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Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Aug 17, 2018
A new pilot program accelerates contracting process for startups, Microsoft launches hybrid cloud offering, and more. This is Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for August 17, 2018.
GSA Launches Accelerated Contracting Process for Startups
The General Services Administration (GSA) launched a...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 13-17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018
It’s mid-August, which means school is back in session! If you have little ones, we hope they had a nice first few days back.
But before we head out to enjoy the weekend, let’s take a look at the SmallGovCon Week in Review. In this week’s edition, the Pentagon’s procurement process is...
Malta – Five-Fold Increase in Value of Original Tender
Aug 16, 2018
A direct order worth €274 million for the 10-year management of a new facility at Malta’s St Vincent de Paul Residence for the elderly appears to be in breach of both local and EU public procurement laws, reports Times Malta. Malta is an EU Member State and bound by EU public procurement rules....
HS2 Beset By More Procurement Problems
Aug 16, 2018
Britain’s high speed railway project, HS2, which aims to link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester to over 30 million people has been beset with criticisms. Now Spanish manufacturer Talgo has begun legal action after what it claims was a “botched procurement” process....
Virgin Care Health Services Award Sends Council Back to the Procurement Process
Aug 16, 2018
Lancashire County Council in northwest England will re-evaluate its tendering process for public health services following a challenge from both Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over the procurement process which awarded the contract for...
Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics Criticised Over Lack of Procurement Process
Aug 16, 2018
In an interview Hungary’s head of the State Audit Office has said that several hospitals and clinics did not make regular inventories, purchase equipment and supplies without public procurement contracts and have accounting practices which were chaotic and misleading. The president of the SAO...
Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics Criticised Over Lack of Procurement Process
Aug 16, 2018
In an interview Hungary’s head of the State Audit Office has said that several hospitals and clinics did not make regular inventories, purchase equipment and supplies without public procurement contracts and have accounting practices which were chaotic and misleading. The president of the SAO...
Council Scraps Energy Firm Costing £2.5m of Public Money
Aug 16, 2018
Portsmouth City Council, UK south-coast local authority, will scrap its controversial energy firm in a move that will lose at least £2.5m of public money. The council said the decision was taken as the wholly-owned company, Victory Energy, “would have needed millions” of pounds of taxpayers’...
DoD Micro-Purchase Threshold Will Increase to $10,000
Aug 16, 2018
The Department of Defense’s micro-purchase threshold will double, from $5,000 to $10,000, under the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.
The increase in the DoD micro-purchase threshold will put the DoD on par with civilian agencies after Congress increased the civilian micro-purchase...
Yes, Contract Spending Really Does Increase a Lot in September, USASpending Says
Aug 15, 2018
We’re halfway through the government’s fourth quarter, and experienced contractors know what that means–lots of awards on the horizon.
According to a fascinating new analysis from USASpending.gov, the fourth quarter spike in contract awards is quite real, and quite significant: the value of...
Top Five Favorite Government Contractors from NCMA World Congress 2018
Aug 14, 2018
A Look at my Five Favorite Procurement Technology Contractors From the NCMA World Congress 2018 Exhibition Floor
Public Spend Forum recently completed an awesome week in Cleveland at the National Contract Management Association’s World Congress 2018. We were there to debut GovShop, a one stop...
VetBiz Verification Not Required For Non-VA SDVOSB Contracts, SBA OHA Reiterates
Aug 10, 2018
Despite a longstanding and very common misconception, the VA’s SDVOSB verification requirement doesn’t apply to non-VA SDVOSB contracts.
As the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals recently reiterated, it was “simply not correct” to believe that a company was required to be verified in VetBiz...
