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The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a
$10,953,284 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-21-F-0207) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-16-G-0001. This order procures 16 refurbished harpoon capsules and four All-Up Round encapsulated harpoon missiles for the Navy. Work will be performed in Burnley, United Kingdom (70.84%); St. Charles, Missouri (27.9%); Seattle, Washington (1.16%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (0.1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,953,284 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The
DoD Innovation: Landscape of Emerging Practices Katy Person, Program Manager, MIT Innovation Initiative
Katy Person, Program Manager, MIT Innovation Initiative
For my whole career, I’ve been intrigued by this concept of defense acquisitions. I mentioned this to a new friend of mine, a research scientist at the Koch Institute for Brain Research. She said that was the nerdiest thing she had ever heard.
But here’s the thing: after even just one tour in a combat zone - my first was Afghanistan - you learn the criticality of having the technology you need right when you need it. Warfighters juggle a lot of priorities, many of which could increase the chance of casualties. When there’s a technical solution that makes managing those life-saving responsibilities easier, warfighters deserve it fast and right.
By Jarrod McAdoo
Feb 18, 2021
President Joe Biden’s executive order Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America s Workers, [i] includes a renewed focus on governmental procurement agencies. The executive order requires agencies to adapt rapidly, and ensure proper reporting and compliance. What’s more, diversifying the supplier pool will now be of critical importance.
This order affects federal agencies’ direct purchase contracts[ii] for goods and services. But these recent changes are just the latest in a series of rules impacting government procurement.
Prior to Biden’s order, two significant changes to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses had already been implemented under the previous administration as part of the Buy American Act (BAA)[iii]. One increased domestic content requirements, while the other raised the price preference for domestic products.
This month’s
Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three recent protest decisions, each offering a cautionary tale to offerors in the stages prior to contract award. The first,
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[i], emphasizes the requirement for small businesses undergoing an acquisition to recertify their size status on their pending proposals. In the next,
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[ii], the Court of Federal Claims warns offerors of the dangers in sitting on allegations that a competitor has an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) until after award, at which point a protest might be dismissed as untimely. And lastly, the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision in