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No Cost Compliance Check-Up for Government Contractors – Government Contracts Legal Forum

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Crowell & Moring is pleased to offer a no-cost review of common compliance issues that can drive down sales price or increase borrowing costs for emerging government contractors, as well as prevent purchasers from receiving full value for their investments.  Government contractors face a long road to sale, fundraising, and post-acquisition integration – these processes can be derailed easily by compliance missteps, recordkeeping problems, or a multitude of other issues that may not be top-of-mind for sellers and even some purchasers.  Once diligence begins, addressing these issues becomes significantly more expensive and problematic.

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GSA’s plans for modernizing IT infrastructure — GCN

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Based on direction from the White House, the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Service is taking the lead to help agencies modernize their IT infrastructure. Joanne Collins Smee, acting director of TTS and deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, outlined GSA’s priorities for the next year at a March 1 AFCEA Bethesda event.

Source: GSA’s plans for modernizing IT infrastructure — GCN

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Will the Procurement Process Change in 2018? Read “Government Contracts: Will Purchasing Be Streamlined?” – Part of Crowell & Moring’s 2018 Regulatory Forecast – Government Contracts Legal Forum

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Crowell & Moring has issued its “Regulatory Forecast 2018: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year.” The section focusing on government contracts, “Will Purchasing Be Streamlined?” provides an overview of how the procurement process might be made more efficient, and this time, government contractors might be able to weigh in on the… Continue Reading

Source: Will the Procurement Process Change in 2018? Read “Government Contracts: Will Purchasing Be Streamlined?” – Part of Crowell & Moring’s 2018 Regulatory Forecast – Government Contracts Legal Forum

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OMB Names Who Will Divvy Up Modernization Funds – Nextgov

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Here are the seven people who will evaluate agency proposals.

Source: OMB Names Who Will Divvy Up Modernization Funds – Nextgov

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White House cooks up a turkey – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Federal IT people had been waiting months for guidance on how to implement the Modernizing Government IT Act. The law establishes special funds agencies can tap to update old systems.

Last week the Office of Management and Budget issued that guidance.  It delivered 2,600 words of barely-understandable jargon.

Why oh why does government writing have to be so … so … so … abstruce?

Source: White House cooks up a turkey – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Contracting Officer Accepted Bribes – Goes to Prison

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

Back in 2014, a couple of people were chatting while walking around a construction site at Joint Base Charleston. One was overheard saying to the other “someone needs to buy me a car”. Other parts of the overhead conversation included references to monies being deposited into bank accounts. The participants included Barbara Ann Powell, a contracting officer at Joint Base Charleston and Richard Darnell of Residential Construction, a defense contractor performing work on the base under contracts awarded by Powell.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Contracting Officer Accepted Bribes – Goes to Prison

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GAO: Understated Pricing Alone Isn’t “Unbalanced Pricing” – SmallGovCon

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Under the FAR, unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and can result in the government paying unreasonably high prices.  But the concept of unbalanced pricing is often misunderstood in practice.

Source: GAO: Understated Pricing Alone Isn’t “Unbalanced Pricing” – SmallGovCon

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“Where’s The Beef”…

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… or rather, “Where’s Beef’s Proposal.

The GAO, citing FAR 52.212-1, has ruled time and time again that it is an offeror’s responsibility to ensure that its proposal is delivered to the proper place at the proper time. There are exceptions to the rule and firms have tried many times to worm their situation into one of the few exceptions but they rarely succeed. Firms have blamed their late proposals on gate security, a malfunctioning internet, or UPS or FedEx failure to deliver on time. But they keep trying to find someone or something to blame.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: “Where’s The Beef”…

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Establishing Federal Government Compliant Small Business Systems

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To effectively market a federal government contract a small business must sell on the basis of having a business system as well as technical performance infrastructure ready to run the job when a contract proposal is submitted. This dual requirement is where many small businesses fall short in their federal government contract start up planning.

Source: SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (“Smalltofeds”): Establishing Federal Government Compliant Small Business Systems

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Joseph Petrillo: When one contracting company wants all the work

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At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, administrative services contracts can be extremely large. To maintain competition and to avoid the risk of relying on one contractor, the agency tends to award multiple contracts. But one company protested because it wanted the whole thing. Joseph Petrillo, procurement attorney at Petrillo and Powell, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide details on the case.

Source: Joseph Petrillo: When one contracting company wants all the work

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