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Bid Protest Minute: Proving an Organizational Conflict of Interest Exists

GovCon & Trade

The Procurement at Issue On February 10, 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued an RFP for the procurement of a geostationary extended observations (GeoXO) sounder (GXS) instrument for the weather satellite program. Generally, agencies are afforded broad discretion when evaluating whether an OCI exists.

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Women-Owned Business Certification Programs “Sello Empresa Mujer”: An Effective Tool to Promote Women’s Participation in Public Procurement

Inter-American Development Bank

It is estimated that less than one percent of the $10 trillion spent annually on global public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses. [1] 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts.

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The UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan -- a procurement view

How to Crack a Nut

The plan sets out the following: Pilot - rapidly developing prototypes or fast light-touch procurement to spin up pilots in high-impact areas, robust evaluation and publishing results. This would significantly raise participation costs and be prone to litigation and other problems. performance evaluations).

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Friday Flash 04/05/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

As a general rule, the Federal Government does not deal directly with subcontractors, and the CDA only grants the CBCA jurisdiction over “procurement contracts” (i.e., the software company’s) EULA is incorporated into the procurement contract. the MSA and Carahsoft’s FSS contract, or the Task Order).

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Challenging Other Transaction Agreements – Navigating the Jurisdictional Highway

Government Contracts & Investigations

4022(f), which enables the DoD to award a follow-on production contract or transaction, without competitive procedures, to the participants in a successful Prototype OTA that was competitively awarded and successfully completed. This means that, like standard contracting vehicles, OTAs may be protested to the U.S. B-419503, Feb.

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What is the FAR: Your Guide to the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Select GCR

Codified in Title 48, Chapter 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the FAR came to life as a comprehensive guide for the government acquisition process, symbolizing a significant stride towards a uniform and streamlined federal procurement system.

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Contractors find some ‘buying forecasts’ better than others

Federal News Network

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the White House has embraced and supported our scorecard every year. And they actually promote participation in this and encourage agencies to improve their score to expand their adherence to the criteria that we put in there. So it actually has support from within the government.