GovCon MythBusters: “Other Transactions” (OTAs) in FedGov

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This article on “Other Transaction Authority” contracts or OTAs originally appears on the The Pulse of GovCon. Click here to view it: https://www.thepulsegovcon.com/the-pulse-content/otasinfederalgovernment Warning/Disclaimer: The Pulse GovCon MythBusters are professionals. Research was conducted with the assistance with of an OG Pulse Contributor and FPDS Maven (thank you!). Do not try this at home. This is not your
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Imports And Systems Inspection Regulatory Compliance And Enforcement (SIRCE)

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The FDA contracting office released the draft RFP to continue the support for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) criminal investigations, imports, and systems for inspection, recalls compliance, and enforcement (SIRCE). Incumbent Lockheed Martin (now Leidos) has been supporting this program since 2009 with the PoP ending in September of this year.
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Operation of the San Diego Job Corps Center

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CSD (OWL Companies Inc.) has been supporting this program since 2014 with the PoP ending in March 2019. Job Corps is a residential training program for economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 16 and 24. Supporting GovCons are responsible for the management and operation of a Government-owned facility, as well as the hiring of
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Adapting USAID Democracy Rights and Governance Assistance to Better Address Global Trends

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The intent of this BAA is to seek participants to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate on research and development interventions to improve delivery of Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs given the growing global challenges of closing civic and political space,disillusionment with democracy, violent extremism, the digital revolution,demographic and migration trends, among others. USAID is
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Universal Enrollment Services (UES) Bridge Award

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
Well this is awkward. See our full analysis on IDEMIA under the “Cancellation” part of our this report under “CHANNELING FOR NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE FINGERPRINT SUBMISSIONS III Solicitation No.:DJF18CHANNELING). In short, the NY Post reported back in December 2017 that a company named, Papillon AO, a subsidiary of Safran – renamed MorphoTrust – which was merged
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The Pulse – GovCon Industry Expose – May 17, 2018

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The only thing not drenched in rain is this Industry Expose’! Now grab something dry and get to reading.  The Pulse Industry Exposé is our bread and butter. It is this kind of knowledge sharing that inspired The Pulse in the first place. We have kept our eyes open and our ears to the ground to
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Large Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
The cancellation is due to SBRS pending review to dissolve small business set side.
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Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG) State Child and Youth Program Resilience Training for Teens I

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
Due to substantial changes to the scope of the sought services and other conflicting events, the requesting activity had deemed it necessary to cancel the event, until further notice.
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Special Operations Forces Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements (SPEAR) Soft Armor Ballistic Inserts

The Pulse - GovCon - Industry Exposé - Cancelled Bids, Pre Sol Bids, Active Bids, and Awarded Bids
Compliance is king, y’all. All offerors were eliminated from the competitive range based upon unacceptable proposals IAW RFP Section M.
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