Buying Procurement Technology Webinar: Meet our Panel
Jan 16, 2018
We’re just a few days away from the next in our series of How to Buy Procurement Technology webinars. What started with advice on how to get started with a procurement technology acquisition has evolved to a panel of expert suppliers and industry consultants ready to share their wisdom with our...
Why Did UK Government Key Strategic Supplier Carillion Fail?
Jan 16, 2018
We are reporting in detail on the failure of Carillion on our Spend Matters UK/Europe website, but we hope to use the events as a trigger to look at some of the more strategic issues around government markets and commercial issues here. Carillion is (or was) the UK’s second-largest construction...
Commercial & Contract Management – Contract End Upfront
Jan 15, 2018
At the end of last year, the UK’s National Audit Office issued a very useful document titled “Commercial and contract management: insights and emerging best practice”. We did provide an initial overview of it here, and now we are into a more detailed review of its content and findings. For...
GAO: Agencies Cannot Circumvent AbilityOne by Bundling
Jan 12, 2018
The FAR mandates that agencies use the AbilityOne program to award contracts for items on the AbilityOne procurement list to qualified nonprofits. The purpose of the program is to increase employment and training opportunities for persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities....
GSA Convenes Public Meeting to Discuss ‘Amazon’ Amendment
Jan 12, 2018
On Tuesday, January 9 the General Services Administration (GSA) convened a public meeting to discuss the implications and ramifications of Section 846 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Procurement Through Commercial e-Commerce Portals. This amendment (dubbed the “Amazon...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: January 8-12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018
It’s been a big week here at Koprince Law LLC: we published the first volume in our new series of GovCon Handbooks called Government Contracts Joint Ventures. After briefly reaching #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list (okay, in a wonky legal sub-sub-subcategory, but still!), we are pleased to...
Collaboration in UK Public Procurement – Our Survey Results
Jan 11, 2018
Today we’d like to share with you an extract from a report we issued last year (sponsored by BravoSolution) based on our research around collaboration in UK public procurement – Procurement Collaboration in the UK Public Sector – Key Issues, Successes and Recommendations.
In it we look at...
3 Steps to Increase Your Agency’s FITARA Incremental Development Score
Jan 10, 2018
In our last blog, we addressed three steps your agency can take to get a better MEGABYTE grade on the FITARA scorecard. In the second installation of this series, we address steps your agency can take to improve your Incremental Development score.
Agencies have historically struggled to...
Not getting the competition you hoped for? This may be why.
Jan 9, 2018
We’ve all been there. You spend months defining your customer’s requirement and designing the perfect solicitation, but when it comes time to evaluate you’re underwhelmed by the quality of proposals received. None reflect what you’re looking for, and you had a few vendors in mind that...
Government Contracts Joint Ventures: Our New Handbook is Now Available
Jan 9, 2018
I am excited to announce the publication of Government Contracts Joint Ventures, the first in a new series of new government contracting guides we’re calling “Koprince Law LLC GovCon Handbooks.” Packed with easy-to-understand examples and written in plain English, Government Contracts...
UK Railways Franchising Still Problematic – Requires Open, Free and Competitive Market
Jan 8, 2018
The UK’s railways have been in the news recently, with fare increases of some 3.4% kicking in this month, against a backdrop of poor performance in terms of trains running on time, long-running labour disputes and issues with the franchising system.
That last issue takes us into issues around...
2018 NDAA Bans Some LPTA Procurements
Jan 4, 2018
In 2017, Congress placed limits on the utilization of Lowest-Price Technically-Acceptable procurement procedures in Department of Defense acquisitions.
The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act continues this trend by completely prohibiting the use of LPTA procedures for certain major defense...
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