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Study to Determine the Impact of Bid Protests on Government Contracting | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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Its the time of the year when House and Senate committees are considering next fiscal year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Right now, there are differences between the House and Senate versions and various committees are doing their “markups”. Its impossible to predict the final version but it is interesting nonetheless to peer in and see what Congress is thinking.

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Why Contractors and Grantees Need Government Oversight | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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A professor of civil and environmental engineering from Washington State University (WSU) was arrested and charged with defrauding the Government out of $8 million in federal research fund last February. He has been charged with fabricating letters of support and investment, providing false information in research grant proposals and reports, and providing falsified reports and emails regarding how federal research funds were spent.

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Proposal Submissions that Exceed Page Limit Can Become Disqualified | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a solicitation for information technology services. Quotations were to be submitted in six volumes and the solicitation established page limit and format limitations for each volume. For example, Volume I had a limit of 35 pages, single-spaced, with stated font size and type. Bidders were instructed that NSF would evaluate only up to the page maximums as noted for each volume submission, and that any pages beyond the stated limits would not be considered.

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GAO Denies Protest that Bid was Too Low | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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The GAO (Government Accountability Office) recently published its decision on a protest filed be URS Federal Services of an award made by the Army to VSE Corporation. URS, the incumbent contractor for the work, alleged that the Army should have rejected VSE’s bid as unrealistically low-priced (among other charges). GAO denied the protest.

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Will the use of Blended Labor Rates Create a CAS Noncompliance? | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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We spent a few postings last month discussing DoD’s “blended rate” approach to implementing the lowered compensation cap that affects contracts awarded on or after June 24, 2014. There are different methodologies to calculating blended rates depending upon whether the rates are for forward pricing purposes or incurred cost purposes. Incurred cost blending is rather straight forward because all of the factors needed to blend two compensation caps are known. Forward pricing is not so straight forward as it requires an estimate of work to be performed in future periods. You can learn more about these blending methodologies by reading our previous coverage in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

Source: Will the use of Blended Labor Rates Create a CAS Noncompliance? | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

Registering in SAM – Before Proposal Submission or Before Contract Award? | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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The language in FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) is inconsistent in terms of whether offerors need to be registered in SAM (System for Award Management) prior to submitting an offer, or prior to award of a contract.


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Estimates Used for ID/IQ Contracts are not Guaranteed | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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In 2008, Evie’s Catering entered into an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the National Guard to provide food and other catering services to personnel for the Washington Army National Guard and other DoD agencies at the Yakima facility in Washington State. Ultimately that contract lasted more than five years, ending in March 2013.

Source: Estimates Used for ID/IQ Contracts are not Guaranteed | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

Due Date for Annual Incurred Cost Submissions Rapidly Approaching | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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Here’s our annual incurred cost submission due date reminder.

If you are a calendar year contractor (i.e. your accounting year ends on December 31st), and have a cost-type contract, your annual incurred cost submission is due on June 30th.

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New Rule for Safeguarding Federal Contract Information | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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The FAR Councils have published a final rule to address the safeguarding of contractor information systems that contain or process information provided by or generated for the Government. This new regulation does not apply to information that is public. It addresses basic and enhanced safeguarding procedures for the protection of DoD unclassified information. These new rules apply to all acquisitions, including acquisitions of commercial items other than commercially available off-the-shelf items, when a contractor’s information system may contain Federal contract information. The effective date is about a month out, June 17, 2016.

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DCAA Updates its Strategic Plan | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) recently published an updated strategic plan. The document addresses steps to create an ideal audit environment through 2020.

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