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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. Most organizational procurement policies define thresholds that dictate when a particular method should be used.

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Dodd-Frank Act Programs Have Awarded over $2 Billion to Whistleblowers

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Dodd-Frank Act , which passed in 2010, established whistleblower award programs at the two agencies to incentivize insiders with knowledge of corporate fraud and misconduct to come forward to the authorities. The CFTC Whistleblower Fund Improvement Act raises this cap, which has not been changed since it was instituted in 2010.

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The 2023 SIAC Draft Rules: Raising the Bar for Efficiency

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Expedited Procedure Since Expedited Procedure was introduced in 2010, it has become increasingly popular. As per SIAC’s annual report of 2022 , SIAC has received a total of 802 requests for Expedited Procedure since 2010. In 2022 alone, SIAC received 87 requests for Expedited Procedure, of which 48 were accepted. Draft Rule 14.1(b)

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FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (SBJA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-5, and the setting aside of General Services Administration (GSA) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Schedule Orders ? How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders? To be “fairly considered,” the FAR makes no provision in Subpart 8.4

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FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (SBJA), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-5, and the setting aside of General Services Administration (GSA) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Schedule Orders? How does the Act provide for the setting-aside of BPA Orders? To be “fairly considered,” the FAR makes no provision in Subpart 8.4

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Purchasing Thresholds Price Accountability

Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

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] 93] See Fed. Bank of St.

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OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

SmallGovCon

JANUARY 30, 2024

GAO noted that it had in the past construed the small business Rule of Two as applicable to any task order delivery order solicitation, but that in 2010 Congress amended the Small Business Act to require rules allowing federal agencies to “set aside orders placed against multiple award contracts for small business concerns” “at their discretion.”

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

Between 2009 and 2010, Red Eagle secured 11 option contracts to acquire equal mining titles to develop a large-scale gold mining project in Colombia (“Project”). Between 2010 and 2012, Red Eagle acquired the 11 mining titles, which were assigned and registered according to Colombian law.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

Between 2009 and 2010, Red Eagle secured 11 option contracts to acquire equal mining titles to develop a large-scale gold mining project in Colombia (“Project”). Between 2010 and 2012, Red Eagle acquired the 11 mining titles, which were assigned and registered according to Colombian law.

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Balance Participation Impact Assessment Thresholds

Revisiting the Fosen-Linjen Saga on threshold for procurement damages

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 23, 2023

I was asked to revisit the Fosen-Linjen Saga on the EFTA Court’s interpretation of the threshold for liability in damages arising from breaches of EU/EEA procurement law.

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

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.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

The great uncertainty brought about by vertical agreements led the EU legislator to enact the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 330/2010 (now 2022/720 ) (“VBER”). When reviewing the award, the Paris CoA verified whether the distribution agreement contained some hardcore restrictions that would render the VBER’s safe harbor inapplicable.

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GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

224, 231 (2010); 10 U.S.C. For example, FAR 16.505(b)(1)(iii)(B)( 2 ) states, regarding an order that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold, that a Contracting Officer shall “[a]fford all contractors responding to the notice a fair opportunity to submit an offer and have that offer fairly considered.” 2304c(d)(5); 41 U.S.C.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This can be particularly relevant in relation to the delineation of the scope of application of the procurement and State aid rules, in particular in relation to the ‘de-risking’ of development projects, as further discussed below.

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KluwerArbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXI, Issue No. 12 (December 2023)

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 16, 2024

98/2010, 28 December 2010 José A. Moreno Rodríguez, Altra Legal, ITA Reporter for Paraguay On December 28, 2010, an Asunción Appeals Court rejected an annulment request, as the Applicant did not prove that the alleged annulment ground found in Art. A high threshold is applicable to s. de Construcciones v.

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Irish High Court Sets High Threshold in Set Aside Application

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Supreme Court case of Keenan v Shield Insurance Company Ltd [1988] IR 89 (McCarthy J) was cited, predating the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law in this jurisdiction by the Arbitration Act 2010 , demonstrating the commitment of the courts in Ireland to upholding arbitral awards.

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OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

Federal News Network

JANUARY 26, 2024

It said agencies since 2010 have seen about a 40% decrease in the number of small businesses receiving prime contract awards. The small business specialist should notify the PCR for any non-set-aside order over a threshold negotiated between the agency and SBA,” the memo added. SBA highlighted this problem in May.

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Public Procurement Central

Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

Dodd-Frank Act Programs Have Awarded over $2 Billion to Whistleblowers

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The 2023 SIAC Draft Rules: Raising the Bar for Efficiency

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

FAR 8.4 Blanket Purchase Agreement Orders To Be Set-Aside or Not to Be Set-Aside? That is the Question

Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Revisiting the Fosen-Linjen Saga on threshold for procurement damages

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

Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

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

KluwerArbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXI, Issue No. 12 (December 2023)

Irish High Court Sets High Threshold in Set Aside Application

OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

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