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A new beginning.

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Increased Focus on Requirements and Oversight Needed to Improve DOD’s Acquisition Environment and Weapon System Quality DOD’s Practices and Processes for Multiyear Procurement Should Be Improved

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1. Protest challenging the issuance of modifications to a task order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract as being beyond the scope of the task order is dismissed; Government Accountability Office lacks jurisdiction to consider whether a modification is beyond the scope of the task order. 2. Protest that the agency improperly bundled work requirements previously

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There in an interetsing article available about a new approach to performance based services acquisition. Article at WIFCON.

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Matter of: Al Long FordFile: B-297807Date: April 12, 2006DIGESTWhere, after discussions had concluded, agency identified concerns pertaining to the achievability of protester’s proposed delivery schedule that should have been apparent to the agency prior to discussions, discussions should have been reopened since proposed delivery schedule was an area that had to be addressed in order for the

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President Bush named Mr. Paul Dennett as the head of OMB's procurement shop. Article

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Understaffing cited as main problem in procurement. Frank Anderson, President DAU has some views on training. Good article

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CL Module- CLB 014 Name: Acquisition Reporting Concepts and Policy Requirements for APB, DAES, and SAR (Acq Rptg Concepts&Policy Rqmts- APB,DAES,&SAR)CLP's: 3 Description: The Acquisition Reporting Concepts and Policies for APB, DAES, and SAR module provides information on the terminology, concepts, and policies pertaining to required acquisition reports, such as the Acquisition Program Baseline

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Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham was convicted of varoius criminal offenses involving Federal Government Contracting. Here is the federal plea agreement and the government's sentencing argument. Plenty of material for class discussion.

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A new policy for certification of contracting professionals was issued. DAU will play a prominent roll with FAI. Here is the reference.

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MMI-Federal Marketing Service Corp., B-297537, February 8, 2006DIGESTProtest is sustained where the agency unreasonably determined that awardee’s quotation demonstrated compliance with the Berry Amendment’s domestic production requirements, in light of countervailing pre-award information that the awardee would not comply.DECISIONWe sustain the protest.Good statement concerning GAO's standard of

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GAO Denies Protest Involving "Neutral" Past Performance Rating The GAO recently denied a protest to the award of a contract for lifeguard services at Andersen AFB, Guam. The protester took issue with the fact that it was assigned a "Neutral" past performance rating, indicating that it had no similar past performance, despite its experience managing the swim team on base. The GAO repeated its

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In MTB Group, Inc, v, United States, No. 05-375C, June 7, 2005, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims refused to enjoin HUD's reverse auctioning program used to receive bids on property inspections. The court's opnion discusses the release of pricing information and offers some insight as to how reverse auctions may be properly conducted. For example, HUD's program showed only the bid per lot and

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In City Chemicals LLC, B-296135.2; B-296230.2, June 17, 2005. GAO provides an excellent analysis of price differential when applying the Buy American Act to maunfactures goods composed of domestic nd non domestic components. Agency properly evaluated dye that protester proposed to furnish as a foreign end product where imported "raw" dye accounted for more than 50 percent of the cost of all

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Late is still late. In Kesser International, B-296294 June 30, 2005, the GAO concluded that a bid received four minutes after bid opening was late despite the fact that the FEDEX driver was delayed at the security checkpoint for 20 minutes. Agency properly rejected proposal as late where it was received minutes after closing time; 20 minute delay at a security checkpoint did not constitute

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FAC 2005-04 issued06-08-05: FAC 2005-04 issued with one interim and seven final rules. The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have published a summary of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules pertaining to Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-04. Seven final rules and one interim rule revise the

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Looking for some continuous learning? FAI Online University has a course on managing competitive sourcing.You are really not suppose to do this [from Department Of Justice Press Release]Wilhelm DerMinassian, the former Associate Director in charge of the DC DOT’s Traffic Services Administration, and Dunn Engineering Associates P.C. were charged separately in U.S. District Court in Washington,

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Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-02 Check it out at WIFCONIntroduction. (Published March 23, 2005) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns Procurement Program. (Published March 23, 2005) Small entity compliance guide. Published March 23, 2005) Department of DefenseContract modifications. Published March 23, 2005) Foreign acquisition. (Published March 23, 2005) Major

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Interesting article in the San Francisco Chronicle about construction contracts in Iraq.Iraq ministries are refusing to make payments on contracts turned over to them by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) because of a lack of paperwork from the CPA. Bloomberg.com

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As you see I have discovered the ability to put links into the blog format. I want to limit the number to the ten most useful links to contracting specialists. I have a start, but I solicit your suggestions as to other links to incorporate; just drop me an email or reply to this post. Also, if you are aware of any other blogs addressing federal government contracting, please let me know.

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This is the new DFAR change notice form the DPAP office.DoD published the following changes and proposed changes to the DFARS on February 22, 2005 : Interim Rule : Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders (DFARS Case 2004-D025)Increases, from $500,000 to $1,000,000, the threshold at which DoD contracts must include a requirement for the contractor to provide to cooperative

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I have added some enhancements to the ProfRex blog in order to, I hope, make it more useful and easier to spread information. You can now submit comments to the postings and you can also email the particular posting to friends and associates. I particulalry like the email option because it allows us to quickly share information within our offices.

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The Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), the Assistant Secretary (Acquisition), has issued the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) Elective Policy on what will satisfy the elective requirements for certification training.

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The Acquisition Community Connection (ACC), Contract Management Community of Practice (CoP) has been revitalized and should be a very valueable tool for those seeking contracting information. The new CoP is titled "Mission Support Contracting." I strongly encourage signing up for the ACC as it is a good information source. Sign up is easy and free. Here is a short note announcing the change:

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Federal Acquisition RegulationFederal Acquisition Circular 2001-28 is out. Find it at WIFCON.Have you ever gotten one of those actions to contract for a conference or high level meeting. The question always arises; can you use government funds to pay for food and drink and can you charge a registration fee. The Comptroller General (CG)has issued a decision. In National Institutes of Health --

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