Public Contracting Institute

JUNE 5, 2024

Offerors are sometimes distressed when an agency selects a significantly higher priced, higher technically rated proposal in a best value determination. Jacobs protested that the agency had failed to reasonably justify the award at a $37 million (32 percent) price premium. 152,888,900. See FAR 15.308. TeKONTROL, Inc.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

on agent’s fees, transfer pricing, employment, etc.), In this respect, the panelists referred to the well-known saying “ the most important thing is not to win but to participate ”. Appeal proceedings encompass a wide variety of disputes, ranging from disciplinary decisions (antidoping, match fixing, etc.)

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

One could be forgiven for simplifying the goal of procurement to ensuring that public money is well spent , which could be further elaborated (following Schooner 2002 ) to encompass promoting integrity and value for money in the award of public contracts, and acting transparently to facilitate accountability. At first look, s.12(1)

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Particularly, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) core inflation rate for January 2024 was 2.8%. [30] 33] Importantly, since the inflation high water marks of 2022, mostly what has occurred is disinflation (decrease of the inflation rate), not actual deflation (price decreases). down from 5.5%

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Brunner suggests, parties’ participation in shaping solutions is definitely a better alternative than an outright intervention by adjudicators. (Non-) Intervention in Business Contracts: The Case of Brazil Giovanni Ettore Nanni’s thoughts on business contracts weave through his take on the Brazilian Economic Freedom Act. Regardless, as Prof.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

The proposed rule creates a framework for ensuring that contractors provide the protections for CUI required in 32 CFR part 2002 which requires that contractors handling CUI meet the cybersecurity and privacy requirements of NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 among other cyber requirements. Training will continue throughout the entire month of January.

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Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Price , the Supreme Court stated that “[p]rivate persons, jointly engaged with state officials in the prohibited action, are acting ‘under color’ of law. It is enough that he is a willful participant in joint activity with the State or its agents.” [52] FAR § 1.501–2(b) (2002) (emphasis added); Pls.’ Price, 383 U.S.

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