GovCon Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Kevin Brancato, senior vice president of product strategy at TechnoMile, was added to the board of advisors at the National Contract Management Association. The company said Tuesday the government contracting veteran will provide NCMA with executive-level strategies and insights into contract management issues.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

She will lead the company’s Department of Homeland Security portfolio and oversee strategic growth initiatives, service delivery operations, contract management and business expansion efforts in her new capacity, (Nasdaq: SAIC), has joined Pyramid Systems as vice president of client account delivery.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Federal Circuit on Friday revived Boeing's suit claiming the Defense Contract Management Agency wrongly adjusted contractual cost claims using a regulation that clashes with a federal cost accounting statute, finding the case was essentially a contract dispute and not a disallowed regulatory challenge.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Herndon, Virginia-based Unissant said Wednesday Deegan will oversee the digital transformation and cybersecurity company’s financial and accounting, contracts management, human resources and pricing functions.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 7, 2024

Victor Massaro Vice President of Contracts, Versar Global Solutions Since joining Versar Global Solutions in 2023, Victor Massaro’s primary achievements centered around enhancing contracts management effectiveness in support of contract delivery, ensuring compliance and digitally transforming contracts management to drive efficiencies.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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GovCon Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

He will oversee a multidisciplinary team focused on capture management, proposal management, strategic pricing, price-to-win, government-wide acquisition contracts management, competitive intelligence and business analytics. He will also lead the newly formed

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 15, 2024

David Bassett , who has over 35 years of service in the Department of Defense and is the former director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, has been appointed strategic adviser to the board of Latent AI.

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Inside Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Army Corps of Engineers and the Army had the most appeals pending, followed by the Navy and the Defense Contract Management Agency (“DCMA”), which handles appeals of cost disallowances and Cost Accounting Standards (“CAS”) noncompliance determinations. Separately, the Board provided a breakdown of appeal figures by agency.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 5, 2024

LeNaye Willis-Lloyd Senior Vice President of Contract Operations, QinetiQ US LeNaye Willis-Lloyd, an accomplished contracts and procurement executive with 20 years of experience, is known for developing contracts management into a business strategy driver.

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ExecutiveBiz

JULY 9, 2024

Angel Davis, a former contracts manager at Presidio, was named director of federal strategy and capture at the government-focused business of the information technology service management company. She has more than a decade of […]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, October 29 On October 29, we will host our “must attend” General Services Administration (GSA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel. To register for the GSA & VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel, click here.

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WashngtonExec

AUGUST 14, 2024

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion contract modification from the U.S. The modification also covers planning and readiness reviews, contract management and production engineering support services for training device production lines in support of initial aircraft sustainment efforts Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential five-year, $1.15

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WashngtonExec

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Heather Gerczak Chief Administrative Officer, Integral Federal Along with her role at Integral Federal, Gerczak was selected to lead the National Contract Management Association as the board chair for program year 2025, which began on July 1.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the Defense Contract Management Agency can pursue a $1.1 million claim against a Navy contractor for overpayments made under a cost-reimbursement contract, rejecting the contractor's argument that the DCMA's claim was untimely.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Federal Monthly Insights — Contract Management Modernization — 09/10/2024 [link] Download audio Defense contractors aren’t the only ones preparing for the launch of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0. “NIST is the precursor.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Federal Circuit’s examination of claims accrual in a January decision that allows the Defense Contract Management Agency to pursue overpayment claims under a cost-reimbursement contract serves as a reminder that the government can lose such claims by waiting too long to file, say Evan Sherwood and Peter Hutt at Covington.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In our analysis of recommendations from major digital reviews we have found three distinct themes relating to procurement and contract management.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

MAY 24, 2024

We will discuss the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) mandate to examine contractor compliance with cybersecurity requirements as part of its Contractor Purchasing System Reviews (CPSR) and its implications for contractors in the near future.

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Redstone Government Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Contract Management needs to ensure they set aside enough time and read the contract before they sign it.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cara Wulf discusses the pair of Proposed Rules issued in October 2023 (addressing “Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting and Information Sharing” and “Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems”), and explores the implications of those Proposed Rules for contractors.

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VWV

AUGUST 2, 2024

The number of notices a contracting authority will be required to publish will greatly increase from the current regime to improve transparency throughout the full life cycle of a procurement, which extends into the contract management phase. Click the image to download the file for future use.

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year. Running alongside Procurex Scotland, our conference will take place at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24 October 2024.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Paris, France – 20 November, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions and its key consulting partner Kronos Group have joined forces to successfully deliver Purchase2Pay & Contract Management at H.Essers, a major logistics service provider.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 1, 2024

Rob Burton of Crowell & Moring for his presentation on Staying Out of Trouble – Compliance and Ethics for Government Contractors Bill Gormley and Andrew Sisti of The Gormley Group for their presentation on Schedule e-Tools: Tips on Competing and Winning Through the GSA Schedule Program Ken Dodds of the Coalition for Government Procurement for his (..)

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On February 28, again at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, we will hold our GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel course. This course is designed for lawyers and contract managers with significant contract management and compliance responsibilities with GSA and/or VA Schedule contracts.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 9, 2024

The award categories reflect the diversity of procurement requirements and initiatives across Scotland’s public sector.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

Once a procurement is awarded it moves to contract management whose primary functions are implementation, compliance and issue management. A well written contract is a key enabler of successful contract management as it clearly sets out the expectations of both parties.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to this year’s report, contractors prevailed on 67% of the appeals decided on the merits, continuing a recent uptick in contractor success relative to the success rate of 53% in 2020 and 2021.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rapid Optimization of Contract Management, Supplier Management and Direct Materials Sourcing. Asian Paints conceptualized a technology solution using Ivalua’s Supplier Information Management , Sourcing and Contract Management solutions to streamline the end-to-end contract management and sourcing processes. .

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Contract management software: Contract management software can help businesses manage the contract lifecycle, from initial negotiation to contract closeout. Understand procurement regulations: Procurement regulations can be complex and vary widely between jurisdictions in the SLED market.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Contract management software: Contract management software can help businesses manage the contract lifecycle, from initial negotiation to contract closeout. Understand procurement regulations: Procurement regulations can be complex and vary widely between jurisdictions in the SLED market.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 2, 2024

This included greater commercial emphasis on the use of Statements of Work to robustly contract manage the delivery of Agile phases and deliver Value for Money (VFM). Collaboration – Over the past eight years, MPIP have worked closely with Social Security colleagues.

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2020

In order to mitigate or minimize these types of disagreements and manage impacts, it is critical for organizations to be able to quickly identify contracts that are impacted as well as quickly identifying the contract language for force majeure in each of these contracts.

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Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

Contract management frustration: ERP systems might have basic contract management capabilities, but they can’t handle the whole contract lifecycle, from creation to execution and renewal. Procurement software offers a one-stop solution that covers the whole range of contract management challenges.

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