FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Due to the significant volume of social media posts, only posts that score above a designated threshold are forwarded to the system for review.” That communication, from a supervisory IT specialist at the FBI, shows that the government would have had to consider what threshold values to deploy at the bureau.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The micro-purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, the 8(a) sole source contract ceiling and several other similar acquisition limits are likely to increase in 2025. Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Protests of contracts went down last fiscal year.

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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. Punjab is the most populated province and biggest consumer of electricity in Pakistan.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. Most organizational procurement policies define thresholds that dictate when a particular method should be used.

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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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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This was (and is) particularly important because of the sudden decision to award directly contracts especially for PPE. It is fair to say I did get some pushback for my view and how that implied an unreasonably high threshold of competence and behaviour by decision makers in the run up to a serious medical emergency.

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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.” DHS tracks its FOIAs in a public log. OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment.

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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. Read on to find out.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 21, 2024

trade actions that have or may impose new or increased tariffs on certain imports of Chinese merchandise and solar products. Section 201 On May 16, 2024, the Biden Administration announced changes to safeguard duties under Section 201 currently in effect on certain solar product imports from numerous countries.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Along with FFRDCs, Derrios remains optimistic that Congress will grant State another important acquisition tool: The authority to use other transaction agreements (OTAs). From new authorities to an updated organizational structure, the State Department’s acquisition office is going to look much different in the next few years.

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2025

Through a series of intuitive dashboards and control panels, users can effectively manage resource allocation, set thresholds, and track utilization. When a consumers resource usage within the Outpost breaches the soft threshold, the owner account sends an email to the Outposts owner. Threshold for Amazon EC2 resource on Outpost level.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Depending on the item and the value of the acquisition, the TAA or other specific free trade agreements might apply because the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has waived the BAA for many supply acquisitions above specific thresholds, ranging from 50,000 to 174,000.

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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. So this takes away a very, very important attribute for companies to be able to bid and win contracts. Now the Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban non-compete agreements.

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Federal News Network

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to software development, the Army is going to stop worrying about the color of money. That’s because as part of its new approach to software modernization, the Army is rethinking what sustainment means. With that color of money, we can really only do minor patches, fixes and bug updates.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 30, 2024

“Maximize orders to small businesses under the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) to the maximum extent practicable.” To that end, OMB has recommended steps such as increasing small business order set-asides and maximizing small business set-asides across multiple types of contracts. Limit Off-Ramps.

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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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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 27, 2024

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. Importers will be able to rely on default values, at least until 2031.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. 10.151), imports that qualify for Section 321 treatment are entered under informal entry procedures, which do not require a U.S.

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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. As noted above, at the present time, only the VA can set aside prime contracts for VOSBs.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 19, 2024

This is also unsurprising, as the government really did not do the best job in making it clear what this act does. We have talked about the Act before, but now, let’s take a deeper dive into it. Overview The Buy American Act is one of those “more complicated than it looks” laws. It is implemented at FAR § 25.001. That 65% will become 75% in 2029.

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 27, 2024

58/2016/ND-CP and its amendments related to cyber information security, including the export/import of civil encryption products (referred to as the “Draft Decree”). Monetary Fines and Penalties: The maximum monetary fine is set at VND 200 million, which is four times the threshold in Decree No. 58/2016/ND-CP.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This perspective defines a project management office, the importance of cloud-specific governance reviews, and the value in applying an agile approach to cloud projects. What is the solution and most important customer benefit? Cloud services are entirely software-defined. What is the prevailing customer problem or opportunity?

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

The result– the market has turned into almost a monopoly where there is one dominant provider and the threshold for other vendors is so high that entry is incredibly difficult. Though the private and public sectors may appear to be distinct entities, a closer look reveals many shared characteristics.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Before 1 September 2024, imports valued at ZAR500 or less (c. Furthermore, both suppliers and consumers benefitted from simplified import procedures. EUR26) were subject to a flat rate of 20% in lieu of customs duties and no value added tax ( low value consignment relief ).

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies. Such access is in the public interest because it promotes efficiency and realism.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Only then could the Court determine if such language met the threshold for a waiver of execution immunity under English law, the law of the enforcement jurisdiction. In this post, we dissect the Court’s decision in General Dynamics and reflect on its principal takeaways. GD UK contended that Libya had waived its immunity under SIA s.13(3)

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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. Happy New Year to our SmallGovCon readers! 2 Goodbye PTAC, Hello APEX Accelerators.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

In order to bring Washington law in compliance with federal small works bonding requirements, Senate Bill 5734 , which passed both the House and Senate unanimously, addresses the following: Changes Project Amount: Increases the $35,000 threshold to $150,000. Consult with your attorney regarding how to interpret this issue. See RCW 60.28.

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Great Government Through Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We recognize how important your invaluable feedback is through your responses to our requests for information, draft performance work statement and the draft solicitation. FinOps: At first, contractors were required to monitor and automatically suspend cloud services when consumption reached certain thresholds.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Salomon underscored the importance of factors such as the strength of universities and institutions in Paris, along with the geopolitical landscape, and how influential parties and the flow of money can play pivotal roles in seat selection. Referring to research done by Mikaël Schinazi, Ms. Closing off, Ms.

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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. A new Procurement Policy Note has been published which provides an updated Standard Selection Questionnaire.

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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. A new Procurement Policy Note has been published which provides an updated Standard Selection Questionnaire.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For details on this important case, the Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with attorney Stephen Bacon of Rogers-Joseph-O’Donnell. Multiple-award contracts don’t mean everyone who bids get a slot. A new federal circuit court ruling shows that losing companies can protest those who did get an award and maybe knock them off.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

At the same time, current experience raises important policy considerations and questions for stakeholders across the procurement community. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies. Such access is in the public interest because it promotes efficiency and realism.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

That is important because some judges tend to side with the government and others tend to side with industry so we may be able to discern where this latest set of protests are going.” The number of points needed to meet the threshold to win a spot on the contract went down. We increased the number of potential winners from 431 to 464.”

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

So again, we will be covering this in a two-part blog–both to ensure we are always promptly and thoroughly providing important regulatory updates to our readers, and in the interest of blog brevity (which we certainly value here too). But keep your eyes out for the soon-to-follow Part II blog on this topic.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

b) proposes raising the monetary threshold for Expedited Procedure from SGD 6,000,000 to SGD 10,000,000, positioning SIAC as the institution with the most substantial threshold amount in place for Expedited Procedure. Expedited Procedure Since Expedited Procedure was introduced in 2010, it has become increasingly popular.

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