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FAR & Beyond: GSA’s TDR Expansion – The Journey Continues

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The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015. It is a management challenge, as well as an opportunity, to move from negotiations based on MFC to a more traditional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404 like analysis under TDR.

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Asserting Duress in Signing a Modification

Public Contracting Institute

2 on September 16, 2015. The Board noted that Sand Point had negotiated the terms of Modification 2, and had evidently entered into the mod voluntarily. In leading up to Mod. Sand Point signed Mod. Later, on Oct. 27, 2017, Sand Point raised for the first time its claim that it had entered into Mod. 2 under duress.

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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

Kluwer Arbitration

In 2016, Pakistan asked the World Bank (which facilitated the negotiations preceding the Indus Water Treaty) to facilitate an ad-hoc Court of Arbitration to investigate its concerns about the designs of the two hydroelectric power projects. India asked for the appointment of a Neutral Expert for the same purpose.

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Essential Supplies and Services - Procurement Relief for Extreme Urgency

VWV

The procurement regulations permit in cases of "extreme urgency" for a contracting authority to directly appoint a contractor to provide essential works, services and suppliers under the negotiated procedure without a call for competition. There have been many cases where extreme urgency has been argued, but to date none have been successful.

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Frameworks under the Procurement Act - FAQs

VWV

Also, determine whether there is scope to negotiate the call off terms and conditions. Both the framework and call-offs under it will be governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Direct award may not be suitable if you wish to negotiate special terms and conditions. What is the maximum length of a framework?

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12th ICC Brazilian Arbitration Day: An Open and Honest Conversation about ADR and Arbitration Evolution

Kluwer Arbitration

Since its inception in 2015, the ICC BAD has enjoyed consistent success, and in 2024 arbitration practicing lawyers and clients had further reasons to celebrate: the 10 th anniversary of ICC Brasil. The 12th ICC BAD featured the first woman President of the ICC Court, Ms.

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GSA’s TDR Expansion – The Journey Continues  

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015. It is a management challenge, as well as an opportunity, to move from negotiations based on MFC to a more traditional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404 like analysis under TDR.

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