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

Federal News Network

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 Source: OFPP memo from Nov. When the U.S.-based

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures. Oversees the management of warehouse and parts room operations, inventory control and surplus property.

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Federal contracting dollars for women-owned small business remain below 5%

Federal News Network

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. GAO denied a pre-proposal protest by IBM over the terms of the solicitation for the estimated $5 billion contract.

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Precise Software Solutions implements ML as a service on AWS to save time and money for federal agency

AWS Public Sector

Helping government agencies adopt AI and ML technologies Precise works closely with AWS to offer end-to-end cloud services such as enterprise cloud strategy, infrastructure design, cloud-native application development, modern data warehouses and data lakes, AI and ML, cloud migration, and operational support.

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February 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month

Government Contracts Legal Forum

More concerning than the numerical years of experience was the fact that AVMAC’s descriptions of the data manager and warehouse manager positions required only “general experience” and did not specifically mention experience with aviation maintenance. However, quoting its decision in Async-Nu Microsystems, Inc. ,

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The Future of 5G Technology in Government

FedInsider

But using 5G requires agencies to do some groundwork in advance, such as identifying whether it will be used by mobile devices such as laptops and cellphones, or will the agency want to include more specialized devices, such as sensors, health monitors, or warehouse robots.

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Singapore’s EVe harnesses the power of data with help from NTT DATA, AWS

AWS Public Sector

The scope of EVe’s responsibilities extends beyond this initial deployment, as EVe is also looking at evaluating and expanding the EV charging infrastructure as part of its business growth. EVe will coordinate the upgrading of supporting electrical infrastructure for EV charging.

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