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DOD Issues Final DFARS Rule Implementing Increased Buy American Restrictions for Defense Procurements

Inside Government Contracts

The EO was intended to strengthen the requirements of the Buy American Act (“BAA”) by, among other things, directing the FAR Council to issue new rules increasing the domestic content threshold for determining whether a product qualifies as a domestic end product. Beginning in calendar year 2029, the threshold will be 75 percent.

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Bid Protest Minute: GAO’s Task Order Jurisdiction

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One would think the $25 million threshold applicable to protests of DOD task orders (the threshold is $10 million for civilian agency task orders) would be easily understood and simple to apply. The protestor’s proposed price was $30,478,050, and its total evaluated price was $30,566,297. 4106(f)(1) and 10 U.S.C.

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Back to Basics: The Buy American Act

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Price Preference For civilian agencies , if the contractor with the lowest priced domestic end product is a large business, then the agency will add a price evaluation penalty to the offeror with the lowest priced foreign end product of 20%. What is a Domestic End Product? A list of these items is at FAR 25.104.

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FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

More specifically, each BPA holder shall be provided a specific request for quote (RFQ) for procurement requirements of an anticipated total dollar value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings. agency-specific vehicles—IDVs, GWACs, etc.

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FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

More specifically, each BPA holder shall be provided a specific request for quote (RFQ) for procurement requirements of an anticipated total dollar value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings. agency-specific vehicles—IDVs, GWACs, etc.

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A Bridge (Not) Too Far: Prohibition on Dividing up Contracts to get Under 8(a) Sole Source Dollar Limit Doesn’t Apply to Bridge Contracts

SmallGovCon

124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 What happens when an agency decides that instead of competing a five-year contract to 8(a) companies, it will just sole source five one-year contracts at the sole source dollar threshold to an 8(a) company?

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Federal Highway Administration Announces Proposed Rule Ending Longstanding Buy America Waiver for Manufactured Products

Inside Government Contracts

FHWA proposes that the domestic iron and steel in those manufactured products would count towards the 55% domestic component threshold. That general waiver has been in place ever since. Comments on the RFI are open until May 13, 2024.