Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Procurement List:

• Document 1.  (PDF Version)  (January 27, 2012)

Railroad Retirement Board

Availability of FY 2011 Service Contract Inventory.  (PDF Version)  (January 27, 2012)

Department of Defense

Data Capture in Support of Contingency Planning.  (pdf)  (January 27, 2012)

Earlier

Rules & Tools

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAR Case 2005-037:  Correction to Brand-Name Specifications.  (PDF Version)  (January 20, 2012)

The White House

Federal Support for the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program.  (January 23, 2012)

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DFARS Case 2011-D034:  Pilot Program for Acquisition of Military-Purpose Nondevelopmental Items.  (PDF Version)  (January 19, 2012)

DFARS Case 2011-D040:  Definition of Cost or Pricing Data.  (PDF Version)  (January 19, 2012)  2012-00971

DFARS Case 2011-D054:  DoD Voucher Processing.  (PDF Version)  (January 19, 2012)

DFARS Case 2012-D002:  Order of Application for Modifications.  (PDF Version)  (January 19, 2012)

Waiver for Certain Defense Items Produced in the United Kingdom.  (PDF Version)  (January 17, 2012)

Department of Defense

Purchases from Federal Prison Industries; Updated List of Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Codes to be Competed.  (pdf)  (January 17, 2012)

Department of Energy

Acquisition Letter 2012-06:  Implications of Receiving Time-Limited Funds on Contract Planning, Award, and Administration.  (January 13, 2012)

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAR Case 2011-024:  Extension of comment period for Set-Asides for Small Business.  (PDF Version)  (January 12, 2012)

Small Business Administration

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.  (PDF Version)  (January 12, 2012)

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAR Case 2010-016:  Correction; Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System; Correction.  (PDF Version)  (January 11, 2012)

Agency for International Development

Procurement of Commodities and Services Financed by USAID Federal Program Funds.  (PDF Version)  (January 10, 2012)

General Services Administration

GSAR Case 2011-G503:  Implementation of Information Technology Security Provision.  (PDF Version)  (January 6, 2012)

Environmental Protection Agency

EPAAR Clause for Compliance with Policies for Information Resources Management.  (PDF Version)  (January 5, 2012)

Department of Defense

Termination of the Authority for Use of the Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.  (pdf)  (January 5, 2012)

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-55

Introduction.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2008-032:  Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts.  Final.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2011-021:  Transition to the System for Award Management (SAM).  Final.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2005-037:  Brand-Name Specifications.  Final.  (PDF Version)   (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2009-043:  Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts for Commercial Items.  Final.  (PDF Version)   (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2010-016:  Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.  Final.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

FAR Case 2010-005:  Updated Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting References.  Final.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

Technical Amendments.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

Small Entity Compliance Guide.  (PDF Version)  (January 3, 2012)

Fiscal Service

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act.  (PDF Version)  (December 30, 2011)

Department of Defense

Operational Contract Support.  (PDF Version)  (December 28, 2011)

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Information Request

Biobased Procurements.  (PDF Version)  (December 28, 2011)

Progress Payments (SF-1443).    (PDF Version)  (December 28, 2011)

More Rules

More Small Business

Protests

Comptroller General

Relevant past performance.  See Excalibur Laundries, Inc., B-405814, B-405814.2, Jan 3, 2012.  (January 17, 2012)

Sealed bid, brand names, responsive.  See Veterans Contracting Group, Inc., B-405940, Jan 12, 2012.  (January 17, 2012)

Brand name or equal.  See ADM International, Inc., B-405854, January 6, 2012.  (January 13, 2012)

Court of Federal Claims

Past performance, disparate treatment, factual errors, failure to consider a past performance questionnaire.  See BayFirst Solutions, LLC, v. U. S. and Veteran Solutions, Inc. No. 11-516C, January 9, 2012.  (January 10, 2012)

Comptroller General

Valid basis of protest, distinction between price reasonableness and price realism.  See Applied Business Management Solutions Incorporated, LLC, B-405724, December 15, 2011.  (January 9, 2012)

