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Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Aug 10, 2018
A government spending spree is expected over final weeks of fiscal year, Oracle filed the first bid protest again JEDI cloud contract, and much more. This is Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for August 10, 2018.
Federal Agencies Prepare for Massive Spending Spree
Without a budget agreement...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 6-10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018
Happy Friday, everybody! It’s that time of year: federal contractors are rushing to submit bids, with the hope of awards before the end of the fiscal year. So we hope that you’re all gearing up for a relaxing weekend.
Let’s get the weekend started off right with the SmallGovCon Week in...
Multi-Million Pound Road Project Faces Procurement Process Legal Challenge
Aug 9, 2018
The Belfast Telegraph reports on the ongoing legal challenges to the procurement process for a multi-million pound roads project in Belfast, in which errors have been found by a senior judge. The project in question is for one of Northern Ireland’s busiest road junctions, and means it will be...
Procurement Fraud Scheme from Hungary Enters Slovakia
Aug 9, 2018
The Slovak Spectator has a run a story on Hungarian firms investigated by the EU’s anti-fraud office trying to do business in Slovakia. ‘Municipalities launched a tender for public lighting but their award conditions were so demanding that in the end one specific firm won almost everything....
US City Receives Procurement Excellence Award
Aug 9, 2018
The US city of Santa Clara has received a prestigious procurement award for the fifth consecutive year. The city has received the achievement for its purchasing policies and practices. The National Procurement Institute has recognised the city with an Achievement of Excellence in Procurement award...
Private Healthcare Companies Securing Plethora of NHS Contracts Investigation
Aug 9, 2018
Unite union, with members including 100,000 NHS staff, are calling for greater transparency over how companies secure NHS work. In particular it wishes to understand better how ‘Virgin and other private healthcare companies have acquired such a plethora of NHS contracts’. Virgin alone has...
New South Wales New Approach to IT Procurement
Aug 9, 2018
The NSW government is completely rethinking how agencies and suppliers interact in terms of IT procurement. It has developed a new procurement platform, buy.nsw, which aims to simplify the process of buying and selling IT. Following months of consultation with government CIOs, government buyers and...
Should Federal Contracting Be More Like Airbnb?
Aug 7, 2018
Roger Cohen is a columnist for the New York Times. He mostly writes about foreign policy, but his most-recent column strays from the beaten path to focus on Airbnb.
The column begins with an account of a recent conversation Cohen had with Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s founder and CEO. “He told me...
RSA Report Published – “Move Fast and Fix Things”
Aug 2, 2018
The RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) was founded during the Enlightenment by William Shipley in London in 1754. The organisation’s mission is to “enrich society through ideas and action”. Members can use facilities at the RSA’s beautiful grade1...
All Small Mentor-Protege: SBA Confirms “Two Per Lifetime” Limit
Jul 31, 2018
A small business “can have no more than two [SBA] mentors over the life of the business,” according to the SBA’s All Small Mentor-Protege Program website.
The SBA’s clarification of the lifetime limit provides important guidance for proteges, especially because the SBA’s mentor-protege...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 23-27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018
Big news broke this week as the Department of Defense released its massive (and somewhat controversial) JEDI cloud computing solicitation. But there were plenty of other developments affecting government contractors, too. Let’s take a look at some of these developments, in this...
Reminder: No NAICS Code Appeals of RFIs
Jul 26, 2018
NAICS code appeals can be powerful tools. A change in a solicitation’s NAICS code–and corresponding change in the small business size standard–can significantly broaden or narrow the competitive playing field. And statistically speaking, NAICS code appeals are often successful.
But...
