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A major federal new procurement rule that applies to the Defense Department and NASA has sprung up, but it could soon come to all agencies.
A recent case showed why/when an agency is dividing work between unrestricted contractors and small businesses the latter might want to bid on both sides.
Contractors often face a dilemma. Anticipate unforeseen costs in a government project with a padded bid, or include a cost-shifting contingency in their bid.
The big services contractors didn't get that way by giving up on small awards.
With contractor lessons learned from a past virus threat, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell.
The Army got into trouble with an important cybersecurity contract when it made a classic mistake of not awarding it on the basis it said it would.
Contracting is a big part of the federal response to the pandemic. So don't expect protests to stop.
The JEDI Cloud drama hit intermission last month when a federal judge issued an injunction, stopping work DoD had started with winning bidder Microsoft.
An old lesson had a new airing when a contractor challenged the set-up of a blanket purchasing agreement.
Congress had so many small adjustments to procurement in its 2020 Defense Authorization bill, it ran out of 800 series digits.
The Navy got a lesson in procurement when it set out to buy weapons with scopes for use by special forces.
Long story short — the Air Force sought to acquire space launch services through an unusual contracting strategy of trying to award two compatible bids.
A couple of subtleties creep in, as Federal Drive with Tom Temin learned from procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell.
Contractors cheered when Congress enacted limitations on the use of LPTA contracts by the Defense Department when buying professional services.