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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FedInsider

JUNE 13, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. 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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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

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. Generally, agencies are afforded broad discretion when evaluating whether an OCI exists.

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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. Tom Temin And that’s the phase at which this particular mentor-protégé team didn’t make it.

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FedScoop

MAY 20, 2024

The goal of the upcoming pilot, which will run through the fall, is to evaluate overall user experience throughout the new workflow and to find where individuals become stuck or confused throughout the process so the “team can iteratively make improvements,” the agency spokesperson said.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 26, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

JULY 23, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Capital Edge Consulting

APRIL 10, 2024

This inquiry aims to determine how an employee records overtime, which will be evaluated for consistency in costs (overtime). Employee Training This inquiry is intended to confirm that the employee has participated in timekeeping training. Inadequate recordkeeping can lead to low rankings in an audit or even worse: loss of contract.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 26, 2024

One type of OCI is an impaired objectivity OCI, typically resulting from a contractor evaluating its own offer or its own performance. As part of the evaluation process, the VA began to investigate potential OCIs. An OCI can result in a contractor being kicked off a federal procurement. Reingold & Associates (Reingold).

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Select taxpayers in 13 states will have the option to participate next year in the IRS’s electronic Direct File pilot program, the agency announced Wednesday, marking the latest step in its efforts to simplify filing season. Taxpayers with “relatively simple returns” in the 13 states will be eligible to participate.

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FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

The agency is also recommending that the federal government create evaluation standards for LLMs “consisting of questions or lines of questioning and thresholds for unacceptably dangerous responses to improve the models.” It was not immediately clear from the report what this recommendation would entail.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

million for construction contracts). million for construction contracts). While the specific goal will vary with each contract (or in some cases may be on a company-wide basis), it is rare for a contracting officer to find a large business hasn’t met the given goal. Let’s take a deeper look at these findings. It was as low as 35.9% 637(d)(7) ).

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Great Government Through Technology

JUNE 26, 2024

This adjustment also aligns with the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act, which raised the governmentwide goal for SDVOSB participation from three to five percent, making the availability of VETS 2 to the federal government even more critical. To maintain the contract’s viability and avoid disruptions, we are increasing the ceiling to $6.1

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract. To be successful, participants in a co-op will need to resolve issues around joint oversight and cost sharing. The post Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks appeared first on ProcureWare.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Participants expressed a range of views as to which risks should be prioritised, noting that addressing frontier risks is not mutually exclusive from addressing existing AI risks and harms.’ Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

The results of the pilot will be helpful as we evaluate security considerations regarding access and as we consider ways to leverage AI with appropriate risk-management safeguards as envisioned by Executive Order 14110, OMB Memorandum M-24-10, the AI in Government Act and the Advancing American AI Act.”

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

The BAA, however, is a price evaluation preference, which means if the price of a Chinese product is low enough, the federal government will buy that product. The pandemic and its aftermath created a greater awareness of the fragility of global supply chains, and the federal government’s overreliance on adversaries in the supply chain.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Defense Department is ready to start ramping up implementation of its planned overhaul to the military’s household goods moving system, including by conducting DoD’s first-ever long distance moves under the new contract structure, U.S. Transportation Command officials said Tuesday. The expansion of work under the up-to-$17.9

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 29, 2024

million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures which failed to comply with procedures to evaluate patient suitability. Department of Justice announced that Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3

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FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. The responsibilities of federal IT practitioners have never been so broad or urgent. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. An army of data analysts wouldn’t be able to keep up with the volume of logs being generated (and no agency has sufficient budget to hire them). Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

DoD developed a standard template for these reports earlier this year to ensure consistent evaluation criteria. GAO said IBM's claims that the solicitation's evaluation factors are unduly restrictive were not supported. That makes it hard for veterans, who served in either branch in the 1960s, to prove their service.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 23, 2024

Paul Bowen, the director of the center for GWAC programs at GSA, said this evaluation factor is among the first of its kind. Matchmaking made easier Small firms bidding on Alliant 3 do not have to participate in this part of the evaluation. There’s no expectation that you will have done business in the past.

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FedScoop

APRIL 18, 2024

The guardrails are human oversight and decision-making; clear and comprehensive policies; robust testing and evaluation; transparency and disclosure; and education and upskilling.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

Participants can earn up to 3 CPE credits in Information Technology.* For more information regarding concern and/or program cancellation policies please contact: Certs@FedInsiderNews.com * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time, fill out and submit your evaluation to registration as you leave.

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FedInsider

JUNE 5, 2024

For more information regarding concern and/or program cancellation policies please contact: Certs@FedInsiderNews.com * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time, fill out and submit your evaluation to registration as you leave. Additional Information: Prerequisites & Advance Preparation : None required.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I like to remind those that may not be participating this time around or found out about the opportunity late, that it’s not a one and done. One is there is still, even for us, a lot of confusion around how we evaluate joint ventures and small business teams who are coming together as primes as part of the source selection process.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 22, 2024

.” While there is a consensus that the procuring entity is responsible for contract administration , practical implementation and evaluation of this approach have been limited. Similarly, the recipient of services is better equipped to evaluate service delivery.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 17, 2024

Individuals and entities that participate in the federal health care system are required to obey the laws meant to preserve the integrity of program funds and the provision of appropriate, quality services to patients.” 1, 2016, and June 30, 2021.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The court’s ruling forced GSA to rethink the solicitation for OASIS+ and bring price back as an evaluation factor at the main contract level. We just really want to make sure that through this effort, we’re supporting opportunities for small business owners to participate. Gary Peters (D-Mich.),

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 22, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Zero trust revolutionizes network security architecture because it is data-centric and designed to stop data breaches.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. AI EVALUATIONS I am absolutely eavesdropping at this point and think: “now there’s a terrible idea!” Was it simply the evaluation question?

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The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Doing so is important especially when proposed guidance rises to the level of rulemaking and/or creates new paperwork requirements for private firms seeking to participate in FAS programs. Effective communication leads to better understanding of requirements and regulations, enhanced competition, and increased access to the commercial market.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 2, 2024

CPE credit in Business Management & Organization.* * To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time and participate in the surveys throughout the webinar. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Indeed, the Report noted that the OIG’s own lack of adequate resources impacted their ability to fully evaluate DOE’s cybersecurity posture and infrastructure, stating that OIG has only received a fraction of the funding they need to conduct the necessary oversight. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 31, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. An army of data analysts wouldn’t be able to keep up with the volume of logs being generated (and no agency has sufficient budget to hire them). Live Captioning CART What is CART?

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