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Why contracting protest appeals are never a zero sum game

In federal contract protests, a company can’t make a money appeal on a protest decision unless that appeal contains a specific dollar amount.

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Roger Waldron

What is fair and reasonable: How many clauses are enough for a commercial item contract?

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How to keep new policy from making procurement less efficient

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FILE - In this June 19, 2019, file photo cargo containers are stacked on a ship at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles. The market for small businesses cooled for the third straight quarter. That report comes from BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small companies that counted 2,444 transactions reported by business brokers from April through June, down 9.6% from 2,705 in the second quarter of last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

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Holistic strategy on IT supply chain needed before it’s too late, experts tell commission

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Jackie Space: FAR can help managers build non-traditional relationships

Jackie Space, founder of a Silicon Valley company called BMNT, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, federal managers often blame the Federal Acquisition…

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GSA working on changes to FAR, new legislation to help agencies buy cloud

The General Services Administration says it’s working through a series of legislative and regulatory changes that would help agencies buy cloud computing…

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Roger WaldronNDAA

Procurement policy world heats up during dog days of summer

August is usually a slow time for federal procurement, but Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, says that’s not the case this year.

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