Government Contractor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Last June, we reported a case involving a North Carolina based contractor who’s owner had pleaded guilty of over-billing the Government by $15 million over a ten-year period. (See $15 Million Fraudulent Billing Scheme).
SOURCE: Government Contractor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Q&A with Sean Cavanagh of EdWeek Market Brief on School District Purchasing Trends
To uncover recent school district purchasing trends in government contracting, Onvia spoke to Sean Cavanagh, Senior Editor at EdWeek Market Brief.
Source: Q&A with Sean Cavanagh of EdWeek Market Brief on School District Purchasing Trends
2-year suspension for serial protester after continued ‘incoherent, irrelevant, derogatory and abusive’ filings
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote a blunt assessment of its decision to ban Latvian Connection from filing complaints for two years.
Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without – Government Contracts Legal Forum
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NIST Releases Highly-Anticipated Draft Special Publication on Assessing the Security Requirements in NIST SP 800-171 for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) | Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Pursuant to DFARS 252.204-7012, DoD contractors are to implement the security requirements in NIST Special Publication; unclassified information
Pentagon Building Wish List for New Technology Spending
The military’s top weapons buyer wants to better coordinate the Defense Department’s investments across its labs and research offices.
Source: Pentagon Building Wish List for New Technology Spending
Alan Chvotkin: RFIs, live participation can be costly for contractors
Federal agencies trying to know what’s going on in technology are using requests for information and so-called reverse industry days more and more.
Source: Alan Chvotkin: RFIs, live participation can be costly for contractors
Webinar – Proposal Writing and the Eight-Second Attention Span | Dec. 14, 2017 | APMP-NCA Chapter & Lohfeld Consulting Group
Learn how to modernize your proposal writing to win in the digital age
Date: Dec. 14, 2017 12:00 pm EST | 9:00 am PT
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What is FBO?
The advantage of FBO to industry is its extremely low barrier to entry. Anyone who is interested can sign up and view open market solicitations on FBO.
Source: What is FBO?
Defense Contracting: DOD’s Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Procedures to Acquire Selected Services
The Department of Defense (DOD) obligated about $300 billion through contracts for goods and services in fiscal year 2016. When awarding a contract competitively, DOD has several source selection procedures it can use to evaluate firms’ proposals. For example, DOD may use a best value, lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) process. In the LPTA process, DOD awards the contract to the firm presenting the lowest priced proposal that is technically acceptable, and no tradeoffs are permitted.
SOURCE: Defense Contracting: DOD’s Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Procedures to Acquire Selected Services