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All Things Protest: Incumbency Edition – Government Contracts Legal Forum

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Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, your hosts discuss common issues that arise in protests of procurements involving long-standing incumbent offerors and tips for both incumbent and non-incumbent offerors.

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The Death of the Mega Contract? The Journey to Multisourced IT

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Having consolidated their IT, the states of Georgia and Virginia are updating how services are outsourced and are moving away from larger, longer contracts to smaller more agile pacts.

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CORRECTION: How I mischaracterized a recent protest decision — Washington Technology

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In May, I wrote about a State Department contract that was embroiled in a series of bid protests. I’ve learned since then that I got several things wrong.

In my original post, I talked about how the State Department awarded Salient CRGT a contract in late 2016 to support the Foreign Service Institute’s School of Language Studies.

Source: CORRECTION: How I mischaracterized a recent protest decision — Washington Technology

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Use the right pricing model for third-party services | CIO

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Which pricing mechanism should your company choose when buying third-party services? What is the optimal contract length? And what is the best way to manage switching costs? These questions are even more important today than in the past because the services industry is switching to new pricing mechanisms for digital services. Understandably, these changes create consternation and confusion for buyers of services.  What comprises service prices? In this post, I’ll explain how pricing works and, hopefully, clear up confusion and help your company make optimal decision.

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DoD pushing to resurrect contractor-vs-civilian competitions – FederalNewsRadio.com

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As part of a broader effort that the Pentagon says is designed to ensure that its mix of military members, civilians and contractors reflects more intentional and thoughtful management of a “total force,” the Pentagon is preparing to ask Congress to touch what’s been considered a political third rail in recent years: letting it conduct contractor-versus-civilian competitions to determine which category of workers is cheaper or more effective for any given task.

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Wouldn’t Contractors Love to Have This Contracting Officer Overseeing Its Government Contracts

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Is DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) irrelevant? DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) must think so. Here’s a case that represents an egregious waste of taxpayer funds.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Wouldn’t Contractors Love to Have This Contracting Officer Overseeing Its Government Contracts

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One Man, Many Names, Many Companies

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How do you continue to contract with the Government when your company has been debarred? Easy. Take a new name and start a new company. Easy, that is, until you’re caught.

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Before you burst through the $27.5M size standard | Lohfeld

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Government has two definitions of a company’s size: large or small. MACs use North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes to classify small business size standards. The size standard may vary depending on which NAICS Code the contracting office applies. One of the most popular size standards is $27.5M of revenue on average for the past 3 years.

Source: Before you burst through the $27.5M size standard | Lohfeld

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June Monthly Insights Newsletter | Top 3 Contracts to Watch

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4 trends driving more suspension, debarment of vendors

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The data from fiscal 2017 on the number of suspensions and debarments is not out yet, but federal procurement attorneys suspect the three-year decline will end.

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