June 3, 2016 SBA Size Protests: File With Contracting Officer, Not OHA Source: SmallGovCon, Steven Koprince, May 16, 2016 The SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals is an appellate forum and lacks jurisdiction to hear initial size protests. As explained … 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 23, 2016 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Exposes Most Prevalent Grounds for Winning Protests Source: Centre Law & Consulting, Wojciech Kornacki, March 3, 2016 Recently, the GAO has released its annual Bid Protest Report for 2015. In this … Continued
March 22, 2016 Competitive Prejudice Source: FAR Consulting & Training, Richard D. Lieberman, March 13, 2016 In order to win a bid protest, it isn’t enough for a protester to show that an agency has made an error (violation of … 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 15, 2016 Follow the Kingdomware Case regarding the VA’s VOSB and SDVOSB priority requirement APTAC staff article At long last, the Supreme Court is set on February 22, 2016 to hear Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. vs United States, which charges … Continued
December 8, 2015 The RFQ mistake Listen to Richard Lieberman discuss “The RFQ mistake” on Federal News Radio. He explains one scenario that recently happened to a contractor. Source: Federal News Radio, Richard Lieberman, October 14, 2015 While the use … 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
Conference Theme: “The Only Constant in Government Contracting Is Change” The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) has released the Call for Presentations for its Spring 2016 Training Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme? “The Only Constant in … Continued
