SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The DoD is adding “manufacturing, test and evaluation” to the list of assistance that a Mentor may provide to a Protégé, and “manufacturing innovation institutes” to the list of assistance that a Mentor may obtain for a Protégé. It is important to note that these are proposed changes, not final.

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IT Participation Manufacturing Government Contracts 113

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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Bidding Evaluation Procurement Government Contracts 66

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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Bidding Evaluation Consulting Import 147

GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The report provides important insights into the current state of GAO bid protests. The report details the most popular reasons for sustaining protests over the prior year: 1) unreasonable technical evaluation; 2) flawed selection decision; and 3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation. An increase in overall protests.

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Bidding Sustainability Evaluation Procurement 147

SmallGovCon

MARCH 26, 2025

Size and status protests, which are reviewed by the SBAs Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), are far less common than GAO protests which protest an evaluation aspect of a solicitation or award. Why is this important? The lesson? 121.103(h)(3)(i). And how is compliance with the limitations on subcontracting determined?

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Contract Government Contracts Procurement Evaluation 66

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 it does not have jurisdiction to consider the protest.”

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Bidding Thresholds Price Evaluation 147

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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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s important to have a robust system in place to control access while ensuring that staff and attendees can move freely and efficiently. It’s important to have clear lines of communication between all stakeholders, as well as access to medical personnel who can respond to emergencies on the ground.

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Procurement Procurement Team Supplier Quality 58

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It’s the FAR provision that requires, among other things, all offerors to be registered in the System for Award Management, or SAM as it is better known. And, as we have seen many times before , there is no way around this rule. United States , No. 23-443 (Fed. May 23, 2023). The relevant solicitation incorporated FAR 52.204-7 by reference.

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Evaluation Bidding Negotiation Government Contracts 78

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Learning Objectives We’ll Discuss: Outline the steps to educate and empower the federal workforce on using AI safely—and the importance of keeping a “human in the loop.” Neal gold medals for excellence in business journalism as well as numerous national awards for journalism by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

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IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

Redstone Government Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

About four years ago, DCAA was looking around and evaluating its workload and saw a problem: it was going away. With a previously perennial favorite of the incurred cost backlog finally going away and few incurred cost audits due to sampling , DCAA had to look for how it can still be important to the acquisition community.

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Government Government Evaluation Import 103

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

KPIs are key performance indicators and are a way in which procurement professionals can understand and evaluate a supplier’s ability to meet their contractual obligations. Looking at KPIs in a more strategic manner, it is important to try and relate them to the organisation’s strategy, vision and mission. KPIs also motivate suppliers.

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Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It contains some important insights for how GAO bid protest numbers have changed from prior years. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. This report is GAO’s summary of bid protests for the previous fiscal year.

Bidding 59

Bidding Sustainability Evaluation Price 59

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Many procurement teams lack the technical expertise to draft precise specifications or rigorously evaluate proposals. Bid Evaluation : AI-powered tools can assess vendor proposals objectively and efficiently, ensuring fair and consistent decisions. It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Public Procurement 59

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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Bidding Evaluation Consulting Import 130

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For example, the top products were considered those that had the highest demand among buyers, the highest supply and the greatest environmental importance (as quantified by the number of applicable certifications) ( see Table 11 ). KIP’s analysis revealed low use of procurement methods that apply life-cycle cost evaluations.

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Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 78

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

LLMs also promote consistency in application evaluation, removing potential bias, and provide scalability to handle large volumes of applications, even with surges in numbers like those seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proof of residency for three years, evaluated using a scoring system. The process follows these steps: 1.The

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community. They include the Price Point Plus Portal (4P) tool, the Standardized Pricing Evaluation Logic (SPEL) tool, and, more recently, the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP). Moreover, there is precedent for it.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

The ambiguity of the RFP resulted in 6,700 questions, most of which are not being answered so vendors do not know what to expect or how they will be evaluated.” ” Evaluation criteria remains unclear Nusbaum said the pause is a positive development for the program overall.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Login.gov Director Hanna Kim said in a statement that her team “heard from our agency partners with higher-risk use cases that it was important that we offer a version of our strong identity verification service that is IAL2 certified. The move follows GSA’s announcement in April that it was piloting biometric verification.

