By Carol L. O’Riordan This is the fifth blog post in our series about new federal regulatory initiatives that are on tap for the first half of 2014. The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a proposed rule to amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to require electronic submission of modifications under Federal...
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New Rule Will Enhance Small Business Set-Asides
By Carol L. O’Riordan This is the fourth blog post in our series about new federal regulatory initiatives that are on tap for the first half of 2014. On November 2, 2011, the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued an interim rule, amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation...
Reverse Auctions Taking Their Place in Government Contracting Arena
A reverse auction is a type of auction in which the sellers do the bidding, not the buyers. In a reverse auction, the sellers compete to obtain business from the buyer, and prices will typically decrease as the auction continues, as the sellers undercut each other. Since the award is made solely on the basis...
GAO Rejects Appeal, Decides Key Bid Information Wasn’t Really ‘Close at Hand’
By Carol L. O’Riordan Don’t ever assume anything. Particularly, if you are a bidder on a government contract, don’t assume that the agency knows everything you know. That was the lesson that Wegco., Inc., a D.C.-based company, learned the hard way on May 21, 2012, when its appeal of its failure to obtain a General...
GSA Unveiling Streamlined Procurement System: Will It Work?
By Carol L. O’Riordan The federal government is beginning the launch of its new System for Award Management, known briefly as SAM. This is an attempt by the government to combine nine currently separate federal procurement systems and databases into one, in order to make life easier for government contractors and for the agencies that...