Topic
Procurement
215 published works
Inside Government Contracts
Recent GAO Decision Highlights Possibility of Limited Evaluations in Best-Value Procurements
By Nooree Lee
Offerors in best-value procurements are generally accustomed to a review of their complete proposals during the evaluation process. The recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in The COGAR Group, Ltd.,…
Government Contracts
Discretion in Procurement: The GAO Finds for the Government
By Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Leah Aaronson
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a decision that could be used by government agencies to support “all encompassing” RFPs, or RFPs that require one bidder to provide several products…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Procurement Technical Assistance Center of Delaware: Two Seminars on the Same Day
On March 9th, 2016, join Maria Panichelli and Amy Kirby for their two seminars, "The Fundamentals of the Far Part 1, 2 and 3," and "Debriefings, Bid Protests and Size Status Eligibility,"as part of…
Global Supply Chain Law Blog
White House Releases “Fact Sheet” on the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
By Sarah Rathke
On January 5, 2016, President Obama kicked off the new year by issuing a “Fact Sheet” on interagency efforts to combat human trafficking that, among other things, describes the federal…
Competition chronicle
Changes to the Government of Canada’s Procurement Policies
On July 3, 2015, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) announced a new government-wide integrity regime for procurement and real property transactions. While the spirit of PWGSC’s “Ineligibility and…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK offers improved cyber security training to boost procurement profession
On 23 June, the UK government introduced a new online cyber security training course designed to assist the procurement profession to stay safe online. After a recent government survey found…
GovCon & Trade
Learning from Bid Protests: Award to Higher-Priced, Higher-Rated Proposal Requires Consideration and Documentation
In best value procurements, the procuring agency generally has a great deal of discretion in selecting which proposal represents the best value to the government. Part of that discretion is…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
June 1, 2015 OFPP Memorandum “Effective Use of Reverse Auctions”
By Dalal Hasan
On June 1, 2015, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (“OFPP”) released a Memorandum for Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives to provide guidance on “Effective Use of Reverse…
GovCon & Trade
2015 Legislative Update: Government Contracts and Procurement
SB95 by Norris/HB84 by McCormick – Dept. of General Services This bill was part of the administration’s package and revises certain provisions of Tennessee's procurement code as follows: Section 1:…
Housing Plus
HUD publishes new rule governing federal procurement and contracting
By Sharon Wilson Géno, Mitzie V. Smith-Mack
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published a rule that makes numerous changes to grant administration, procurement, and contracting requirements. The rule repeals the requirements found at…