SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Also, in moves that were likely aimed to increase participation, or at least interest among potential mentors, the DoD is proposing a reduction of the dollar threshold associated with mentor eligibility, and increasing the length of a mentor protégé agreement. Just in the past week, the DoD released the newest proposed changes to its program.

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Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Changes to Prevailing Wage Rate Calculations Previously, DOL set a rate as the “prevailing wage” within a county when a threshold of 50 percent or more of applicable workers voluntarily reported that they were paid that rate. We expand on the final rule’s changes — and on the pending legal challenges — below.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 10, 2024

OHA reminded contractors that the nonmanufacturer rule applies only to acquisitions over the simplified acquisition threshold. In a recent size appeal, the SBA OHA made it clear that the nonmanufacturer rule has it limits, and will not apply depending on the dollar value of the acquisition. SIZ-6276 (Apr. 8(a)) at any dollar amount.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Though the bills are largely similar, the House legislation includes a provision that the Alliance for Digital Innovation “strongly supports” that is not in the Senate version: a proposal to increase the micro-purchase threshold (MPT) made available to agencies “to rapidly acquire low-cost technical solutions.” Gary Peters, D-Mich.,

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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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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

. § 124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 million for others), in most cases, the agency must compete the set-aside. 124.506(a)(5) is a provision meant to close up what otherwise would be a loophole in the rules. But this rule does not apply in all circumstances.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

million for construction contracts). While the specific goal will vary with each contract (or in some cases may be on a company-wide basis), it is rare for a contracting officer to find a large business hasn’t met the given goal. Let’s take a deeper look at these findings. This report has proven to be quite eye-opening. It was as low as 35.9%

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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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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Happy Friday! It’s time to say goodbye to 2023 and usher in the new year. Here at SmallGovCon, we would like to thank all of our blog readers for a wonderful year. We will continue to work hard to provide helpful federal contracting news and updates in 2024 and we truly appreciate your continued support and feedback. Happy new year!

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Under New Jersey law, any business, its executives, or representatives have a very low threshold for providing and reporting gifts, or what the law defines as “benefit passing,” and public disclosure is required. For almost all New Jersey government officials and state employees, gifts are forbidden.

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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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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

While OCI “requirements are applicable to most procurements, acquisitions below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) and those for commercial products are exempt, as well as subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services.” The entire law, however, was less than two pages. Professional Standards.

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Federal News Network

MAY 1, 2024

Tom Temin Sure, and there are also some updated thresholds for what gets audited, what gets investigated by the government, and also for some of the provisions for equipment and ancillary costs associated with a grant. Let’s talk about maybe the threshold for what gets audited. Dan Ramish Yes, Tom. Fair to say? Dan Ramish Yes.

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Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. For LAC countries, this threshold is at approximately 53 percent of GDP.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Contract modifications A contract change notice will be required for most above threshold modifications. Increased transparency throughout the lifecycle of a procurement and related contract. Number of notices has increased from 3 to up to 10 for a standard procurement. Suppliers may be on the new debarment list for up to 5 years.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

The FedRAMP High designation denotes that the OpenAI services have met a higher security threshold to work with sensitive civilian datasets, including those in the fields of health care, law enforcement, finance and emergency response, among others.

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Redstone Government Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

If the purchase exceeds the micro-purchase threshold, yes $10,000 , you must document the justification as sole source. Well, the purchase becomes sole source – and yes, the requirements have just increased significantly. Oh, if that were only the case. Even when a purchase is customer directed, more documentation is necessary.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 28, 2024

The housing was not structurally accessible because of failures like slopes that were too steep, counters that were too high, and thresholds that did not permit wheelchair access,” the government further alleges. “The On August 26, the U.S. million to settle whistleblower allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misusing U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2025

The FIT Procurement Act would increase the simplified acquisition threshold from $200,000 to $500,000 and raise the micro-purchase threshold from $10,000 to $25,000. The goalis to improve contractor performance, increase competition at the order level, increase transparency, and increase customer satisfaction.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 17, 2024

Serious Irregularity The leading authority on Section 68 challenges is RAV Bahamas Ltd and another v Therapy Beach Club Inc [2021] UKPC 8 , which prescribes that intervention should be limited to ‘extreme’ cases and that the test of serious irregularity imposes a ‘high threshold’.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 14, 2025

As a threshold matter, it is important to note that the remaining 85 percent of supplies and products are ordered manually across the VA. Specifically, t he Veterans Health Administration (VHA) can and should adopt a commercially available, best-in-class, automated ordering platform for medical supplies and devices.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Most government contracts require a competitive solicitation process, especially for purchases exceeding certain thresholds, typically ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. One approach to securing short-term wins is to offer a proof of concept or low-cost pilots that fall below the agencys competitive threshold.

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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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FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs provided Congress with a “long overdue” update Tuesday on efforts to modernize its supply chain, fielding questions from lawmakers about the department’s transparency regarding the plan. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., As of now, we haven’t seen that effective communication.”

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The evidentiary threshold to proving CO bias is extremely high. The solicitation provided that the agency would evaluate offerors using the procedures outlined in FAR section 13.106-2(b)(4)(ii). If it is not in the highest category of past performance, we will evaluate the next lowest [priced] offer in the highest past performance category.”

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FedScoop

JUNE 24, 2024

The agency is also recommending that the federal government create evaluation standards for LLMs “consisting of questions or lines of questioning and thresholds for unacceptably dangerous responses to improve the models.” It was not immediately clear from the report what this recommendation would entail.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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. Michael Derrios is the senior procurement executive at the State Department. “It It helps me with category management. How do we aggregate the demand?”

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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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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 8, 2024

million threshold mentioned before; The WOSB/EDWOSB is a responsible contractor; and Award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. million/$7 million threshold, the awarded concern is responsible, and award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Additionally, the WOSB/EDWOSB must be certified pursuant to 13 C.F.R.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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. This was (and is) particularly important because of the sudden decision to award directly contracts especially for PPE. In early 2022 1.5b

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

If you are a small business government contractor who ever utilizes subcontractors to complete federal set-aside contracts, knowing what a “similarly situated entity” is for a given contract is vital to your success. So, let’s take it back to the basics of “similarly situated entities.”

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The changes apply to all solicitations and contracts, including those at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and for commercial-off-the-shelf products and services. Contractor employees will have enhanced whistleblower protections starting Nov. 6 after a years long effort to improve protections.

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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. The Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) Program has long held a sort of unheralded position in SBA and federal contracting. This new provision would also set up a VOSB contracting goal for DoD.

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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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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Specifically, the Interim Final Rule includes the following major actions: Adjusting the economic disadvantage thresholds applicable to the 8(a) Business Development and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) programs, and the dollar limit for small business size standards for certain industries. [1] 17, 2022). [2]

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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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