National Treasure is such a fun movie. It’s interesting, it’s complex, it’s full of action and intrigue. It’s about the hunt. It’s about following the clues and working to figure out where the next clue is. Treasure hunts make for great movies. However, going from clue to clue without context in real life is frustrating. [...]
No, this blog is not about Star Wars and the cute new toy Yoda. JEDI is the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract potentially worth $10 billion over 10 years, awarded to Microsoft to provide cloud services to the DoD. There currently are two cases in the Court of Federal claims concerning this acquisition. Oracle [...]
DOD recently issued a final rule to implement sections of the FY17 and FY18 NDAAs that establish limitations and prohibitions on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. The final rule is codified at DFARS 215.101-2-70 (revised Oct. 1, 2019), and provides the limitations that apply if a CO wants [...]
I am writing this article as a follow-up and expansion of the ideas expressed in the recent episode of the same name of the Contracting Officer Podcast. The point of the episode is that communications involving contracts, especially in terms of proposals and their various volumes, need to carefully prepared and considered. Moreover, it is [...]
Any company pursuing business with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than likely heard of the infamous Kingdomware case which enforces the “Rule of Two”. After four years of mixed results at the GAO, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and Federal District Court, Veteran business owners scored a major victory when the U.S. [...]