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2024 NDAA will Update DFARS to Require Evaluation of Small Business Affiliate Past Performance

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The 2024 NDAA is directing quite a change in past performance evaluations for offerors in Department of Defense acquisitions. What is unclear from all this is how such a change will be interpreted for entity-owned 8(a) Program participants, such as those owned by Alaska Native Corporations or Native-American entities.

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

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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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Why File: A GAO Bid Protest Intervention

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Thus, most, if not all, of the pleadings and information involved in the bid protest will not be releasable to the public, at least not without redactions. File Pleadings An intervenor is not just a silent participant. Access to Documents As you likely know, typically, bid protests will contain protective orders.

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CISA’s outreach issues hinder threat-sharing service, watchdog says

FedScoop

CISA partially attributed that drop to an “incoming federal partner” that stopped sharing information due to “unspecified security concerns with transferring information from its current system to AIS.” The agency said it will deliver recommendations from its findings and communicate changes to participants as needed by July 31, 2025.

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Bid Protest Minute: Proving an Organizational Conflict of Interest Exists

GovCon & Trade

According to NASA, the SSA was appointed after the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) was selected, and all participants in the procurement process were reminded of their obligations under the FAR, NFS, and Procurement Integrity Act. This may include the improper disclosure of source selection information.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.”

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DHS releases AI chemical safety recommendations, building off voluntary White House pledges

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government, the private sector, and academia to make sure that we understand how we try to approach these highly sensitive, high-risk areas of information.” The fact that AI work is spread across agencies can also create different information-sharing and regulatory hurdles.