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2024 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group (PPG)

Scottish Government Procurement

Then in June, the Economy and Fair Work Committee concluded their post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act from 2014. billion of contract spend under our national contracts and working together, we were able to maintain those prices, achieve 34 million worth of savings and 20 million of cost avoidance.

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Friday Flash 11/01/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS Community Care Network (CCN) View the agendas for more details. Requests for transparent pricing across the AI lifecycle. James Peake , M.D.,

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A New Era of Procurement in Europe: Time for Bold Change

Open Contracting Partnership

The lost decade: EU Auditor Helga Berger painted a sobering picture: we’ve lost a decade of progress in European procurement despite 2014 Directives. Price is what you pay, value is what you get: Some 80% of procurement decisions in Europe are done solely on lowest price. Who bears the costs of lowest prices?

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Friday Flash 10/04/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Pricing details included in the prospectus. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., Constant Brand Visibility: The app will be the go-to resource for attendees, featuring peer-to-peer messaging and offering essential information like the conference schedule, session topics, speaker bios, and more.

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DOE Considers Using the Defense Production Act to Increase Output and Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies

The Contractor's Perspective

The President’s use of the DPA to impose wage and price controls without prior authorization through a joint resolution of Congress. In 2014-2016, Congress authorized the Department of Energy to make transfers of $45 million to the DPA Fund from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account. at § 4511(c)(2)(a).

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ASBCA Allows Subcontractors’ Pandemic-Related Claims to Move Forward

Government Contracts Legal Forum

After the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the contractor alleged that its subcontractors faced a number of impacts, such as government-ordered changes to the method and manner of the work, restricted access to the worksite, excessive price increases, and supply chain issues. United States , 742 F.3d 3d 984, 990 (Fed.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.