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Will U.S. Lawmakers Find Common Ground to Enact De Minimis Reform in 2024?

Import and Trade Remedies

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. 2004 and H.R. It would maintain the $800 cap but apply lower thresholds with countries on the basis of reciprocity. De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023 ( S.

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A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

How to Crack a Nut

The Slovak Government decided not to purchase the stadium and it instead challenged the compatibility with EU law of the State aid package due to a fundamental breach of procurement law. Framing: Directive 2004/18/EC, Directive 2014/24/EU, or it does not matter? Once the stadium was built, NFŠ exercised the put option.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

To be at the 100-employee threshold, the employer must be a “business enterprise that employs— (i) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (ii) 100 or more employees, including part-time employees, who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week, exclusive of hours of overtime.” [57] AT&T Tech.,

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GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Procurement Notes

competition for a blanket purchase agreement or order under the Federal Supply Schedule [31] A competition that uses FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition procedures [32] It is also worth noting that if a procuring agency is not subject to the required debriefing provisions of the U.S. . 22, 2004); Zafer Constr. 30] A FAR Subpart 8.4

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Real Discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Contractors and Subcontractors

Procurement Notes

On a related note, in the case of schedule contracts awarded under GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule (“FSS”) program, and purchase orders awarded under such contracts are subject to GSA’s Class Deviation CD-2021-13, which covers service orders and supply orders. 19, 2004) (quoting Liles Constr. See, e.g. , Adv. Eng’g and Planning Corp.,