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Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled

Procurement list; additions and deletions

• Document 1.  (PDF Version)  (May 9, 2008)
   

• Document 2.  (PDF Version)  (May 9, 2008)

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Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR); Definitions of Words and Terms.  (PDF Version)  (May 7, 2008)

HSAR Case 2007-002:  One-Step Turnkey Design-Build Contracts for United States Coast Guard.  (PDF Version)  (May 6, 2008)

Department of Defense

Department of Defense (DoD) Senior Contracting Leadership Positions.  (pdf)  (May 2, 2008) 

Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled

Procurement list; additions and deletions

• Document 1.  (PDF Version)  (May 2, 2008)
   

• Document 2.  (PDF Version)  (May 2, 2008)
   

• Document 3.  (PDF Version)  (May 2, 2008)

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Accounting for the Costs of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Sponsored by Government Contractors.  (PDF Version)  (May 1, 2008) 

Small Business Administration

Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule ―

• Notice of Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Safety Zone Rubber Gloves Manufacturing product number 9999.  (PDF Version)  (May 1, 2008)
  

• Notice of Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Trash Bags Manufacturing product number 8105.  (PDF Version)  (May 1, 2008)
  

• Notice of Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Paper Products
  Manufacturing product number 8540.  (PDF Version)  (May 1, 2008)

Department of Defense

User Fees.  (PDF Version)  (May 1, 2008) 

General Services Administration

Proposed "Federal Acquisition System Requirements."  (PDF Version)  (April 28, 2008) 

Small Business Administration

Notice of the next meeting of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board.  (PDF Version)  (April 28, 2008) 

Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled

Procurement list; additions and deletions

• Document 1.  (PDF Version)  (April 25, 2008)
   

• Document 2.  (PDF Version)  (April 25, 2008)

Department of Defense

DFARS Case 2007-D027:  Deletion of Obsolete Restriction on Acquisition of Vessel Propellers.  (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

DFARS Case 2005-D006:  Earned Value Management Systems.  (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

DFARS Case 2008-D008:  Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects.  (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

Technical Amendments.  (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

Proposed:

DFARS Case 2007-D021:  Limitations on DoD Non-Commercial Time-and-Materials Contracts.   (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

DFARS Case 2005-D024:  Quality Assurance Authorization of Shipment of Supplies.  (PDF Version)  (April 23, 2008)

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Legislative Update

The Legislation Page has been updated.  (May 5, 2008)

Protest Decisions

Comptroller General

Buy Indian Act.  See Native American Industrial Distributors, Inc., B-310737.3; B-310737.4; B-310737.5, April 15, 2008.  (May 7, 2008)

Letters of Commitment.  See Native American Industrial Distributors, Inc., B-310737.3; B-310737.4; B-310737.5, April 15, 2008. (May 7, 2008)

Bid bond.  See Tip Top Construction Corporation, B-311305, May 2, 2008.  (May 7, 2008)

Set-asides to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.  Required or discretionary.  See DAV Prime, Inc., B-311420, May 1, 2008.  (May 5, 2008)

Jurisdiction over protests of awards made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the Competitive Acquisition Program.  See Eastern Medical Equipment, Inc.; Omnicare, Inc.; Dania Medical Equipment & Supplies, Inc.; Chronic Care Pharmaceutical Services, LLC; Wound Management Technologies, Inc., B-311423; B-311423.2; B-311423.3; B-311423.4; B-311423.5, May 1, 2008.  (May 5, 2008)

Cancellation of RFQ.  See National Conference Services, Inc. and Direct Marketing Productions, Inc. d/b/a Technology Forums, Inc., B-311137, April 25, 2008.  (May 5, 2008)

Award of costs.  Severable or intertwined protest issues.  See Burns and Roe Services Corporation--B-310828.2, Costs, April 28, 2008.  (May 1, 2008)

Cost realism analysis.  See NHIC Corporation, B-310801; B-310801.2, February 12, 2008.  (April 30, 2008)

Evaluation of Options.  See Marshall Company, Ltd., B-311196, April 23, 2008.  (April 28, 2008)

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business.  See Singleton Enterprises- GMT Mechanical, A Joint Venture, B-311343, April 23, 2008.  (April 25, 2008)

Sole source, Only one source, GSA lease:  See Eisenhower Real Estate Holdings, LLC, B-310941, March 18, 2008.  (April 23, 2008)  

"Realism" adjustments to fixed-price sections of proposal.  See IBM Corporation, B-299504; B-299504.2, June 4, 2007.  (April 23, 2008)

Discussions, reliance on oral advice.  See IBM Corporation, B-299504; B-299504.2, June 4, 2007. (April 23, 2008)

Court of Federal Claims

Brand name or equal.  See Savantage Financial Services, Inc., v. U. S., No. 08-21C, April 15, 2008.  (April 22, 2008)  

Comptroller General

A-76, protest by agency tender official, competitive prejudice.  See Clark E. Myatt, Agency Tender Official, B-311234.2, April 15, 2008.  (April 17, 2008)

Award to lower-rated, lower-priced proposal.  See Angel Menendez Environmental Services, Inc., B-310340.2, April 11, 2008.  (April 15, 2008)

Source selection is not reasonably based.  See Fedcar Company, Ltd., B-310980; B-310980.2; B-310980.3,March 25, 2008.  (April 15, 2008)

Lack of Acceptance.  See Fedcar Company, Ltd., B-310980; B-310980.2; B-310980.3,March 25, 2008. (April 15, 2008)

Meaningful discussions.  See AT&T Corp., B-299542.3; B-299542.4, November 16, 2007.  (April 14, 2008)

Source selection decision.  See AT&T Corp., B-299542.3; B-299542.4, November 16, 2007. (April 14, 2008)

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News

Annual Report on the Federal Acquisition Workforce.  (pdf)  (May 6, 2008)

Report on Competitive Sourcing Results, Fiscal Year 2007.  (pdf)  (May 5, 2008)

On May 8, 2008, the Committee will hold a hearing entitled:  Performance Based Acquisitions: Creating Solutions or Causing Problems?   (May 5, 2008)