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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...
SSA vs. SSEB: Protest Sustained Where Ratings Changes Weren’t Reasonable
Jan 9, 2018
In a best value acquisition, the final decision is typically made by a Source Selection Authority. But what happens when the SSA disagrees with the ratings assigned by the evaluators, such as a Source Selection Evaluation Board?
The SSA has a good deal of discretion, but that discretion isn’t...
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...
Satisfied with your procurement expertise? Jack Pellegrino shares advice for continual learning.
Jan 8, 2018
On this most recent episode of the Public Procurement Leaders podcast, host Raj Sharma interviewed Jack Pellegrino, Director of the Office of Purchasing and Contracting for the County of San Diego about what excites him about his job, his organization’s response to the wildfires that impacted...
A Competitive and Fully Open Contracting Story from Colombia
Jan 8, 2018
Not a European story, but one that could be considered a model for almost any region; The Guardian runs a report on “The 8p banana that showed Bogotá needed more open public spending.” It’s a success story to take note of as we enter a new year of working towards more public procurement...
New Approach to Public Procurement in Scotland Called for in 2018
Jan 8, 2018
“Do something about the rigid and illogical way public contracts are allocated,” says an article in Scotland’s The Herald – worth a read. It refers to a think tank report earlier in the year that called for more openness about the way the Scottish Government procures projects, saying...
UK Government Must See Private Sector as Expert Adviser on Digital Transformation
Jan 8, 2018
Digital by Default reports this week on the recent findings produced by the Institute of Directors (with Atos) on how the UK Government must embrace the best of private sector innovation if it is to deliver the high-quality digital services that citizens expect. “The Government has said in...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Jan 5, 2018
Happy New Year! For those currently being impacted by the “bomb cyclone” I hope you are safe and warm and that there is sunshine in your near future. While we haven’t had much snow here in Kansas, we have seen some below-zero temperatures. I’m staying warm and cozy in the office with...
DoD Bid Protests Are “Exceedingly Uncommon,” New Study Finds
Jan 5, 2018
Only a very small percentage of DoD contracts–0.3 percent, to be precise–are protested, according to a comprehensive and fascinating new report on bid protests issued by the RAND Corporation.
The detailed report, which was prepared at the behest of Congress, concludes that DoD bid protests...
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...
