Federal News Network

AUGUST 9, 2024

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). Small businesses generated stronger growth under TDR than small businesses under MFC pricing.

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Government Contracts Advisor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Dentons government contracts lawyers and the Public Contracting Institute (PCI) will present this business systems series addressing the expanding requirements […]

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

billion target by using 2015-16 prices as its baseline. Even if prices had not reduced in any year compared with the year before, a saving was reported as long as prices were lower than that of the baseline year. For example, if a product cost £10 in 2015-16 and reduced to £9 in 2016-17, Supply Chain would report a saving of £1.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

over allegations that the Minnesota-based company attempted to manipulate the price of oats futures contracts. The CFTC alleges that Ceres attempted to manipulate the July 2016 and March 2017 oats futures contracts. Ceres agreed to pay a $3 million penalty to settle the charges. “If

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Launched by the Saudi government in 2016, the Saudi Vision 2030 Program is a sweeping reform initiative with the aim of diversifying the country’s economy and reducing its reliance on oil production. Below, we outline the 3 essential goals and initiatives of the program and how procurement plays a vital role in its execution and success!

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

Lowest Responsive Evaluated Bid versus Lowest Priced Bid Newbies to Public Procurement are usually confused when it comes to the difference between lowest responsive evaluated bid and lowest priced bid. Therefore, the bid recommended for contract award may not necessarily be the bid with the lowest read-out price.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 9, 2024

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). Small businesses generated stronger growth under TDR than small businesses under MFC pricing.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 2, 2024

Background MPIP was formed in 2016 as a result of the Smith Commission and the resultant Scotland Act that identified a number of key areas to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. MPIP have worked collaboratively with the Social Security programme since the summer of 2016, providing a team of procurement professionals.

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Government Contracts Advisor

APRIL 15, 2016

A February 8, 2016, Department of Defense (DOD) advance notice of proposed rulemaking sought input to help address agency concerns […]

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Hack the Pentagon program was launched in 2016 and allows ethical hackers from around the globe to look for and disclose vulnerabilities in Defense Department assets. The Defense Department will award multiple Other Transaction Agreements on a fixed-price basis. Potential vendors have until January 8 to ask questions.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Allowable Cost and Payment clause, FAR 52.216-7, governs the process for setting contractors’ annual final indirect cost rates that apply to certain types of cost-reimbursable and flexibly-priced contracts.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

This is because an increase in taxes, directly affects the price, which in turn makes tobacco products less affordable. Ample evidence has shown that on average, a 10% price increase will reduce consumption by 5% in low- and middle-income countries, and by about 4% in high-income countries [1]. is explained by taxes on tobacco.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 18, 2024

MaryKathryn Robinson, the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, said the growth of OTAs over the last seven years truly precipitated the new how-to guide. MaryKathryn Robinson is the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting. “We billion.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 17, 2024

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 ’). The LCIA arbitral award (the ‘ Award ’) which was challenged involved a withdrawal of PKR 3.3 8.5m) and PKR 9.23

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Kicking off with a pilot in 2016, it built a pioneering e-procurement system and is now working on ensuring its adoption by all government agencies in the country. It also introduced a fine of 5% for the contract value or bidding price for violating procurement rules. Rwanda has useful experiences to share with the rest of the region.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The program is still an ordering contracting officer’s best friend, as it enables rapid fulfillment of mission needs at fair and reasonable prices. The next iteration, known as SEWP VI, aims to keep climbing by adding IT professional services at the contract level.

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The Contractor's Perspective

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Article 3 of the Announcement strictly prohibits any financial institutions operating in China from offering cryptocurrency-related services, including pricing, intermediation, or engaging in the buying or selling of cryptocurrency. In the authors’ view, that remains an open question. As a case in point, in Sun Dingshang v.

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ivalua

JANUARY 22, 2019

Their stock price rose from $4.45 at the end of 2016 and much further since, far ahead of competitor growth. They then followed that with a new initiative to unlock massive innovation through a unique approach to new product introductions, configuring Ivalua’s platform to their ideas. The result?

