Government Contracts

JULY 23, 2024

has protested over terms of an Army Corps of Engineers construction contract requiring bidders to enter into a project labor agreement, mandated by regulation, saying the PLA requirement violates a competitive contracting law. Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

MUTUAL NIGHTMARE I suppose the bidder’s response would be that as much as the buyer wants to avoid contracting on scope which does not meet their requirements and still less with a supplier who does not meet the scope, the bidder also does not wish to be tied to contractual commitments as part of their bid that they cannot deliver.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

Opportunity for Questions: These meetings provide a platform for prospective bidders or consultants to ask questions and seek clarifications. Minutes of the Meeting: The minutes of both pre-bid and pre-proposal meetings are distributed to all potential bidders or consultants who received the solicitation documents.

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Department of Transportation is seeking bidders to provide project management oversight services to the Federal Transit Administration.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 24, 2024

The Department of Defense said Thursday the Orlando, Florida-based contractor, which won against three other bidders, is expected to complete the project by May 28, Army Corps of Engineers to construct a maintenance hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 30, 2017

This is a follow-up to my recent blog posting about the new Washington state law adding compliance with the state's minimum wage laws as a mandatory bidder responsibility criterion. The bidder would then just sign one document. The revision to RCW 39.04.350 requires compliance with RCW 9A.72.085

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Telles.eu

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If the administrative court allows the contract to go ahead, then the interest of the bidders to carry on challenging the decision is significantly reduced since what they stand to obtain at the end of the legal proceedings is nowhere as enticing as delivering the contract itself. The second variable is the claimants legal strategy.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 26, 2023

From this date, public bodies in Scotland will be required to treat bidders from the Republic of North Macedonia equally to bidders from the UK in their procurements covered by the UK’s Appendix 1 to the GPA.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 8, 2024

Customs and Border Protection's decision to deny nine bidders spots on $900 million support deals, finding reasonable the agency's assessment that their past work wasn't similar enough to the requested artificial intelligence development services. The federal claims court cleared U.S.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Court of Federal Claims ordered, agreeing with a bidder that the service hadn't met a condition to cancel the deal. Air Force must revive a solicitation for a refueling tanker console, the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 26, 2024

Government Accountability Office rejected a medical firm's efforts to again upend a pending $44 billion defense contract for professional medical services, saying the Defense Health Agency's revamped evaluation methodology appropriately accounted for bidders' proposed pricing.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

Navy to sole-source an office contract to one company, rejecting a prospective bidder's claims that it should have a chance to bid on the deal. Government Accountability Office has cleared the U.S.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion information technology deal, after being accused of unfairly evaluating bidders' proposals. Navy gave a shipbuilder $1.2 billion to begin its overdue overhaul of the USS Boise, and the U.S. Defense Health Agency expanded its contractor pool for a $2.5 These are Law360's top government contracts for February.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Court of Federal Claims to rule on its challenge to the terms of a solicitation seeking former military helicopters to fight forest fires, saying bidders are effectively being asked to violate federal law. A Michigan aviation company has asked the U.S.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders. million by having multiple bidders. Reyes used it to create his own visualizations about the contracts, including a map of bike lane contracts in Metro Manila, a network analysis of bidders and contracts, and an itemized breakdown of the components of each contract.

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SmallGovCon

MAY 29, 2024

2024) , REV, LLC (REV) was a bidder on the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology-Next Generation (T4NG) program. In a recent decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, it appears that the COFC will have to give protesters a good bit of benefit of the doubt on this question going forward. We explore that here. In REV, LLC v.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs from moving forward with a suicide-prevention support contract, finding that it unreasonably cut a bidder from contention based on subcontracting work on a similar deal. Court of Federal Claims has blocked the U.S.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements. Time to Respond Bidders should be provided with sufficient time to review the procurement document, ask questions and submit a bid. Posting for complex, unique or highly technical procurements should be increased to attract more bidders.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 9, 2024

Army made a flawed analysis of bidders' pricing in a contest to provide waste disposal services at a Kansas base, a Court of Federal Claims judge concluded the error would not have disqualified the winning vendor. Although the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

Army reasonably found risky a bidder's cheaper proposal for a research support deal, justifying its decision to go with a company that had submitted a $153 million bid, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Friday.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. However, as is usually the case, there are exceptions.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

General Services Administration appropriately deemed a bidder's vague subcontracting arrangement a risk. Government Accountability Office upheld a $13.2 million contract seeking financial support services for the Uniformed Services University, ruling that the U.S.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Government Accountability Office has turned away a naval contractor's protest to the bidding terms for a task order seeking Guantanamo Bay construction workers, saying the terms didn't place the bidder at a competitive disadvantage.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

million Air Force software contract over concerns with a vendor's contracting history, saying the only evidence of the purported problems was a "self-serving statement" offered by a protesting rival bidder. Government Accountability Office has refused to upend an $86.4

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs' supply chain, saying the VA reasonably scrutinized bidders' financial health as part of the deal. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by IBM over the terms of a solicitation to modernize the U.S.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Army's decision to invalidate a bid for a $106 million support deal over missing responses to the contract's 180 subtasks, finding the Army put bidders on notice that they needed responses for each. Government Accountability Office backed the U.S.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise. It contains questions on both exclusion and selection criteria.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 12, 2024

White House Reveals Better Contracting Initiative Procedures for reporting on veteran-owned small businesses need improvement, according to GAO GSA finds federal tech accessibility challenges driven by lack of staff, resources Federal Real Property: Improved Data and Access Needed for Employees with Disabilities Using Secure Facilities SBA Marks One-Year (..)

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

JANUARY 3, 2024

The general rule ( FAR 14.404-1(a) ) is that – once a solicitation is put out for bid – the agency must award the contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid. However, as is usually the case, there are exceptions.

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The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

In the above example success is measured by the bidder meeting the technical specifications, including on time delivery at or below the approved procurement value. If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

Additional Mandatory Bidder Responsibility Criterion: Senate Bill 5301 adds to the list of mandatory bidder responsibility criteria in RCW 39.04.350 that public agencies must check on and validate prior to awarding any public works project. The new criterion relates to the contractor's compliance with the state's minimum wage laws.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise. It contains questions on both exclusion and selection criteria.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 12, 2024

The government, wanting to spend wisely, is often going to choose the lowest bidder. It puts out a call for proposals, and contractors submit their bids for what it would cost them to do the work. Whether by design or inadvertence, that low bid doesn’t reflect the real price of the work, and soon, the change orders start rolling in.

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