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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs. She formally served as purchasing agent for the city of San Diego, the ninth largest city in the nation, and emergency logistics chief during the 2007 Witch Creek Fires.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

193] Yet, with inflation in the background, that pricing arguably does not reflect the reasonable value of the construction/goods/services when those things were actually provided. 18] See FAR 16.203-4(a)(i), (b)(i), and (c)(i). [19] 19] See DFARS 216.203-4; FAR 2.101 (definition of simplified acquisition threshold ). [20]