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 20, 2024

When we launched EILA Rev in 2016 we set out to address a very wide range of issues at the cross-roads of European investment law and investment treaty law. It was the time when the European Union (EU), and most significantly, the European Commission assumed a more active role in shaping policy and rules.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 1, 2024

The policy objective is not to use a price in a sale between a Canadian resident importer and its Canadian customer as the basis for determining the value for duty.” Following the consultation period, the CBSA stated that “ substantial feedback was received concerning the proposed regulations’ intent to potentially apply to domestic sales.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In addition, while the major companies are under an increase demand from several stake holders—including funders—to become green, they are also under a frequent market demand for traditional non-renewable energy; and spikes in demand and price may significantly strain commercial relationships.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 29, 2024

While SBA’s commentary on the roll-out of the All-Small Mentor-Protégé Program in 2016 made clear that only for-profit entities could be mentors, SBA is now proposing to make this clear in its regulations (at 13 C.F.R. Application of HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference (PEP). Clarifying that Non-Profits May Not Be Mentors.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), September 13 Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) Summary states that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3 1] Similarly, the BLS September 14 Producer Price Index (“PPI”) Summary states that “[o]n an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand moved up 8.7

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

In 2016, Paws for Purple Hearts opened facilities in San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California. Pharmaceutical Pricing Summer Webinar Series Welcome to the “Pharmaceutical Pricing Fun in the Sun Summer Webinar Series”! What are 5 key considerations for my organization in reporting pricing?

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

14, 1996) (“We find that the record here supports the agency’s determination to use negotiated procedures rather than sealed bidding on the ground that the award will not be based on price alone.”); FAR 6.401. [23] B-412729 , 2016 CPD ¶ 88, at 2-3 (Mar. 14, 2016); Loc Performance Products, Inc., 2305(b), and FAR 6.401(b). [22]

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Government cannot TFC a contract in bad faith, or as an abuse of discretionsuch as to get a better price, or where the Government formed the contract with no real intention of seeing it through. [59] Hence, it does not completely absolve the Government of the contract. [58] 58] Additionally, the Governments motive behind a TFC matters.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

“We are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were, especially since if you think about from the 2016 timeframe when I was here during the Obama administration, with the amount of data that we have across the federal enterprise,” Harada said in an exclusive interview with Federal News Network. It’s completely paid off for us in a big way.”

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

November 15 Jack Tekus , Management Analyst, MAS PMO, GSA Derek Tribble , Senior Procurement Analyst, GSA GSA Pricing Tools: GSA’s Catalog Management team will be present to discuss various agency solutions and tools. What is the funding profile? Is the contract fully or incrementally funded?

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AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 29, 2025

Thats why, when a critical application was reaching end of life in 2016, the university saw an opportunity to completely transform its IT landscape. AWS services were understandable, the pricing structure was clear and concise, and they were a real innovator in the marketplace, says Nation.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Chicago Police Department: The Chicago Police Department is piggybacking off of an older State of New Jersey contract for which it appears that body cameras were added to the contract as an amendment, raising questions about whether it is appropriate to piggyback off of a contract for which prices were not competitively obtained.

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Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Price , the Supreme Court stated that “[p]rivate persons, jointly engaged with state officials in the prohibited action, are acting ‘under color’ of law. Price, 383 U.S. 512, 515 (2016). [67] 50] It is the term “other person acting under color of law” that is the most interesting. [51] 51] In United States v. 49] See id.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The pre-proposal conference video series includes: Alliant 3 Overview Small Business Offeror Types Small Business Subcontracting Plan C-SCRM Pricing VETS 4212 Federal Contracting Reporting MRCL, ORA, GHG, Series Close Alliant 3 Proposals are due on February 3, 2025. Army Releases MAPS Draft Sections L & M On December 13, the U.S.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A lot of companies have trade secrets, have pricing models, have sensitive information on their systems. We’re also analyzing the transition from 2016 to 2017 to see what happened to budget requests and the contract spending. And so we’re looking at that.

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