Redstone Government Consulting

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The CO authorizes the contracting officers representative (COR) to perform many important tasks to assist the CO in administrating the contract during performance.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Back then, when the MAS was a mandatory source and was limited to products, like office supplies, many in government interpreted the “lowest cost alternative” to default to lowest price, as price was the most discriminating factor. Forty years later, the MAS program is no longer a mandatory source.

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GovSpend

MARCH 18, 2024

The agenda promised insights into vendor verification, sourcing new vendors, validating pricing against historical purchase orders, market research, and tailoring bids and RFQs for success. To further illustrate the importance of price validation, Paige then walked the audience through a spending search for Chromebooks.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Stakeholders must appreciate and understand that there is a nexus between requirements and price, especially for small businesses. Data context in assessing fair and reasonable pricing is foundational to sound acquisition business decisions. Competition and industrial base are important to the vitality of the procurement system.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Back then, when the MAS was a mandatory source and was limited to products, like office supplies, many in government interpreted the “lowest cost alternative” to default to lowest price, as price was the most discriminating factor. Forty years later, the MAS program is no longer a mandatory source.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

McGinty notes however, that local governments may buy less regularly and in smaller quantities than for-profit landscaping businesses. It’s important to identify the types of projects you will be completing. The company has more than 600 locations throughout the U.S. Michael Keating is senior editor for American City & County.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Key Takeaways Understanding the different types of government contracts—fixed price, cost reimbursement, and time and materials—is crucial for businesses to manage risks and costs effectively while engaging with government projects. There are three primary types of contracts: fixed price, cost reimbursement, and time/materials contracts.

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Public Contracting Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This blog has frequently stressed the importance of responding to any solicitation by the due date/time, fully, and in complete accord with the solicitation. Takeaway – Red Team Review is Important Takeaway.

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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. of the GSA “Diversion of Gas and Take or Pay” for Monthly Take-or-Pay Quantity of gas.

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Public Contracting Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This blog has frequently stressed the importance of responding to any solicitation by the due date/time, fully, and in complete accord with the solicitation.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

The three deficiencies were: GSA said ePS-NDVSB didn’t provide the ability to have a minimum order quantity; didn’t demonstrate a data dashboard; and didn’t have a marketplace unique for government use. GSA said this requirement was to ensure price reasonableness of the services any one company is offering.

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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. After all, how can you divide a requirement after the fact?

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I made all the decisions about the chart and back catalogue (non chart) singles range I stocked and the pre-order quantities of new release singles. ​ My job was to ensure I had enough stock to fulfil demand and beat my sales targets. T rends came and went fast! This could be a very stressful activity.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

First and foremost, if enacted, the legislative language will enable the Schedule program to continue to modernize beyond the price reduction clause, which clause represents the antithesis of best value. Certainly, there will be task or delivery order competitions where price is the determining factor.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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. A very interesting—and important—distinction to keep in your back pocket. So, what have we learned?

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Customers may select the best offer from submitted tenders based on quality, price, and terms thanks to its transparency, equity, and efficiency of the tender process. This method decreases the number of bids to control and evaluate, concentrating on the quality rather than quantity. It serves as the foundation for the tender.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Advocacy campaigns have contributed to important changes to procurement laws and practices, for example, encouraging compliance with competition rules, allowing civil society to file complaints about procurement for the first time, and increasing disclosure of quasi-governmental sector procurement data. It received 4750 votes.

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Public Contracting Institute

JULY 14, 2024

To truly grasp the importance of CAS 407, it’s essential to have a solid foundation in government contracting principles. It’s important to understand how it interacts with other Cost Accounting Standards to ensure comprehensive compliance.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Even more so now, seasoned professionals in the construction industry have seen budgets disrupted considerably by fluctuations in pricing and lead times that have shredded carefully drafted cost estimates and project schedules. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.

