European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 19, 2024

Panama also contended that the Claimants failed to provide sufficient evidence of the Vice-President’s alleged motives and that the solicitation meeting in 2012 was unproven. Panama stated that its actions were commercial in nature, and therefore, no expropriation had taken place.

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Federal Construction Contracting

JANUARY 16, 2024

Following growing concerns within DoD that contractors were not consistently implementing the cybersecurity requirements of DFARS 252.204-2012, DoD responded with the creation of the CMMC Program in 2019 to move away from a “self-attestation” model of security. Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted by February 26, 2024.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Chile’s public procurement agency, ChileCompra, created its “ Public Contracting Observatory ” service in 2012 to detect, prevent, and fix irregularities in government contracting procedures. The higher a procedure’s score, the more rules have potentially been broken.

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ivalua

MARCH 1, 2019

That was followed by design workshops and in Sept 2012 they had a significant pilot involving 350 employees. Have regular meetings with the users and do evaluations in the tool. This was led internally by a committed and agile team. In 2011 they had a proof of concept, resulting in the selection of Ivalua. In 2013 they went live.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 8, 2024

Total Venture Capital Investment in Artificial Intelligence from 2012 to 2022 in LAC5 (USD billions) Source: Chart elaborated by the authors using data from OECD AI Policy Observatory. link] AI Can Improve Economic Decision-making AI has the potential to increase Latin America’s GDP by over 5.4% ($0.5 trillion) by 2030 [2].

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You generally cannot wait to see how the agency actually applies the ambiguous requirement in its evaluation and then protest the agency’s interpretation after the award decision. At the COFC, protests challenging solicitation amendments must be filed before contract award, assuming there is adequate time in which to do so.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 8, 2024

Specifically, the Municipalidad de Lima asserted that Odebrecht, Rutas de Lima’s parent company, secured the contract in 2012 by assisting Mayor Villaran’s anti-impeachment process. Oscar Gruss & Son , judicial review of arbitral awards is extremely limited, and courts do not evaluate claims of factual or legal errors made by arbitrators.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As I said, this detailed debriefing standard imposes a very high burden on the contracting authorities and entities to provide very detailed reasons concerning every single criterion used in the evaluation of bids. And this generates some troubling incentives and risks, as discussed here.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 16, 2024

The FDA’s active postmarket surveillance system relies on data pulled from electronic health records, wearable devices, mobile health applications and more to evaluate the safety of a medical device. As the agency establishes the system to better evaluate authorized tools in the U.S

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ivalua

MAY 7, 2020

A Procurement Officer Survey conducted in 2012 by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that 53% of respondents believed their organization was “effective” or “very effective” at leveraging Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Risk Management technologies. Sellers were able to find other markets for their goods and services.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Kröll has been associated with the Moot since 1997, first as a coach for the University of Cologne and arbitrator and since 2012 as a Director. While such preliminary evaluations have been very useful in my experience, they should not be confounded with proper mediations. Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Prof.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

According to Deltek’s 2022 Government Contracting Industry Study , in 2021, “[m]edian profit margin was higher (15%) compared with what has been observed since 2012 (6-10%).” [10] Further, various Agency FAR Supplements put forth a structured approach for evaluating profit. Now, compare the foregoing to contractor profits. ”). [69]

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

Since at least January 2012, the Federal Reserve System’s Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) has maintained that a 2% inflation rate is optimal for maximizing employment and keeping prices stable. [6] However, the FOMC evaluates the 2% goal against the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) (addressed below).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A 2022 DoD report found that, in addition to the well-known consolidation of prime defense contractors, the number of small businesses in the defense industrial base shrunk by over 40 percent since 2012, and that 15,000 would leave over the next decade if trends continue.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Investors should thus evaluate the characteristics of this mechanism before investing under the Regime and bringing a claim to protect its rights. Interpretative issues related to the applicable law, definition of investment, the RIGI Panels authority, consolidation of proceedings, among others may arise.

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