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DHS to Recompete Internal Control Assessment Support BPA

GovCon Wire

The Department of Homeland Security plans to recompete a multiple-award, blanket purchase agreement for internal control assessment support services.

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Procurement purchasing card perils: Will you be the next headline?

American City & Country

In January, Local 10 news in Miami reported that a former Miami-Dade School Board member used district-issued credit cards to rack up more than $100,000 in personal purchases that included everything from refrigerators to a trip to Disney World.

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Paperless Innovations to Offer Actus Platform to Federal Agencies via MAS Contract Financial Management SIN

ExecutiveBiz

Federal agencies can now buy Actus , a cloud-based government purchase card management platform from Paperless Innovations , using a special item number under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract.

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Taking Care of Business (Systems): DoD Proposes to Change the Definition of a Business System Deficiency 

Government Contracts Legal Forum

The clauses allow the government to temporarily withhold payment on a covered contract if a significant deficiency in a business system is identified.

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SEC Whistleblower Office Posts Notice for 3M FCPA Case

Whistleblower Network News

million to settle charges that it violated the books and records and internal controls provisions of the FCPA. However, the arrangements to attend the events were often a pretext to provide the Chinese government officials with overseas travel, including tourism activities, to induce them to purchase 3M products.”

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Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: The Truth in Negotiations Act, or Whatever the Kids Are Calling It These Days (Part 3)

Government Contracts & Investigations

42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.) 45] If the actual supplier is different from the baseline supplier, assess the risk that the contractor purchased an inferior component ( i.e., product substitution). [46]

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NITAAC obtains 801 Certification: DoD Assisted Acquisitions Now Much Easier

NIH NITAAC

Section 801 provides guidance on the “procurement policies, procedures, and internal controls” that must be followed to assure compliance with defense procurement requirements, particularly for a nondefense agency when it is performing an assisted acquisitions to procure supplies and services on behalf of the DoD.