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The benefits of ‘best value’ for small businesses in the federal market

Federal News Network

Currently, the Schedule program is deemed a competitive procedure if participation is open to all responsible sources and orders and contracts under the program result in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the government’s needs.

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What is Cooperative Purchasing & How Does it Benefit Public Sector Procurement?

American City & Country

By participating in cooperative purchasing, organizations can save time and resources. 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. What is Cooperative Purchasing?

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What is Fair and Reasonable Transparency? 

The CGP

Doing so is important especially when proposed guidance rises to the level of rulemaking and/or creates new paperwork requirements for private firms seeking to participate in FAS programs. Transparency is in the government’s interests. The opportunity to address this PAP will demonstrate FAS’s embrace of transparency.

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Top Resources for Small Business Government Contractors

Select GCR

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. Cost: provide a clear and competitive pricing structure for your services.

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UN’s first ever resolution on public procurement: what makes it strong and what’s still missing

Open Contracting Partnership

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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Whose contract is it anyway? How AWS Marketplace works

AWS Public Sector

This entity charges the vendors that participate a small fee to recover the cost of operating the market. They might even haggle over prices if they’re buying a large amount of an item, but the organizer of the market never gets involved in this negotiation. Have you ever thought of how they work?

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Procurement flow-downs can’t be one-sided

Federal News Network

These regulations and associated guidance address a host of contracting officer responsibilities, including but not limited to, proposal evaluation, negotiations, price and/or cost analysis, data rights, and foreign acquisition ( e.g. , TAA). For this reason, procurement policy flow-downs cannot be one-sided.