ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 17, 2024

A BAE Systems subsidiary has booked a seven-year, $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force for avionics research and development focusing on electronic warfare.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Naval Research Laboratory has begun seeking proposals for a small business set aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide research and development services for directed energy and electronic countermeasures systems of the U.S.

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Electronics Quantity Contract Evaluation 72

GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Procurement at Issue The Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a Request for Task Order Proposals (RTOP) to holders of the SeaPort Next Generation indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract seeking to procure administrative and engineering support services. 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kyrus Tech has secured a potential 10-year, $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency carry out research, development, test and evaluation activities to counter proliferation and weapons of mass destruction. 21, 2034.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 15, 2024

Marine Corps under a potential $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday Teledyne FLIR Defense will support USMC's Organic Precision Fires-Light program , under which the contractor will provide the first 127 loitering munition systems for test and evaluation.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Nine companies have secured spots on a potential 10-year, $4 billion multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research, develop, test and evaluate scientific and technological platforms for combating weapons of mass destruction.

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GovCon Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture and deliver digital radio frequency memory units to the U.S. Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has secured a $243.8 Navy for electronic warfare applications.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 15, 2024

Marine Corps under a potential $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday Teledyne FLIR Defense will support USMC's Organic Precision Fires-Light program , under which the contractor will provide the first 127 loitering munition systems for test and evaluation.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

million contract to conduct research, develop, test and evaluate undersea weapons and undersea defensive technologies. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, Rhode Island, launched an online procurement process and received 15 offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 19, 2024

A joint venture between Jacobs Solutions and Geosyntec Consultants has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $375 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to offer NASA environmental engineering, restoration and compliance services.

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FedScoop

JULY 1, 2024

GSA’s new GWAC is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract tied to providing a broad range of IT-based service solutions, and may include technology integration related to services being acquired, according to the request for proposal.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Qualification and Evaluation Criteria : They outline the minimum qualifications needed and the criteria for bid evaluation and recommendation. It guides bidders on how to prepare and submit their bids and outlines the criteria for evaluation. These outline the terms and conditions of the contract.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Report is notable for several reasons, but most striking is its sharp criticism of DOE’s apparent reluctance to fully accede to the OIG’s request for vast quantities of agency and contractor data in connection with preventative fraud detection efforts. billion as reported in the FY 2022 Agency Financial Report.

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GovSpend

JUNE 18, 2024

GovSpend’s platform allows you to create lead lists based on agency location, agency types, spending thresholds, quantities, expiring contracts, upcoming renewals, and other criteria: Expiring Contracts and Subscriptions : Filter your search by issue date to find contracts that are due for rjenewal.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It is important, however, also to consider that contract prices on an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery contract, such as the MAS, are based on unknown requirements and must cover every possible contingency, e.g. , quantity, quality, delivery, complexity, scale, location, security clearance level, etc.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Since this was solicited on an LPTA basis, the agency planned to evaluate offers received starting with the lowest-priced option and continuing its evaluation of offers with increasing prices until it found an offer that met the salient characteristics of the LexisNexis product. d/b/a LexisNexis, and one by West Publishing Company.

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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The pre-proposal questions and responses made it clear that the agency would not evaluate proposals that were non-compliant with the solicitation instructions. The solicitation stated that offerors who failed to provide Attachment 9 would result in their proposal being deemed noncompliant with the solicitation, and not considered for award.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

Price Preference For civilian agencies , if the contractor with the lowest priced domestic end product is a large business, then the agency will add a price evaluation penalty to the offeror with the lowest priced foreign end product of 20%. If the contractor with the lowest priced domestic end product is a small business, the penalty is 30%.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It is important, however, also to consider that contract prices on an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery contract, such as the MAS, are based on unknown requirements and must cover every possible contingency, e.g. , quantity, quality, delivery, complexity, scale, location, security clearance level, etc.

