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Where Are You Headed?

by Kevin Jans | Jun 30, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

As you target, does your customer know where you are headed? While I was flying out to speak at a conference in California, I was reading an article in Inc magazine about the value of “growth” to everyone in and around a company. The owners want it because it creates...

GAO Says Evaluations Using CPARS for Past Performance must be Equal and Fair

by Shelley Hall | Jun 26, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

CSR, Inc., B-413973 et al. (Jan. 13, 2017) involves the protest of Department of Justice’s evaluation and award of a blanket purchase agreement to Booz Allen Hamilton. The BPA solicitation allowed offerors to submit up to nine past performance examples. The RFP...

AGE DISCRIMINATION AND OUTDATED VIEWS OF OLDER WORKERS PERSIST

by Shelley Hall | Jun 23, 2017 | Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

It’s been 50 years since the enactment of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). At a public meeting held 6/14/17 entitled “The ADEA @ 50 – More Relevant Than Ever,” several experts told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that...

Does Subcontractor Past Performance need to be Evaluated for FSS Procurements?

by Shelley Hall | Jun 19, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Not according to a recent GAO decision on Atlantic Systems Group, Inc., B-413901 (Jan. 9, 2017). The agency issued a Request for Quote (RFQ) pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-2, Ordering Procedures for Services Requiring a Statement of Work. The...

Does the Supreme Court Kingdomware Decision Change Size Protest Guidelines?

by Shelley Hall | Jun 16, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Recently the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) rejected the theory that a GSA Schedule order should be considered a “contract” under size protest timeliness rules. OHA stated that SBA’s existing rules distinguish between contracts and orders, and rarely permit...

Policy Tidbits – June 2017

by Shelley Hall | Jun 12, 2017 | Skyway CO Insight

Uniform Use of Line Items – DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to establish uniform use of line items in Federal procurement. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Fair...

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