Sealed bid, omitted line item price,  immaterial defect in or variation of a bid.  See W.B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818; B-405818.2, January 4, 2012.  (January 9, 2012)

Sealed bid, unbalanced bid.  See W.B. Construction and Sons, Inc., B-405818; B-405818.2, January 4, 2012.  (January 9, 2012)

More Legal

Wifcon.com

Wifcon.com is moving,  Read about it here.  (January 26, 2012)

Earlier

News

Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight

Statements and video from a January 25, 2012 hearing entitled:  Contract Management at Arlington National Cemetery.  (January 26, 2012)

Department of Energy

Office of Nuclear Safety Enforcement Regulatory Assistance Review.  (January 26, 2012)

Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Launches Acquisition Internship for Returning Veterans.  (January 26, 2012)

Department of Energy

Nuclear Safety Enforcement Consent Order issued.  (January 25, 2012)  

Defense Logistics Agency

Innovative acquisition strategy saves Air Force millions.  (January 25, 2012)  

Defense Logistics Agency

Reverse auctions save money.  (January 23, 2012)

Department of Justice

Army sergeants sentenced to prison for bribery.  (January 23, 2012)

Department of Justice

Former sales manager and 2 contractors indicted for alleged bribery involving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  (January 18, 2012)

Contractor agrees to pay $702,000 to settle allegations that it billed the Army too much for work performed by unqualified employees.  (January 11, 2012)

Defense Logistics Agency

Local procurement process for Afghanistan customers.  (January 6, 2012)

Department of Justice

Shipping contractor agrees to pay $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims in connection with shipping of containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.  (January 4, 2012)

Hungarian and German telecommunications company agree to pay $63.9 million to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act penalty.  (December 30, 2011)

Department of Justice

Government settle discrimination allegations against contractor.  (December 29, 2011)

Department of Justice

Defense Contractor Pays US $4.75 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Defective Bomb Fuzes.  (December 22, 2011)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Review of VA's Secure VA-Chief Information Security Officer Support Services Acquisition Process.  (pdf)  (December 21, 2011)

U. S. Congress

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 conference report highlights.  (December 15, 2011)

Defense Logistics Agency

Employee Recognition Program Ceremony.  (December 15, 2011)

Audits

Department of Defense

Army Needs to Identify Government Purchase Card
High-Risk Transactions.  (1.4MB, pdf)  (January 25, 2012)  

Naval Air Systems Command Lakehurst Contracts
Awarded Without Competition Were Properly Justified.  (pdf)  (January 25, 2012)  

General Services Administration

Opportunities to Improve the Federal Acquisition Service's City Pair Program Through Data Analysis.  (pdf)  (January 25, 2012)

Department of Defense

Summary Report on DoD's Management of Undefinitized Contractual Actions.  (January 18, 2012)

Government Accountability Office

Defense Contracting:  Improved Policies and Tools Could Help Increase Competition on DOD's National Security Exception Procurements.  (January 17, 2012)

General Services Administration

Review of Public Building Service's Procurement of Public Relations Services at the Bannister Federal Complex.  (pdf)  (January 13, 2012)

Government Accountability Office

Managing Service Contracts
Recent Efforts to Address Associated Risks Can Be Further Enhanced.  (January 9, 2012)

Environmental Protection Agency

Training Contractor Not Promptly Paid Under Purchase Order EP07H001074.  (pdf)  (December 30, 2011)

Department of Commerce

Further Actions Needed to Enhance Commerce’s Acquisition Human Capital Plan.  (pdf)  (December 28, 2011) 

Department of Defense

Award and Administration of Multiple Award Contracts for Services at U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Need Improvement.  (1.7MB, pdf)  (December 27, 2011) 

Changes Are Needed to the Army Contract With Sikorsky to Use Existing DoD Inventory and Control Costs at the Corpus Christi Army Depot.  (7.3MB, pdf)  (December 27, 2011) 

Department of Justice

Status of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Implementation of the Sentinel Project.  (pdf)  (December 27, 2011)