ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 26, 2024

million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to repair K34 marine gas turbine engines. StandardAero, represented by the government contracting agency Canadian Commercial Corp., Navy has awarded StandardAero and two other companies positions on an $81.7

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is essentially Federal Government Contracting 101 and applies to any type of solicitation. Products and services acquired via a FSS contract cannot offer open market items, meaning items that the offeror did not include in its FSS contract. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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GovSpend

JUNE 18, 2024

Below, we recap her primary takeaways, giving readers a comprehensive guide to winning more government contracts with GovSpend. Last month, GovSpend host Paige Mockler hosted a practical webinar on the top 5 ways customers can boost their public sector sales using data and workflow tools on the GovSpend platform.

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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.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This article will guide you through the essentials of government contracting, from understanding different contract types to the steps required to secure a contract with government. For many businesses, engaging in federal government contracts can be a significant revenue stream and a catalyst for growth.

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As we begin the second quarter of the federal Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), we find ourselves amidst changes that will impact federal contracting in numerous ways. However, this is also the time to review and analyze the federal governments contract awards for the previous fiscal year (FY24), which ended on September 30, 2024.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It is in the best interest of the government to apply whistleblower protections through a clause in all federal government contracts.” Specifically, the changes would apply to small business set-asides for contracts.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 23, 2024

An indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (“ID/IQ”) contract may be used when the Government cannot predetermine, above a specified minimum, the precise quantities of supplies or services it will require during the contract period, and it is inadvisable for the Government to commit for more than a minimum quantity.

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SmallGovCon

JULY 2, 2024

This payment resolved allegations that QuarterLine misrepresented its women-owned small business (WOSB) status to obtain a task order they were ineligible to receive on an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract to provide physician, nursing, and ancillary services at military treatment facilities.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Department of the Navy awarded Forward Slope a place on the Seaport-NxG Multiple Award Contract (MAC). For those unfamiliar with Seaport-NxG, it is both a set of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) MACs and the platform used by the Navy to solicit, award, and administer task orders under those IDIQ MACs.

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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.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It “implemented this regulation to prevent an agency from dividing an IDIQ contract into separate smaller contract actions to make award to a single firm without competition.” Looking for the latest government contracting legal news?

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Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Bid Protests: GAO’s Loser Pays Pilot Program Once again, a “loser pays” bid protest pilot program has appeared in the NDAA, which would require contractors to reimburse DoD for costs incurred in “processing” bid protests that are ultimately denied by the Government Accountability Office.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 14, 2025

In this month's bid protest roundup, Markus Speidel at MoFo looks at three recent decisions that consider whether a past performance evaluation needs to show prejudice to be successfully challenged, the prerequisites for injunctive relief and the application of new regulatory requirements to indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 1, 2024

The court labeled these the “2014 contracts” and the “2015 contracts.” The 2014 contracts contain FAR 52.216-22 (indefinite quantity clause) and FAR 52.216-19 (order limitations clause) but not the FAR requirements clause. For other helpful suggestions on government contracting, visit: Richard D.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 29, 2024

Windamir sought more than $1 million in alleged damages in its challenge of the government’s default of its contract. Windamir received an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract in 2019 for construction work at naval stations in Florida and Georgia. What is the Public Contracting Institute?

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, recurring indefinite delivery or indefinite quantity task or delivery order construction services are not considered new ( e.g., a recurring procurement requiring all construction work at base X). (C) Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? 13 CFR § 124.504. call at 785-200-8919.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 14, 2024

This standard ensures consistency and fairness in cost accounting practices across government contractors. To truly grasp the importance of CAS 407, it’s essential to have a solid foundation in government contracting principles.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 22, 2024

The post GSA Clarifies Permissibility of Upfront Payments for Software-as-a-Service Offerings appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum. View the full article

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Note that the regulation does allow a lesser showing of detail for indefinite contracts under 13 C.F.R. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? The post Joint Venture Agreement Fails for Lack of Detail–And Too Much Detail on Venturer Control first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service has settled a lawsuit alleging its disposal of large quantities of a chemical pesticide contaminated a property near Lake Michigan, the federal government has said, months after the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals ruled the government was liable for the property's diminished value.

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Public Contracting Institute

JUNE 6, 2024

Management and operating contract means an agreement under which the Government contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a Government-owned or-controlled establishment. FAR 17.603(a) lists the limitations on the use management and operating contracts. The Economy Act (31 U.S.C.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Small business hurt by court decision The General Services Administration used the 876 authority for its ASTRO contract for services to support the operations, maintenance, readiness, research, development, systems integration and support for manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms and robotics.

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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The post Incomplete Attachment in Proposal appeared first on Public Contracting Institute - Government Contracts Training. 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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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The post Incomplete Attachment in Proposal appeared first on Public Contracting Institute - Government Contracts Training. 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 Legal Forum

JUNE 27, 2024

The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) recently announced that it seeks public comments on “whether and how” to amend the rules to clarify whether the CAS apply to indefinite value contract vehicles (or IDVs, otherwise known as indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity, or IDIQ, contracts). View the full article

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aptac

JUNE 22, 2018

Contact your PTAC : There are never shortcuts in government contracting. Your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) can help you—at no cost—to take the steps you need to be eligible, to find, and to bid on government contracts. Often these offices control much of the work that is done.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

Principle is of another small business unless those products are not available in sufficient quantities. Maybe they’re out there, but they say, who needs this when it comes to dealing with the federal government because of the enormous compliance costs? Maybe the real issue is that the small business manufacturers are out there.

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DemandStar

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Are you a government procurement agent who needs to store a large quantity of excess equipment? Find a Place (and a Partner) for Your Excess Equipment appeared first on DemandStar | Government Contract Bids, RFPs & Procurement. What unique solutions have you found to your storage needs? The post Need Storage?

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Government Accountability Office that arose from indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awards and offer important reminders about the fundamentals of procurement law. In this month's bid protest roundup, Michaela Thornton at MoFo examines three recent protests resolved in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Generally, the government contracting markets have been relatively insulated from the economic conditions. And I think the labor market is definitely an area of challenge that a lot of contractors are facing, not just this particular issue, but just in general.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Whether a recession is here now or merely waiting in the wings, proactive government contractors can make strategic moves to be in the best possible position to weather the storm. Remedy Granting Contract Clauses As with most issues with government contracting, the operative question is – what is in your contract.

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Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

It’s like a treasure trove of standard solicitation provisions and contract clauses, providing a ready reference for the standard terms often incorporated in government contracts. Types of Procurement Contracts The FAR identifies and provides guidelines for various types of procurement contracts.

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Federal Construction Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Notable about this case is the contractor’s invocation of a July 2, 2020 Department of Defense (DoD) memorandum concerning the financial consequences on contractors with firm-fixed-price contracts lacking an economic price adjustment clause during “historic and unprecedented challenges” in the wake of the pandemic’s onset.

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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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, they make the Government an inhospitable market for vendors, causing a reduction in competition and Government access to innovation. Indeed, the Government recognizes that the number of small business participants in government contracting is on a downward trajectory even as spending with small business is increasing.

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Capital Edge Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Labor is among the largest contract cost recorded to Government contracts. In many cases, they are the most significant; therefore, the Government invests significant efforts to monitoring these costs and auditing them. Government contractors of various sizes, including small businesses, may experience floor checks.

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