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SmallGovCon Week In Review: November 4-8, 2013

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I am in sunny Southern California, where I am speaking on teaming and joint venturing at an excellent PTAC conference.  Meanwhile, as the effects of the shutdown begin to slowly fade, a wide variety of government contracts news is making headlines.

In this week’s SmallGovCon Week in Review, the DHS’s EAGLE II awards come under fire, a GAO report alleges poor contracting practices at the Bureau of Land Management, Guy Timberlake of the American Small Business Coalition explains the importance of understanding and using government contracting data, and much more.

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Sex, Lies, & Bid Protests: Adultery-Based Challenge Fails at GAO

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An alleged adulterous relationship between a Navy program manager and a contractor support employee did not provide a basis to challenge the Navy’s award to a different contractor.

The GAO’s recent decision in Harris IT Services Corporation, B-408546.2, B-408546.3 (Oct. 31, 2013) involved more salacious allegations  than one typically encounters in a bid protest case, but the GAO’s ruling was no surprise: after all, the awardee was not the company employing the allegedly unfaithful employee.

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SmallGovCon Week In Review: Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2013

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I hope you and yours enjoyed a wonderful Halloween.  My kids enjoyed a brief round of trick-or treating but on the home front, we ran out of candy rather early (due, in part, to a rather disturbing trend on the part of some costumed kids to blatantly grab entire fistfuls of candy from the dish).

With Halloween festivities over, what better way to spend a Friday afternoon than catching up on government contracting news?  In this week’s SmallGovCon Week In Review, a small business subcontractor sues a prime for breach of a teaming agreement, the DoD announces plans to audit Buy American Act compliance, the Army pushes WOSB acquisitions, and much more.

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SmallGovCon Week In Review: Oct. 21-25, 2013

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Halloween is almost here and government contracting is (mostly) returning to normal following the shutdown.

In this week’s SmallGovCon Week in Review, the Washington Post discusses three major small business IDIQs on tap for early 2014, Set-Aside Alert examines the possibility of a second shutdown, Federal News Radio has a piece on the prevalence of “low price” acquisitions, and much more.

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SmallGovCon Week In Review: October 14-18, 2013

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The shutdown is finally over, and government contractors are getting back to work.

In this week’s SmallGovCon Week In Review, there are no “shutdown is over” stories, because you already know about that.  Instead, the Review offers some news and commentary that may have slipped under your radar screen, including post-shutdown contracting, the next step in the strategic sourcing initiative, a preview of some key federal opportunities on the horizon for 2014, and an interesting look at how government contracting data has spawned its own niche businesses.

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SmallGovCon Week In Review: October 7-11, 2013

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As the shutdown marches on, many contractors are beginning to feel the effects, in the form of suspension notices, unanswered calls to agency officials, and concerns about delays in processing payments, claims, protests, and more.

In this week’s SmallGovCon Week In Review, more on the effects of the shutdown on small contractors, as well as some “non-shutdown” news and commentary you may have missed.

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SmallGovCon Week In Review: Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2013

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The shutdown dominated government contracts headlines this week, and rightfully so.

This week’s SmallGovCon Week In Review features plenty of shutdown coverage, including several pieces focusing on small businesses.  But the week’s government contracts news and commentary also included a welcome drop in wait times for VA SDVOSB applications, Guy Timberlake’s insights on government spending through procurement vehicles versus standalone contracts, and more.

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