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Winning Strategies for Securing a Government Contract for Trucking

Select GCR

MAY 21, 2024

Effectively bidding on government transportation contracts involves utilizing databases like Sam.gov and Select GCR Pro to find opportunities based on specific criteria, along with gaining support from contracting experts and ensuring compliance with legal and certification prerequisites.

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Watchdog Won't Touch Freight Dispute Amid Fed. Circ. Appeal

Government Contracts

JANUARY 8, 2024

Government Accountability Office tossed a challenge to a pending $2.3 billion freight transportation services deal, saying Monday that the complaint concerned audit requirements that were already being litigated in the Federal Circuit.

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Freight Forwarders And Common Carriers: Know Your Cargo

Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Freight forwarders and other nonprincipal parties involved in global cargo movement should follow the guidance in the multi-agency know-your-cargo compliance note to avoid enforcement actions should they fail to spot evasive tactics used in supply chains to circumvent U.S. sanctions and export controls, say attorneys at Venable.

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DOD Not Obligated To Suggest Tweaked Pricing On $2.3B Deal

Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Government Accountability Office has thrown out Maersk's protest over the shipping giant's rejection from a $2.3 billion contract for military freight transportation services, saying U.S. Transportation Command wasn't obligated to tell it its pricing was too high.

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GSA Audit Authority Ruling Bars Crowley Suit Over DOD Deal

Government Contracts

MAY 28, 2024

A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected Crowley Government Services Inc.'s Transportation Command solicitation for freight services, saying the company effectively attempted to relitigate an already decided dispute over the General Services Administration's audit authority. s protest over the terms of a U.S.

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BREAKING: Justices Pass On Norfolk Southern Claim To Rail Line Control

Government Contracts

APRIL 15, 2024

s challenge to a 2022 Surface Transportation Board ruling that the freight railroad company can't control Virginia's Belt Line, which opened it up to an antitrust suit from rival CSX Transportation Inc. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear Norfolk Southern Railway Co.'s over its rate-setting.

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Shipping Cos. Air Frustrations With Colo. Ski Town Ordinance

Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Regional managers for UPS and FedEx Freight took the stand in Colorado federal court Thursday to explain why a popular ski town's new ordinance barring trucks from a pedestrian mall area is a big problem for their operations, complicating their ability to make deliveries.

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Another possible challenge for DoD’s $19B moving contract: No movers

Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

Service Contract Act complications Another major complication for movers: Under the GHC contract, they’ll need to comply with the Service Contract Act (SCA) — something they’ve never had to do before, and that they argue is fundamentally incompatible with the way the moving industry operates. We had so many shipments screwed up.

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Three Essential Tips to Help Vendors Get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Additionally, government projects rose 39% during 2021 , and we’re only seeing that level of growth increase just one month into 2022. Many businesses just like yours are asking themselves what they need to know in order to bid and win government contracts tied to infrastructure funding. 66 billion for railroads.

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Four essential tips to help contractors get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Many contractors are trying to determine what they need to know in order to bid and win government contracts tied to the new Infrastructure Bill as funding flows into cities and communities across the nation. It saves your business valuable time and effort typically spent searching the internet for relevant government projects.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jay Blindauer A contractor takes on a Government contract to make money, and inflation is getting in the way. With inflation eroding value for this long, a Government contractor may need to obtain contract relief. In Government contracts, an argument styled as unjust enrichment is ineffective.

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NAICS Code Appeal Still a Powerful Tool

SmallGovCon

MARCH 13, 2025

CueBid Technologies in its appeal argued that NAICS code 484110 (General Freight Trucking, Local) with its $30 million size standard, would be a better fit. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? The post NAICS Code Appeal Still a Powerful Tool first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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SBA MUST USE TAX RETURNS FOR SIZE DETERMINATIONS

Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The post SBA MUST USE TAX RETURNS FOR SIZE DETERMINATIONS appeared first on Public Contracting Institute - Government Contracts Training. For size determination purposes, the only exclusions from receipts are those specifically provided for in this paragraph.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

13] Fourth , “the PPI includes government purchases, while the CPI does not[.]” [14] Because of the differences, for Government contracts cost and pricing analysis, PPI tends to provide better benchmarks for non-commercial supply or construction contracts. This is particularly true in the Government contracts space.

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Winning Strategies for Securing a Government Contract for Trucking

Watchdog Won't Touch Freight Dispute Amid Fed. Circ. Appeal

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Freight Forwarders And Common Carriers: Know Your Cargo

DOD Not Obligated To Suggest Tweaked Pricing On $2.3B Deal

GSA Audit Authority Ruling Bars Crowley Suit Over DOD Deal

BREAKING: Justices Pass On Norfolk Southern Claim To Rail Line Control

Shipping Cos. Air Frustrations With Colo. Ski Town Ordinance

Another possible challenge for DoD’s $19B moving contract: No movers

Three Essential Tips to Help Vendors Get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

Four essential tips to help contractors get in on the $1.2 Trillion U.S. Infrastructure Bill

An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

NAICS Code Appeal Still a Powerful Tool

SBA MUST USE TAX RETURNS FOR SIZE DETERMINATIONS

Government Contracts Inflation Update

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