Public Contracting Institute

JULY 14, 2024

This standard ensures consistency and fairness in cost accounting practices across government contractors. To truly grasp the importance of CAS 407, it’s essential to have a solid foundation in government contracting principles.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Accountability Efficiency Budget 52

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Report is notable for several reasons, but most striking is its sharp criticism of DOE’s apparent reluctance to fully accede to the OIG’s request for vast quantities of agency and contractor data in connection with preventative fraud detection efforts. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

Management 130

Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) noted that if the proposal submission requirements are clear (and they were clear here), an agency is not required to permit an offeror who fails to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement to cure its defective proposal.

Price 52

Price Quantity Evaluation Procurement 52

Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) noted that if the proposal submission requirements are clear (and they were clear here), an agency is not required to permit an offeror who fails to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement to cure its defective proposal.

Price 52

Price Quantity Import Evaluation 52

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Small business hurt by court decision The General Services Administration used the 876 authority for its ASTRO contract for services to support the operations, maintenance, readiness, research, development, systems integration and support for manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms and robotics.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 31, 2023

When faced with a dissatisfying debriefing, a contractor may choose to respond to the agency to question or even rebut its evaluation. NikSoft had submitted a proposal for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for agile system development and support services for the Library of Congress (LOC).

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Evaluation Import Quantity Bidding 40

SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 9, 2023

” The JV agreement: states “[e]ither venture will have the right to visit the contract site to evaluate the contract performance … [b]oth venturers will jointly have qualified site representation onsite during construction.” Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Section 7.0

Negotiation 55

Negotiation Contract Government Contracts Management 55

Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Two categories of successful protest arguments discussed in our previous blog are Improper Past Performance Evaluations and Flawed Best Value Analyses. Another category of successful protest challenges are those where there is an improper technical evaluation. As such, the GAO sustained this protest ground. In RELX, Inc. ,

Bidding 52

Bidding Sustainability Thresholds Evaluation 52

Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Federal Construction Contracting

JUNE 5, 2023

Infotrend ), the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a request for proposal for the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity government-wide acquisition contracts for IT services, known as Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP4).

Bidding 52

Bidding Evaluation Accountability Government Contracts 52

Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Government Government Internal Control 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, they make the Government an inhospitable market for vendors, causing a reduction in competition and Government access to innovation. Indeed, the Government recognizes that the number of small business participants in government contracting is on a downward trajectory even as spending with small business is increasing.

Price 45

Price Innovation Quality Participation 45

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

It’s like a treasure trove of standard solicitation provisions and contract clauses, providing a ready reference for the standard terms often incorporated in government contracts. In addition, the government accountability office plays a crucial role in monitoring and evaluating the performance of these agencies.

Ethics 52

Ethics Procurement Price Procurement Contracts 52

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

JULY 2, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Contract 52

Contract Accountability Internal Control Distribution 52

Capital Edge Consulting

JULY 2, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Contract 52

Contract Accountability Internal Control Distribution 52

Capital Edge Consulting

JUNE 13, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

APRIL 10, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

IT 52

IT Accountability Internal Control Distribution 52

Capital Edge Consulting

MARCH 20, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Capital Edge Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Accountability Internal Control Distribution 52

Capital Edge Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Generally, the government contracting markets have been relatively insulated from the economic conditions. And that shows up in the way they’re evaluating the RFP, for sure. We’re in an economic environment where labor costs and costs in general have been going up more rapidly than they have historically.

Government 133

Government Government Supply Chain Manufacturing 133

Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

Accountability 52

Accountability Internal Control Distribution Consulting 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Robert Skinner, the next iteration will include streamlined cloud capability, greater diversity in cloud service providers, and potentially “an option of not having task orders competed, that we can have an [indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity] as well as task order competition.” 1] The Government Accountability Office denied the protest.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Networking Budget 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 27, 2024

The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) recently announced that it seeks public comments on “whether and how” to amend the rules to clarify whether the CAS apply to indefinite value contract vehicles (or IDVs, otherwise known as indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity, or IDIQ, contracts). View the full article

Thresholds 52

Thresholds Contract Accountability Quantity 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jay Blindauer A contractor takes on a Government contract to make money, and inflation is getting in the way. With inflation eroding value for this long, a Government contractor may need to obtain contract relief. Obviously, the bigger and more multi-faceted the contract, the more flexibility is afforded.

Government 40

Government Government Price Contract 40

Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

In a nutshell, management is going to inspect, gather information, communicate with stakeholders, perform analyses, evaluate results and procedures, update documents, file reports, and ensure that efforts are documented in case of audit by a Contracting Officer or the U.S. More on that below. So, what does EEO housekeeping look like?

Export 40

Export Evaluation Contract Government Contracts 40

GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

Whether through the vaccine mandate, minimum wage increase, emissions disclosure rules, or now with Buy America (BA) rules, the Biden administration has long used the government contracting community to advance its domestic policies. The GAO agreed with Unico, finding the waiver was improperly granted.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Transportation Transportation Supply Chain 130

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

However, the FOMC evaluates the 2% goal against the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) (addressed below). CPI may be more useful for some commercial products and services, because pricing for those contracts is more closely connected to consumer supply and demand. .” percent before seasonal adjustment.” [2]

Government Contracts 40

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

GSA noted the following three updates to the portal: Added a field to allow an Offeror to input the period of performance for Single Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, or Basic Ordering Agreements to validate whether a Collection of Task Orders was completed within five years before June 15, 2023.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Price Procurement 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Terms and conditions, among them, quality, quantity, delivery, warranty, capability, complexity and place of performance, factor into pricing decisions. It is also a regulatory requirement. See FAR 15.405.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Price Supply Chain 52