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Federal acquisition experts will have 30 days to comment on proposed rules to help fine tune the changes initiated more than a year ago under the FAR overhaul.

Some provisions that didn’t survive negotiations last year are resurfacing in the Senate’s version of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill.

The finding supports/confirms FAS needs an evaluation approach that distinguishes between the reseller’s and the VAR’s value/price to the customer.

Senate lawmakers push for DoD to publicly disclose data around OTAs, while GSA receives important feedback about the role and value of VARs.

Brenda Crist and Beth Wingate, of Lohfeld Consulting Group, explain how vendors can translate AI into measurable competitive improvements in their proposals.

“They don’t want to build facilities and then find out two years from now that the contracts dry up because the conflicts have ended,” Mark Cancian said.

“I would say you need to be more critical and you need take a look at what these systems do in the strategies required for modern war,” said…

“And now with the reconciliation bill, the contractor community really does need DHS to step up and start delivering,” said Jim Carroll.

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s bill also includes provisions on insider threat reporting for AI companies and new post-quantum cryptography deadlines.

Minburn Technology alleges DoD changed the solicitation without telling the bidders, thus violating the basic tenets of the Competition in Contracting Act.