Top FOIA official: Give agencies a hand in ‘massive search’ for documents | FederalNewsRadio.com
One of government’s leading officials on FOIA says agencies need more open channels of communication with members of public seeking government records.
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Federal Contract Spending Dipped 1.5% in 2015, Study Finds – Contracting – GovExec.com
Bloomberg Government predicts a rebound over the next two years.
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Insights Blog | Proposal & Capture Management Consulting & Training from Lohfeld Consulting Group
An independent review process is critical to your VETS 2 and Alliant 2 bids. Seek a second opinion in order to produce a compliant bid with the maximum possible score.
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Multiple Bid Protests Lead to RFP Cancellation | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
In 2013, the Air Force issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for comprehensive fleet management for various special-purpose vehicles and trailers to support base stand-ups and continued operations of the Saudi F-15 aircraft fleet. The Air Force initially selected SupplyCore’s proposal for award. However that award held up because two “disappointed” offerors protested to the GAO (Government Accountability Office). The GAO sustained the protest so the Air Force had to conduct additional analyses and evaluations. After that, the Air Force, once again, selected SupplyCore’s proposal for award. This time, three “disappointed” offerors protested the bid, which, in November 2015, the GAO sustained their protests. After the GAO tossed out the second award, the Air Force notified the offerors that it was cancelling the solicitation. The Air Force informed the offerors that, given the amount of time that has passed between the original solicitation and the second GAO protest decision, the program team was asked to perform a re-assessment of the needs and determined that the services were no longer required.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Multiple Bid Protests Lead to RFP Cancellation
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Offeror Attempts To “Evade” RFQ Page Limit; GAO Sustains Protest – SmallGovCon
An offeror’s attempt to evade an RFQ’s 10-page limit by compressing its line spacing resulted in a competitor’s sustained GAO bid protest.
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U.S. GAO – IT Dashboard: Agencies Need to Fully Consider Risks When Rating Their Major Investments
Agencies determined investments’ Chief Information Officer (CIO) ratings using a variety of processes, which included the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) six suggested factors (including risk management, requirements management, and historical performance). Specifically, all 17 selected agencies incorporated at least two of OMB’s factors into their risk rating processes and 9 used all of the factors. However, agencies’ interpretations of these factors varied. For example, most agencies considered active risks, such as funding cuts or staffing changes, when rating investments, but others only evaluated compliance with the agency’s risk management processes. Further, 13 agencies required monthly updates to CIO ratings as does OMB (as of June 2015), 1 agency scheduled its reviews based on risk, and 3 agencies required updates less often than on a monthly basis.
Source: U.S. GAO – IT Dashboard: Agencies Need to Fully Consider Risks When Rating Their Major Investments
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Onvia Expands into New Markets by Serving Government Agencies with Onvia Exchange | Onvia
We are excited to share the availability of Onvia Exchange, our new specification library for government agencies designed to help connect procurement professionals with relevant examples they can use to help accelerate their authoring process and to make efficient & smart buying decisions.
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Agency CIOs Undercount ‘High-Risk’ IT Projects, GAO Says – Nextgov.com
CIOs are not adequately assessing risk of major projects, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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CMS Portal Provides State Projects with Greater Exposure to Vendor Community
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to create new opportunities for government through increased cooperation with the private sector.
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Tendering for Care
Five Keys to Successful Tendering and Bidding
Changes to tendering rules in February 2015 have resulted in new demands upon those who tender for public contracts. In addition grant making trusts have been drawn into operating competitive bidding processes.
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