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Transparency Evaluation Import IT 129

Government Contracts & Global Trade

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In the post-award context, Maria walks attendees through common protest bases such as unstated evaluation criteria, misapplication of evaluation criteria or assignment of improper ratings, and disparate treatment, with a focus on what types of arguments are more likely to succeed. Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:00 p.m. -1:00

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Bidding Evaluation Import IT 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 19, 2024

To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. However, outdated evaluation criteria tailored to on-premises infrastructure still commonly shape procurement processes. What actions should we take?

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Procurement IT Price Sustainability 80

American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

Understanding the nature of today’s job market and the importance of effectively recruiting and retaining its employees, the HR department at Manatee County Sheriff’s Office took important steps to transform the way it evaluates employees’ and managers’ performance. An audit helped the team realize the gaps it could not fill.

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Management Evaluation Efficiency Collaboration 94

Capital Edge Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Importance of maintaining compliance with DCAA for government contracts. While the term " DCAA-approved accounting system " is commonly used, it’s important to clarify that, according to the DCAA, there is no officially "approved" accounting system. Why is a DCAA Approved Accounting System Important?

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Accountability Import Internal Control Government Contracts 52

Capital Edge Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Importance of maintaining compliance with DCAA for government contracts. While the term " DCAA-approved accounting system " is commonly used, its important to clarify that, according to the DCAA, there is no officially "approved" accounting system. Why is a DCAA Approved Accounting System Important?

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Accountability Internal Control Government Contracts Consulting 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

In order to evaluate whether suppliers offers are giving a business the optimum value, benchmarking is required. Procurement is all about achieving value for money. Benefits Of Benchmarking Benefits of Benchmarking Ready to deepen your procurement expertise?

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Supplier Supply Chain Price Procurement 59

Great Government Through Technology

MARCH 28, 2024

Key to successful organizations Government acquisition professionals are out there every day doing the hard work of evaluating requirements to determine what’s possible, what’s working, and what could be improved. Each group is instrumental to the success of our mission. Thank you for your unwavering dedication.

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IT Supply Chain Transparency Procurement 64

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

However, it is important to recognize that solicitation tools are distinct from procurement methods. It is important to note that Shopping refers to the procurement method , while the solicitation tool employed in this method is the Request for Quotations (RFQ).

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

Here are some initial thoughts on some of the important changes proposed in this rule, as well as a recap of the original statute and my earlier predictions. The proposed OCI rule implementing the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act has just dropped. The entire law, however, was less than two pages.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 21, 2024

The RFP, in this case, provided for a two phase evaluation process with the agency evaluating the most important non price evaluation factor in the first phase, which was past performance, experience and team structure. Dan Ramish That’s right. So that’s what happened here. From a subcontractor.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The legislation , which is called the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats, or DETECT, Act, could eventually lead to binding rules for the federal agencies that use civilian drones, based on the NIST guidelines. Mark Warner, D-Va., and John Thune, R-S.D.,

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Evaluation Utilities Manufacturing Budget 124

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment. In other words, you’ll need to do important groundwork before you produce results. To achieve this reliability and traceability in any organization, it helps to focus on AI’s potential one use case at a time but also to plan for the bigger picture.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For the past three years, the NDAA has dedicated a separate Title to cyber and cybersecurity, reflecting the increased importance of these issues in Department of Defense (“DoD”) operations. Of particular importance, the bill would require a three-year pilot program under which U.S. The CMF is the U.S. Cyber Command’s “action arm.”

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Networking Data Evaluation Government Contracts 173

Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 5, 2024

This important anti-retaliation mechanism ensures the whistleblowers are able to continue working as their case is being evaluated and argued,” Nelson continued. Later that year, Dr. Gulden and Dr. Burch were fired. Gulden and Burch have appealed this decision.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The new government website evaluation tool , which is called “gov metadata,” was created by Luke Fretwell and his son, Elias, as part of the Civic Hacking Agency, a project focused on technology for the public good. The stakes can be high, notes Beau Woods, the founder and CEO of the cybersecurity company Stratigos Security. “If

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Government Government Engineering Education 119

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

“Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Additionally, it’s important to plan for the entire product lifecycle, factoring in system maintenance, upgrades and eventual replacement when considering budget constraints.”

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Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The importance of inclusion There are 1.5 Not all citizens have the same ability to identify and digest the information that’s important to them, so councils have to invest in alternative versions of documents in a format known as Easy Read. This was as important to us as the technology collaboration.

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