GAO Updates Guide to Bid Protests
The Government Accountability Office has issued the tenth edition of Bid Protests at GAO: A Descriptive Guide. GAO issued the guide to aid those interested in the bid protest process. This edition incorporates changes to GAO’s Bid Protest Regulations set … Continue reading
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Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds Raised by DoD
Department of Defense Class Deviation 2018-O0013 raises micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and revises the special emergency procurement authority. The deviation raises the DoD micro-purchase threshold to $5,000, except the threshold is $10,000 for certain DoD research program and laboratory … Continue reading
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SBA Seeks Comments on Revised Size Standards Methodology
A Small Business Administration notice advises the public that the agency has revised its white paper, entitled “SBA’s Size Standards Methodology,” which describes the SBA’s methodology for establishing, reviewing and adjusting its small business size standards pursuant to the Small … Continue reading
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DoD Announces Higher Certified Cost or Pricing Data Threshold
The Department of Defense has issued Class Deviation 2018-O0012, which raises the threshold for obtaining certified cost or pricing data to $2 million. FAR 15.403-4 sets the threshold for obtaining CCPD at $750,000. However, section 811 of the National Defense … Continue reading
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DoD Seeks Input on Implementation of NDAA FY 2018 in DFARS
A Department of Defense notice announces an early engagement opportunity regarding implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (PL 115-91) within the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. The public is invited to submit early inputs on … Continue reading
Section 809 Panel Issues Volume I of Final Report
The Section 809 Panel, the Department of Defense’s advisory panel on streamlining and codifying acquisition regulations, issued Volume I of its Final Report. The report contains recommendations to update DoD’s process for acquiring information technology business systems, streamline auditing requirements, … Continue reading
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FAC 2005-96 Rescinds Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule
A final rule, FAR Case 2017-015, issued in Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-96, amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation to rescind the FAR Case 2014-025 final rule entitled Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which was issued in FAC 2005-90 on August 25, … Continue reading
