#GAO dismisses protest of VA courier services award, reaffirming no obligation to evaluate experience, past performance, or unreasonably low prices where Part 13
#RFQ omits those criteria.
#simplifiedacquisition #federalprocurement https://washingtonhorizon.com/all-american-express-solutions-llc-b-423530/ 
All American Express Solutions, LLC (B-423530)
You should not care.
Category: Price realism, experience, past performance, resopnsibility
Date: 1 August 2025
URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423530
All American Express Solutions, LLC, protested the VA’s award of a courier services contract to Rollin'O'Stop, LLC under RFQ No. 36C25725Q0351, set aside for SDVOSBs. The protest
Trump’s FAR rewrite chops Part 34 from 32 sections to 11—ditching acquisition-strategy mandates and trimming EVMS rules. Agencies get speed and flexibility; contractors lose protest ammo.
#GovCon #FederalProcurement https://washingtonhorizon.com/trump-overhaul-slashes-far-part-34/
Trump overhaul slashes FAR Part 34
The Trump administration’s “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” has released a model deviation that rewrites FAR Part 34, Major System Acquisition. The new text—issued 2 May 2025 and already available for agency adoption—shrinks the part from 32 sections to just 11, excising most front-end program-management rules in the name
GSA rolls out mandatory Transactional Data Reporting, expanding pricing transparency and streamlining federal procurement for all Schedule contractors.
#FederalProcurement #govcon https://washingtonhorizon.com/gsa-expands-tdr-to-remove-dreaded-prc-from-schedules/
GSA expands TDR to remove dreaded PRC from Schedules
GSA is expanding its Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program to new cloud SINs with a Schedule-wide rollout coming in fiscal 2026. The cloud expansion affected 62 special item numbers (SINs) covering products and cloud-related services. Participation in TDR will be mandatory for all SIN holders after the rollout.
TDR collects
GSA is fast-tracking federal procurement consolidation with new agency guidance. Agencies must now identify contracts for central management by Sept. 30, 2025. Streamlining meets urgency.
#FederalProcurement #GovCon https://washingtonhorizon.com/gsa-ramps-up-procurement-consolidation-with-new-agency-guidance/
GSA ramps up procurement consolidation with new agency guidance
GSA is accelerating efforts to centralize federal procurement, issuing new guidance to agency senior procurement executives on how to identify contracts for common goods and services suitable for transfer or shared management.
According to a Linked In post by industry expert Shauna Weatherly of Federal Subcontract Solutions, agencies are being
Common sense and the FAR: a match much below heaven
Several recent executive orders promise to reform federal acquisition, notably “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.” If only it were so easy.
The FAR unloved
The FAR is long at over 2,000 pages, but the FAR council promulgates a lot of regulations from statute. Congress regularly uses the National
GAO denies reconsideration for Mission Analytics—no pending protest, no prejudice, no reversal.
#FederalProcurement #GAOProtest https://washingtonhorizon.com/mission-analytics-llc-b-422841-4/
Mission Analytics, LLC (B-422841.4)
You should not care.
Category: Reconsideration, process error
Date: 22 April 2025
URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422841.4
Mission Analytics, LLC, a small business based in Falls Church, Virginia, requested reconsideration of GAO’s earlier decision dismissing its protest of a Department of Commerce RFQ for a direct
GSA is pushing ahead with federal procurement consolidation, asking agencies to submit plans for transferring common contracts by Sept 30. Centralized acquisition is coming.
#FederalProcurement #GSAUpdate https://buff.ly/eXzwj6XGSA ramps up procurement consolidation with new agency guidance
GSA is accelerating efforts to centralize federal procurement, issuing new guidance to agency senior procurement executives on how to identify contracts for common goods and services suitable for transfer or shared management.
According to a Linked In post by industry expert Shauna Weatherly of Federal Subcontract Solutions, agencies are being
#GSA is set to centralize $400B in federal procurement under a sweeping Trump order.
#govcon #FederalProcurement https://buff.ly/hBdZIUD 
GSA set to absorb $400B in procurement under sweeping Trump executive order
GSA is preparing to take on an unprecedented role in federal procurement, centralizing as much as $400 billion in annual contract spending under a new executive order signed by President Trump, according to internal comments obtained by Nextgov/FCW.
Josh Gruenbaum, head of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, told employees
Government suspends Boissonnault’s former company from obtaining federal contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada suspended Global Health Imports from bidding on federal contracts for 90 days, effective Nov. 22.
#globalnews #Politics #FederalProcurement #GlobalHealthImports #RandyBoissonnault https://globalnews.ca/news/10888939/federal-government-suspends-boissonnault-company-contracts/
Government suspends Boissonnault’s former company from obtaining federal contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada suspended Global Health Imports from bidding on federal contracts for 90 days, effective Nov. 22.
Government suspends Boissonnault’s former company from obtaining federal contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada suspended Global Health Imports from bidding on federal contracts for 90 days, effective Nov. 22.
#globalnews #Politics #FederalProcurement #GlobalHealthImports #RandyBoissonnault https://globalnews.ca/news/10888939/federal-government-suspends-boissonnault-company-contracts/Government suspends Boissonnault’s former company from obtaining federal contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada suspended Global Health Imports from bidding on federal contracts for 90 days, effective Nov. 22.
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