Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Invitation to Bid: Public agencies that issue an Invitation to Bid (or a Request for a Quote) have defined a specific scope of work for which they are requesting bid prices. