How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Framing: Directive 2004/18/EC, Directive 2014/24/EU, or it does not matter? One preliminary issue worth highlighting is that the timeline of the case created the issue whether the 2004 or the 2014 procurement Directive applied. In this post, I will focus on issues 1 and 2.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Finance Purchasing 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

Government 40

Government Government Price Contract 40

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

But, when balancing the pros and the cons, there is a natural expectation that contractors will accept the mandate, without challenge, so long as there is a financial upside for doing so. 19, 2004) (quoting Liles Constr. 27] Also on October 1, 2021 , the VA , [28] Homeland Security , [29] and NASA [30] issued their FAR deviations.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Procurement Contract Government 40