April 4, 2016 Army Improperly Extended Contracts, GAO Says Source: SmallGovCon, Steven Koprince, February 4, 2016 The Army improperly used FAR 52.217-8 (Option to Extend Services) to extend several contracts for periods much longer than the six-month maximum allowed by the … Continued
March 24, 2016 Public Notice of Contracting Actions Source: FAR Consulting & Training, Richard D. Lieberman, March 13, 2016 The official public medium for providing notice of contracting actions by federal agencies is the FedBizOpps.gov website, which has been designated … Continued
March 1, 2016 GAO: Rule of Two Not Satisfied Where Businesses Do Not Manufacture Products Source: SmallGovCon, Matthew Schoonover, February 16, 2016 Where an agency buys manufactured goods, the FAR’s Rule of Two is satisfied when two or small business manufacturers … Continued
February 24, 2016 Fortune 500 Firms Receiving Billions in Federal Small Business Contracts Source: PR Newswire, Steve Godfrey, February 10, 2016 The American Small Business League (ASBL) has released their annual analysis of federal contracting data for fiscal year 2015. The … Continued
December 7, 2015 GAO: Out-Of-Scope Delivery Order Modification Was Improper Source: SmallGovCon, Ian Patterson, November 19, 2015 An agency may not procure new services under an existing GSA Schedule delivery order if the new services exceed scope of the original … Continued
November 1, 2015 ‘Bridge Contracts’ Risk Overpayments Source: Government Executive, Charles S. Clark, October 15, 2015 Temporary extensions of contracts without competitive bids, a common practice at many large agencies, may waste money and misallocate staff time if the government … Continued
Buy Indian Act: 105 Years (And Counting) Of Frustration The Buy Indian Act regulations are finally in place. Source: SmallGovCOn, Article written by Steven Kiprince, published August 12, 2015 In 1910, William Howard Taft lived in the White House, the … Continued
Sources Sought for full building maintenance services – Responses due September 14th. The following sources sought notice was released by GSA. If they receive sufficient responses, this valuable procurement for Full Maintenance performance based services at multiple federal buildings and … Continued
GAO Report is a Good Reminder to Bidders on Federal Procurements: Agencies Don’t Always Follow the Rules! August and September will likely set a blistering pace of federal contract awards. Source: Stites & Harbison PLLC, Article written by Zachary D. … Continued
No Comparison Required Source: SmallGovCon, Article written by Steven Koprince, published July 21, 2015 Where a solicitation contemplated a “pass/fail” evaluation of past performance, and stated that an offeror without relevant past performance would nonetheless be rated “Acceptable,” there was … Continued