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Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, FAR includes a provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, which ensures independent bids and prevents collusive pricing in government contracting. In this context, it is essential to be aware of the Cost Accounting Standards Board and its regulations.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During the training, Jason, Liam, and Alex will cover the following topics and more: Pricing – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)/Commercial Sales Practices (CSP); Domestic Preferences; Supply Chain; Enforcement/Mandatory Disclosure/Ethics; Sustainability Requirements/Policy; and Bid Protests Update.

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NIH NITAAC

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Agencies get the same low price regardless of the quantities ordered. Priority #4: Continue to Leverage Best in Class (BIC) GWACs: CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 Small Business and CIO-CS There is much promise in leveraging BIC. A significant portion of our revenue resulted from being able to leverage our BIC status.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS Community Care Network (CCN) View the agendas for more details. Pricing details included in the prospectus. Thus, the VA set the solicitation aside for small business.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As contracting activities are busy awarding new contracts, it is important to follow the trends related to successful and effective protests as you consider filing your own bid protest, or as you defend your award as an intervenor. 2] This procurement utilized a lowest priced technically acceptable source selection methodology.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS VA Prosthetics Community Care Network (CCN) View the agendas for more details. Pricing details included in the prospectus.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

the quantity and depth of new information) and whether new information is actionable for key stakeholders such as bidding firms; and (ii) the nature of demand for transparency, that is the existence of data users who are willing and able to act upon the information published. percentage points.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

On November 20, tables include: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Ask the Med/Surg Supply BPAs Ask the SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) To view the draft agenda for the governmentwide day, click here. October 28 : Webinar: 2024 (2025 FCPs) Public Law Pricing Update for Covered Drugs – Click here to register.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Pricing details included in the prospectus. Robert Skinner, the next iteration will include streamlined cloud capability, greater diversity in cloud service providers, and potentially “an option of not having task orders competed, that we can have an [indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity] as well as task order competition.”

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), September 13 Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) Summary states that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3 1] Similarly, the BLS September 14 Producer Price Index (“PPI”) Summary states that “[o]n an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand moved up 8.7

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Pricing details included in the prospectus. Under certain circumstances contracting officers may require continued performance fixed-price contracts if the contractor already has been paid or funds already have been obligated. 8, A3 Price Template V.2 For more information, please contact Heather Tarpley at htarpley@thecgp.org.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

Since a disappointed offeror only has three days to timely make a written request for a required debriefing, it is important to know when the three-day period begins to run. 15] Not For All Procurements Just as important as knowing how to get a required debriefing is discerning what is not a required debriefing. 3703 , 10 U.S.C.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”). 3] Because economists often consider food and energy prices to be too volatile, they may pull those items out to see what is called “core inflation.” [4] Here, I provide some of the latest information and updates.

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

A flurry of new domestic-preference updates brings greater clarity to the requirements and imparts important lessons that government contractors should know when bidding for and performing on federal financial assistance programs. It is important to note the test does not incorporate costs related to the manufacture of the product.

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Select GCR

AUGUST 27, 2024

Equally important, individual contractors cannot use funds under their control for political contributions or expenditures. It ensures stable, long-term contracts for a variety of commercial products and services at predetermined prices, offering reliable and consistent payment terms to contractors.

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Select GCR

JANUARY 28, 2025

This guide breaks down the major contract types government agencies use, including fixed-price, cost reimbursement, time and materials, and IDIQ contracts. Each contract type has specific uses and benefits, which are important for any business aiming to work with the government.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 17, 2025

Terry Gerton: And sometimes, I guess, something like an indefinite delivery, indefinate quantity, an IDIQ, a contractor may incur some costs to set up upfront before they ever know if they’re going to get an order. But in a larger contract there’s more rules and regulations around what kinds of costs you can recover.

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Select GCR

APRIL 8, 2025

Federal government contracts can be categorized into different types, including fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and time-and-materials contracts. Federal contracts come in various forms, including fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and time-and-materials contracts.

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