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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

Under the BCI, GSA will lead the government in negotiating a governmentwide IT software license agreement with a large software provider. But over the last several years, agency attention to software licensing has fallen off, leading to more spending and underuse.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E.

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Raytheon to Pay $950 Million in Major FCA and FCPA Case Aided by Whistleblower

Whistleblower Network News

Among the charges are allegations that Raytheon engaged in a bribery scheme to obtain contracts with the Qatari military and misrepresented its costs during contract negotiations with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). 428 million of the total $950 million DOJ settlement stems from the FCA violations. “The

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time for New DOD Flow Down Policies: Flowing Down Too Many Clauses Will Get Prime Contractors More Than a Lump of Coal

Government Contracts & Investigations

On November 17, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) published a Final Rule – over five years in the making – addressing DOD policies regarding the applicability of laws to commercial products, commercial services, and commercially available off-the-shelf (“COTS”) products (DFARS Case 2017-D010).

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EU: the EU-Canada Comprehensive Trade Agreement (CETA)’s existence under threat by French Parliament

Import and Trade Remedies

For several years, the European Commission and the Canadian government negotiated a comprehensive free trade agreement, including new types of provisions on investment. It was the first ever ambitious free-trade agreement that the EU concluded with a G7 country (Japan and the UK were concluded later).

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2024 PAW: Affaires d’Etats Vol. 3 – Amplifying the Voices of Developing States in ISDS Reform

Kluwer Arbitration

The Voices of Developing States in Multilateral Fora Ladan Mehranvar kicked off the discussion by presenting the findings of her upcoming empirical paper on the attendance and participation of government delegations in the WGIII negotiations.

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

The Procurement ClassRoom

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. According to Section 6.4 What is Price Reasonableness Analysis?