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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

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Under the BCI, GSA will lead the government in negotiating a governmentwide IT software license agreement with a large software provider. The bill calls for agencies to conduct an inventory and improve the overall management of software.

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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

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India endorsed the request however Pakistan unilaterally retracted this request and proposed that the dispute be referred to arbitration, in 2016. The ICJ rejected the first objection but upheld the second, emphasizing the mandatory nature of negotiation attempts as a precondition for its jurisdiction.

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Price Reasonableness Analysis: A Bid Evaluation Stage in Public and Project Procurement

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of the UN Procurement Practitioner’s Handbook 2017 (UN-PPH), in cases of a non-competitive procurement method (such as direct procurement or sole source), negotiations for price reduction can be entered into to ensure a reasonable price. The negotiations will be documented, and contract award depends on the outcome of the negotiations.

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

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Over the course of the next year, GSA engaged in the public rule-making process, culminating in a 2016 final General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) rule implementing TDR for certain MAS Special Item Numbers (SINs). The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015.

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Delhi Arbitration Weekend 2024: India and the Evolving Nature of Investor State Dispute Settlement

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He supported this position by referring to India’s termination of 76 of 87 of its BITs in 2016. Ever since then, the Indian government has taken a more cautious approach with the 2016 India Model BIT (“India Model BIT”). Rowley, KC observed that treaties have to be negotiated like contracts.

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Pakistani Energy Sector Parties Challenge Arbitration Awards in the English High Court on the Grounds of ‘Serious Irregularity’

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The underlying dispute concerned unpaid invoices under a Gas Supply Agreement (‘ GSA ’) entered into by the Parties in 2016 for the purchase of Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (‘ RLNG ’) from Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (‘ SNGPL ’). These are important considerations for contracting parties negotiating the seat of arbitration in any contract.

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LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

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Over the years, this has led to a huge number of bilateral, multilateral and regional investment treaties being concluded throughout Africa – as of 2016 , there were approximately one thousand such treaties with an African state party. Should investors be pushing back on African seat proposals when negotiating arbitration clauses?