Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. GSA’s current use of algorithms and pricing data is instructive in this regard.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Other agencies can also use the contract with competitive pricing and terms. By pooling demand, public sector entities can benefit from bulk buying discounts and negotiated price reductions. Implementation: Become a member and start integrating cooperative purchasing into your procurement processes.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Marine Corps Logistic Command plans to launch a solicitation for a potential $550 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for services in support of the Logistics Integration Support program.

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ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 24, 2023

NASA announced Monday that it granted the firm-fixed-price delivery order to SRI for the vehicle's development, integration, shipment, launch and mission operations and eventual decommissioning. Southwest Research Institute has been awarded a potential six-year, $54.9

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WashngtonExec

MARCH 21, 2024

Jackie Chewning Executive Director of Proposal Pricing, Axient Jackie Chewning recently worked across departments to create a competitively advantageous cost submission on a transformational proposal effort. During her time with Axient, Chewning led the integration and alignment [.]

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

After a close collaboration with Amazon Business over the last year, it is exciting to officially announce the next phase of our collaboration, truly integrated search between Ivalua and the Amazon Business marketplace. With real-time pricing and inventory information to ensure that the items selected are available.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

After a close collaboration with Amazon Business over the last year, it is exciting to officially announce the next phase of our collaboration, truly integrated search between Ivalua and the Amazon Business marketplace. With real-time pricing and inventory information to ensure that the items selected are available.

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Watson & Associates

AUGUST 10, 2023

254b that requires government contractors to submit cost or pricing data in their bids and to certify. Read more » The post How to Avoid Truth in Negotiations Act TINA Pricing Criminal Liability appeared first on Watson & Associates LLC Government Contracts Blog. federal law, 10 U.S.C. 2306a, 41 U.S.C.

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Great Government Through Technology

JANUARY 14, 2025

Geographic Information Systems help integrate various data sources to create floodplain maps and visualizations. Using geographic information software, EOS can integrate various data sources to create habitat maps and support conservation planning. These efforts support species conservation efforts.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2021

With this integration, Ivalua enables a diverse market of users by offering an integrated search experience. Real time pricing and inventory ensures items selected are available. The post Ivalua Offers Employees a New Integrated Search e-commerce Experience with Amazon Business appeared first on Ivalua.

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Government Accountability Office said pricing estimates for Direct File — the electronic filing program made available this tax season for payers in 12 states — didn’t include start-up costs, including for the technology underpinning the system. Estimates for technology costs appear to be an especially unwieldy target.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, are trying to correct a misunderstanding of congressional intent when it comes to how and when agencies should consider price when reviewing proposals for contracts.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Gemini Technical Services Joint Venture will provide support to the Space Training and Readiness Command under the Innovation, Integration and Information Support contract awarded by the U.S.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. GSA’s current use of algorithms and pricing data is instructive in this regard.

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Transparency Data Procurement Management 64

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Federal customers are often challenged by integrating data across multiple systems and providing federated access to authenticated users operating across multiple organizations. These integrated capabilities are then launched via an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) cluster.

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

On November 25, 2024, the City of Pittsburgh (PA) discussed budget approval to replace QSend311 with Salesforce in 2025, and integrating other current software with the new CRM system. Spending & POs give you historical purchasing data down to the line item, enabling you to price your services competitively.

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Ultimately, the buyer can efficiently compare offers and select the optimal supplier(s) according to a best value/best price logic or lower total cost of ownership. A reverse auction can be added to the process, managed by CKS as a trusted third party.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Comprehensive data integration drives improvements in the deployment of both traditional and non-traditional learning experiences by surfacing insights about what works best for adult learners. Administrators, on the other hand, prefer ease of administration, data privacy and data integration.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

One of the most important factors for local governments to consider before purchasing any new technology is how quickly and effectively it can be integrated into an organization’s existing tech stack without disrupting day-to-day operations. This is more than just the flat price of the new technology.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 11, 2024

It aims to achieve best value for money by balancing life-cycle costs and quality to meet user needs beyond just the lowest initial price. Conclusion The strategic integration of effectiveness and efficiency in public procurement is vital for enhancing public sector operations and community welfare.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Additionally, Carahsoft says it works with more than 10,000 government contractors, value-added resellers, solution providers and system integrators. Carahsoft does this at an extremely low margin compared to going through a big systems integrator. They do a great service and provide innovation.” Why take the risk?

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 13, 2024

Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a firm-fixed-priced contract valued at $28.5 Under the five-year deal, L3Harris will work alongside the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Integrated Weapon Support Team to ensure combat readiness of the MIDS JTRS.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 18, 2024

The company said Wednesday the firm-fixed-price contract covers lifecycle transport aircraft system modernization, logistical, integration, sustainment, engineering and technical services for USMC’s fleet of 10 Navy to provide system maintenance and modernization support services for the U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

AUGUST 15, 2024

SpinSys-Dine, a small business specializing in cloud-based services integration, has received a $35.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Defense Health Agency for program management, engineering and information technology operations support.

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Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

The majority of federal government procurement is not a set and attacked by bid rigging, price fixing and fraud schemes. And what the OECD tried to do is assess how much money is lost from bid rigging, price fixing and other collusive schemes at the outset from government spending. Dan Glad They are exceptions. Dan Glad Absolutely.

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GovCon Wire

JULY 17, 2024

DRS Laurel Technologies will develop, integrate and manufacture hardware for the U.S. and Australian navies and the Foreign Military Sales program under the fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost reimbursable IDIQ, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Navy for hardware products.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to NASA, the SSA was appointed after the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) was selected, and all participants in the procurement process were reminded of their obligations under the FAR, NFS, and Procurement Integrity Act. Lastly, the SSA stated, “I did not consult or talk to [the Ball executive] regarding this procurement.”

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Many public sector organizations are seeking to integrate solutions deployed in their on-premises environments with new cloud applications and technologies as they modernize their organizations. Software vendors and value-added resellers provide discounted prices to SLG agencies with AWS Marketplace private offers.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

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FedInsider

APRIL 10, 2025

AI-powered security integrates with existing tools like Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, ticketing systems, and segmentation tools, ensuring alerts are backed by verifiable evidence. Vivian has invaluable experience in developing software, tools, and critical integrations for public sector operational use.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The AWS framework helps EdTechs improve cost efficiency, assess functionality expansion, and grow market share, by aligning pricing with solution value to students and institutions. This will result in more accurate cost forecasting, and drive viable business models and pricing strategies. Review your sales pricing model.

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Federal News Network

JULY 8, 2024

The Office Of Management and Budget and General Services Administration have been fielding a data integration tool to help contracting officers. Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

– Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. As suppliers cannot modify POs, they inform their customer by email that they must change an item, a price or a delivery date of the order. Challenge : Integrate to a broad range of legacy solutions.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

HUBZone-certified businesses not only gain eligibility for set-aside contracts but also receive a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions. Using SAM.gov SAM.gov is the official website for federal contract opportunities and integrates information from various federal procurement systems.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

million contract to provide sustainment, program management and integrated logistics support services for engines used to power the Osprey tiltrotor military transport and cargo aircraft. Navy has awarded Rolls-Royce a potential two-year, $695.3

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