Rep. Mark Meadows (NC) introduced a bill last month that would extend certain prohibitions that now apply to DoD contracts, to all executive agencies. In short, the bill establishes a new policy to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the Government the benefits of cost and technical trade-offs in the source selection process.
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
