SmallGovCon

JUNE 21, 2024

For the former, the information below can serve as a refresher on the basics of economic disadvantage–but also, a source for SBA’s most recent economic disadvantage thresholds (as of 2024, as these are updated periodically for inflation ). What are SBA’s current economic disadvantage thresholds ?

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 27, 2024

The CBAM proposal forms part of the UK government’s wider strategy to tackle carbon leakage. To achieve this it will impose a carbon price on imported goods with the aim of levelling the playing field and ensuring that imported goods are subject to a carbon price that is comparable to that incurred by manufacturers based in the UK.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

January 2024 - Revised thresholds for new procurements come into effect. It is important to note that until the new Act goes live, the existing legislation will continue to apply, and any procurements started before then will continue to be governed by the old regime. Existing threshold (until 31 December 2023) (incl.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 17, 2024

How domestic courts approach challenges to arbitration awards is of increasing importance as foreign parties often decide to seat an arbitration in a jurisdiction that they believe will provide the greatest stability to governing the arbitration process.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 But we think this protest raises some important questions. Under 13 C.F.R. million for others), in most cases, the agency must compete the set-aside. But this rule does not apply in all circumstances.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Back in 2020 (and 2021) I went out on a limb stating that when it come down to the pandemic preparation in early 2020, ie before March 23rd the UK government did not take the risk of Covid seriously enough and did not act when it should. What we are seeing from the evidence, however, is a broad picture emerging about the government.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Two different supply chain supply regimes essentially govern supply acquisition: The Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). The BAA, however, is a price evaluation preference, which means if the price of a Chinese product is low enough, the federal government will buy that product.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years.

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Great Government Through Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Agencies across government continue to struggle with buying and adopting cloud technologies. The Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), to complement GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule Cloud SIN 518210C, will meet the government’s demand for more comprehensive, secure and compliant cloud-based solutions. We heard you!

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The requirement to pay “prevailing wages” to covered workers is a perennial aspect of many types of government contracting, including construction contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) and certain related laws (collectively referred to as the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts or “DBRA”).

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 11, 2024

While we have already posted some updates from 2024, it’s a good time to reflect on the important posts from 2023. It’s a good chance to look back on the important articles from 2023, and those topics of continuing interest to federal contractors. 6 FAR Final Rule: Increased Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

SBA’s recently proposed rule seeks to officially broaden the reach of its “Rule of Two”–a government contracting requirement fundamental to supporting our nation’s small business infrastructure, policies, and goals. But it does not place any hard requirements on the government to apply the Rule of Two.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Government treasury bills (“T-bills”) becomes higher than the interest rate on 10-year U.S. Government treasury notes. [6] 23] And, as the Government has previously pointed out, “because the committee depends on government statistics that are reported at various lags, it cannot officially designate a recession until after it starts.”

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Trade agreements and country of origin requirements play a big role in international trade and government contracting. These rules are important because they affect things like taxes and which products can be used in government projects. Understanding these rules is key for businesses that want to work with the government.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 15, 2024

FAR 19.502-2(a) requires that all acquisitions for supplies or services that have an anticipated dollar value above the micro-purchase threshold ($10,000 at the time of this post) but not over the simplified acquisition threshold or SAT ($250,000 at the time of this post) be set aside for small businesses. Need legal assistance?

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VWV

APRIL 23, 2024

This applies to all above-threshold procurements. The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. In addition, there are updated questions relating to construction contracts and central government procurement.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Develop a governance strategy A governance strategy enables an organization to manage multiple cloud projects simultaneously in a flexible, coordinated, and interdependent way. The following tips can help your agency develop a governance strategy. What is the solution and most important customer benefit?

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

We get a lot of questions about federal government contracting as federal government contracting attorneys, which makes sense. This is also unsurprising, as the government really did not do the best job in making it clear what this act does. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? call 785-200-8919.

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

This applies to all above-threshold procurements. The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. In addition, there are updated questions relating to construction contracts and central government procurement.

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SmallGovCon

JULY 18, 2024

On top of this, it also would allow DoD contracting officers to sole source contracts to VOSBs if the contracts are below certain dollar thresholds. It is very important to clarify here that the above all only would apply to DoD contracts. Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? Need legal assistance?

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Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical role of flexibility in fiscal governance. While triggers and conditions regarding the escape clauses are generally straightforward, there is room for improvement in framing activation around events beyond government control.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Government supply chain as directed by the Federal Acquisition Security Council (“FASC). The Interim Rule implements requirements from Section 202 of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (“FASCSA”), which will require contractors to ensure certain products and services are excluded from the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 11, 2024

The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Government Procurement. Government-related data when such transactions involve a “country of concern.” Government-related data. Suggested thresholds in the ANPRM range from data sets on 100 U.S. Government (e.g., For companies in the U.S.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 30, 2024

One of those is Executive Order 14091 , Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. That executive order established a government-wide goal of awarding at least 15 percent of federal contract spending to small disadvantaged businesses in FY 2025.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. 13] If an initial review of the facts results in the Government challenging a specific cost, the contractor has the burden to prove that the cost is reasonable. [14]

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Company will work with Agency in good faith to ensure that Company’s record management and data storage processes meet or exceed the thresholds required for Agency’s compliance with applicable records management laws and regulations.” “For clarity, any Federal Records-related obligations are Agency’s, not Company’s.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While that new structure comes into place, Derrios also is giving State’s acquisition workforce new tools and creating new governance bodies to help reduce time to contract award. The threshold [for review] is $250 million and over. We can approach industry in a means where we can leverage our buying power.” So it’s pretty high.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 12, 2024

Two different supply chain supply regimes essentially govern supply acquisition: The Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). The BAA, however, is a price evaluation preference, which means if the price of a Chinese product is low enough, the federal government will buy that product.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

federal government shutdown creates a number of direct and indirect consequences that impact U.S. federal government shutdown can have serious consequences because of the size of federal spending and its impact on the U.S. government spent $6.27 government spent $6.27 What Is a Government Shutdown?

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Just last month, at the Coalition’s Spring Training Conference, a panel of government and industry practitioners engaged in a fascinating discussion on how AI supports agency procurement operations. At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

Non-compete clauses have been an important tool for companies to protect intellectual property and ensure they get treated fairly when employees leave. But for government contractors, this has some very unique and I think, deleterious consequences. The government takes a long time to solicit, evaluate and award contracts.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024, the Government Accountability Office has published 35 decisions, but only two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the challenge. To meet this threshold, a protester must demonstrate that, but for the agency’s actions, it would have had a substantial chance of receiving the award.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Just last month, at the Coalition’s Spring Training Conference, a panel of government and industry practitioners engaged in a fascinating discussion on how AI supports agency procurement operations. At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement (CGP) commends GSA for promulgating the EPA rule. Contractors rapidly found that their MAS offerings were no longer economically feasible and began removing important goods and services from their contracts.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Background The case relates to an award issued by a Geneva-seated ICC tribunal constituted pursuant to a Swiss law-governed contract executed between General Dynamics United Kingdom (“GD UK”) and the State of Libya (“Libya”) for the supply of communication and information systems to be installed in Libyan army vehicles (the “Contract”).

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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. Relief So, how does a contractor obtain inflation cost relief from the Government?

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In the following paragraphs, we will explore the key elements of this transformative agenda and the opportunities for action available to governments in the region. As a result, addressing passive waste through capacity-building measures can generate large savings for governments. What is Smart Public Procurement?

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