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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. But when GSA tried to apply the authority to its OASIS+ vehicle for services, a vendor protested and the Court of Federal Claims rules GSA’s interpretation of 876 went too far.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The pre-proposal questions and responses made it clear that the agency would not evaluate proposals that were non-compliant with the solicitation instructions. The solicitation stated that offerors who failed to provide Attachment 9 would result in their proposal being deemed noncompliant with the solicitation, and not considered for award.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Two categories of successful protest arguments discussed in our previous blog are Improper Past Performance Evaluations and Flawed Best Value Analyses. Another category of successful protest challenges are those where there is an improper technical evaluation. As such, the GAO sustained this protest ground. In RELX, Inc. ,

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

That’s a pretty unique feature of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. 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. We had a lot of questions in that space.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 19, 2024

Streamsondes made by weather forecast and tech company Skyfora, for example, are a smaller parachute-less version of a dropsonde that stay in the air longer and get deployed in larger quantities, allowing NOAA to exponentially increase data collection.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

6] DCAA is authorized to examine contractor records related to proposals, discussions, pricing, and performance to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and currency of cost or pricing data. [7] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48] and evaluate significant variances for potential defective pricing. [48]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Terms and conditions, among them, quality, quantity, delivery, warranty, capability, complexity and place of performance, factor into pricing decisions. It is also a regulatory requirement. See FAR 15.405, 15.403-3 and 15.402.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 11, 2024

Louis University ‘s (SLU) Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research (SCAER) required vast quantities of anonymized cell phone data in order to study the impacts of large-scale social problems like homelessness and access to healthcare. The research team at St. Finding a reliable data supplier was relatively simple.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 31, 2023

When faced with a dissatisfying debriefing, a contractor may choose to respond to the agency to question or even rebut its evaluation. NikSoft had submitted a proposal for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for agile system development and support services for the Library of Congress (LOC).

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Select GCR

JUNE 11, 2024

The Mechanics of Indefinite Delivery Contracts Indefinite delivery contracts are special contracting mechanisms that offer government agencies the flexibility to acquire goods and services as needed within a set period, without specifying the exact quantity at the time of contract award.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 14, 2024

Types of Variances: Price variance Quantity variance Efficiency variance Mix variance Our Fun with the FAR Training program includes modules on cost principles and variance analysis, helping you master these essential skills.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

AUGUST 23, 2023

The process of strategic sourcing requires continuous market analysis, goal recognition and an ongoing re-evaluation of sourcing activities. Consider the departments involved, the quantity, where they are located and the processes that are used. This allows them to source the best value that aligns with their long-term goals.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In many cases, other evaluation factors, such as innovative technology solutions, experience, quality, or delivery terms are significantly more important than price. Procuring agencies and contracting officers already have the data and tools necessary to compare pricing for commoditized goods and services.

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Federal Construction Contracting

JUNE 5, 2023

Infotrend ), the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a request for proposal for the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity government-wide acquisition contracts for IT services, known as Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP4).

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 9, 2023

” The JV agreement: states “[e]ither venture will have the right to visit the contract site to evaluate the contract performance … [b]oth venturers will jointly have qualified site representation onsite during construction.” Section 7.0 ” 13 C.F.R § 128.402 (c)(7).

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The provision reads, in part: FAR shall be revised to require that with respect to an offer for a task order or delivery order in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold and less than or equal to $5,500,000 issued under an indefinite deliver-indefinite quantity contract, the contracting officer for such contract shall, upon written (..)

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

The three deficiencies were: GSA said ePS-NDVSB didn’t provide the ability to have a minimum order quantity; didn’t demonstrate a data dashboard; and didn’t have a marketplace unique for government use. In this case, GAO denied Boston Consulting Group’s protest, which it filed in August.

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Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This inquiry aims to determine how an employee records overtime, which will be evaluated for consistency in costs (overtime). Larger organizations, especially those with in-house DCAA auditors will likely experience a higher quantity of floor checks. It also helps the auditor to determine if Total Time Accounting is used.

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