begin evaluating use cases for artificial intelligence, they’re at risk for similar kinds of wrong turns if they don’t pay close attention to governance and assurance. Popular generative AI…

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FedScoop

MARCH 11, 2025

NIST also released a report on all of the candidate algorithms it evaluated and why HQC was ultimately selected. According to the release, Moody said HQC is a longer algorithm than ML-KEM and as a result, needs more computing resources. It was selected by reviewers as a backup due to its clean and secure operation, the release said.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

While evaluating generative AI’s many possibilities, agencies will likely consider a mix of cloud, edge and on-premises infrastructure. As agencies prepare to increase adoption of generative artificial intelligence, they will need to simplify how they source, deploy and manage AI infrastructure.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

While evaluating generative AI’s many possibilities, agencies will likely consider a mix of cloud, edge and on-premises infrastructure. As agencies prepare to increase adoption of generative artificial intelligence, they will need to simplify how they source, deploy and manage AI infrastructure.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 6, 2025

.” “While the agency did not know that DecisionPoint was the prime contractor at the time of its initial evaluation, the agency was aware of this fact when it conducted its post-corrective action evaluation.” ” GAO said that the agency did not properly account for the effect of the merger.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This is a contrast from the GAO protest world, where the agency will often decline to produce documents on the basis of relevance, and even fight through rounds of objections to not include agency evaluation materials. Finally, the list of documents includes the proposals and evaluation record for all offerors.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

But it also gives government agencies the unique opportunity to critically evaluate legacy tech and build on the existing technical frameworks that allow them to effectively carry out their missions. Standing up new IT infrastructure on the foundation of an old one can create implementation and innovation challenges. For example, the U.S.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By: Richard Arnholt On November 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest that asserted the Veteran Administration’s (VA) evaluation of Texas Waste Company’s past performance was unreasonable and reflected the Contracting Officer’s (CO) bias.

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USFCR

JANUARY 15, 2025

How to Select the Right NAICS Codes Follow these steps to ensure your business is using the most relevant NAICS codes for wildfire recovery: Evaluate Your Services: Identify the core services your business provides that align with wildfire recovery needs. 113310 Logging Salvaging timber and managing forest health post-fire.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 9, 2024

We still need human developers, testers and quality control reviews to evaluate and approve the rewritten code, the spokesperson continued. We saw enough to convince us that the use of AI could significantly reduce the time to rewrite the code and decided to take that path.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security will use a “cybersecurity readiness” assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards. DHS published the details of the new “cybersecurity readiness evaluation factor” in a Nov. But DHS is seeking feedback on its plans by Nov.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297. The intervenor’s proposed price was $24,848,774, and its total evaluated price was $25,116,561. million, which was the awarded amount, and not the evaluated price of $25.1 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft Dynamics 365 can help tie millions of data points and services together, track and evaluate interactions, and generally help agencies quickly ramp up to improve the customer experience. But federal agencies still want to keep citizens happy. The Dynamics 365 platform is an entire suite of…

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FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

A bill that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create detailed guidance for third-party evaluators that work with artificial intelligence providers was officially introduced Wednesday night in the Senate, now with bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.,

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VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How has the evaluation criteria changed? Under the new regulations, evaluations will now be assessed on the basis of 'Most Advantageous Tender' instead of the 'Most Economically Advantageous Tender'. Here’s how assessment summaries work: Successful suppliers will receive a summary of its own scores and evaluation summary notes.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to the DOJ, UCHealth “violated the False Claims Act in seeking and receiving payment from federal health care programs for visits to its emergency departments, by falsely coding certain Evaluation & Management (E&M) claims submitted to the Medicare and TRICARE programs.”

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

However, the FBI must complete its AFEDT process to obtain a better understanding of its AI needs and evaluate how it can use AI to improve intelligence collection and analysis. The post FBIs AI efforts face funding and workforce barriers, OIG finds appeared first on FedScoop.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

DelBene, who agreed that the department’s current budget is not “adequate,” said the VA currently has 360 Information Security Officers (ISO) to evaluate all of the VA’s systems. Legislators on both sides of the aisle voiced concerns about a meager 1% budget allocation designated to the VA cybersecurity operations. After the hearing, Rep.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The decision offers important lessons that contractors should keep in mind when evaluating solicitations; submitting proposals; and evaluating whether and when to file a bid protest. Following the Navy’s evaluation, HSV’s quotation was found to be technically unacceptable, and Seasmoke was subsequently awarded the contract.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 8, 2024

To choose its winners, Wash100 meticulously evaluates each nominee’s past success as well as their potential to carry this momentum Amentum CEO John Heller accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the recognition.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Unpacking the Black Box of Price Analysis Over the last several years, GSA has been using a series of data management tools to support the price evaluation of products under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. How is BPA pricing, typically volume-based pricing, considered in a price comparison evaluation?

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers has selected FedData Technology Solutions to provide high performance computing capability in support of the Department of Defense’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation community.

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