FedInsider

AUGUST 20, 2024

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the topic of cloud application resilience and simplifying (disaster) recovery — all in the spirit of getting organizations up and running even faster after an outage or cyberattack.

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FedScoop

MAY 28, 2024

In February 2024, the bureau said it was in the last phase of evaluation but an award wouldn’t be made until bid protest challenges to the contract filed with the Government Accountability Office were resolved. The new agreement will serve as the primary vehicle for the agency’s IT services for the next eight years.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Accelerated IT implementations are evaluated on their impact on the Air Force’s digital infrastructure, and officials spoke on some of these findings during a panel discussion at the

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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a recent protest, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that although performance risk was not specifically listed as an evaluation criterion, an agency may always consider risk that is intrinsic to the stated evaluation factors. South Dade A/C and Refrig., B-421406, April 25, 2023.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.

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GovCon Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the digital world, but the U.S. government is still working to understand its role in military use cases. forces, allies

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Public Contracting Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In a solicitation for design-build construction services related to Fort Bragg, NC, Midnight alleged that the evaluation was improper and used unstated evaluation criteria. Midnight asserted that the Corps unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s technical approach as superior due to its inclusion of a conceptual design.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 5, 2024

Department of Labor to cover most of an information technology firm's costs of protesting a $36 million support deal, saying the agency had wasted the company's resources by defending a flawed technical evaluation.

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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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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Peraton was awarded a $24 million modification to its contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for continued provision of imagery science expertise and infrastructure support.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 4, 2024

Court of Federal Claims judge denied an information technology contractor's protest of a $31 million IT deal the Defense Health Agency awarded to a competitor, saying he found nothing wrong with how the agency evaluated the contractors' proposals.

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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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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

JULY 25, 2022

In case you missed it, Sean Milani-nia and I recently hosted a webinar regarding the importance of CPARS performance evaluations for federal contractors. Too often, we encounter contractor comments that are too generic or that fail to include important information that could have resulted in a better evaluation rating.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For details and why this is so risky, the Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with Jeffrey Brown, VA’s deputy assistant IG for audits and evaluations. By law and regulation, the Veterans Affairs department is supposed to check out the employees used by its contractors. Tom Temin Right. Jeffrey Brown That’s correct. Tom Temin Yes.

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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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Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

The factors on which tenders are evaluated in MEAT assessment are Quality Cost-effectiveness approach Technology Aesthetic and functional characteristics Accessibility Social characteristics Environmental characteristics Innovative characteristics After-sales service and technical assistance Delivery date, process, and period.

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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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FedScoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The agency would then evaluate and rate every response, letting only the highest-rated offerors be considered for the second phase. For the second phase, the notice states that information offerors would have to provide “technical and management approaches,” along with evaluations based on past experience and performance.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 23, 2024

Government Accountability Office concluded, finding the agency's evaluations were sound. Department of Agriculture reasonably found weaknesses that sank a bid from Virginia-based IT Concepts Inc. to provide organizational management and support services to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 25, 2019

Price analysis can be considered a stage of bid evaluation depending on the provisions of a legal and regulatory framework. It is an assessment of the evaluated price of a responsive bid to ascertain that it is not unreasonably high nor unreasonably low, but fair enough to the procuring entity and the supplier.

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GovLoop

JULY 31, 2023

In the future, as agencies continue to evaluate what they need and when they need it, we’ll see a “massive push and greater rate of adoption of consumable-as-a-service [offerings], not just technologies, but overall services in general,” he predicted. Legacy IT looks different from agency to agency.

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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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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2024

Introduction Application owners are committed to developing new applications and enhancing existing ones rapidly as a top business priority. To tackle this challenge, it is imperative that you design your systems with a comprehensive understanding of how your workloads will perform in real-world scenarios.

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FedInsider

JUNE 13, 2024

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program is a dozen years old.

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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. Just in the past week, the DoD released the newest proposed changes to its program.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and Capgemini, a global IT services and consulting firm, today announced that after a comprehensive evaluation of available technology solutions, the Volkswagen Group has chosen Ivalua’s platform to digitize its global indirect procurement processes for the Group’s entire brand portfolio.

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Five years into its existence, the federal organization charged with helping agencies establish best practices for the use, protection and dissemination of data is a year away from sunsetting and still waiting on the release of White House guidance critical to its advisory mission. Willam Timmons, R-S.C.,

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2024

million technical project management deal, rejecting a rival company's claim DHS conducted a flawed evaluation of Deloitte's staff. Department of Homeland Security reasonably chose Deloitte Consulting LLP to perform a $222.3

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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 it does not have jurisdiction to consider the protest.”

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Defense Health Agency is seeking additional information from industry concerning the Development Multiple Award Contract Reboot. A component of the Defense Healthcare Management System Program Executive Office 3.0

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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. The next logical step is to provide industry partners with direct access to the algorithm and pricing database.

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SmallGovCon

AUGUST 29, 2024

How agencies evaluate past performance of joint ventures has been a somewhat confusing topic for federal contractors over the past few years. A procuring activity may not require the protégé firm to individually meet the same evaluation or responsibility criteria as that required of other offerors generally. 13 CFR 125.8(e).

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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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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In today’s hostile world, a lot of us are finding ourselves at odds with practically everyone. Whether it’s the pandemic, climate change or the political landscape, it can be difficult to discuss or even think about these situations without getting a bit heated. Our view of the world can be akin to a camera lens. Expanding Your Lens.

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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., as its co-sponsor.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 12, 2024

Two federal contractors disputed their exclusion from a competition for a Defense Logistics Agency information technology services contract worth up to $12 billion, claiming in separate protests that the DLA improperly evaluated their bids using criteria not stated in the solicitation.

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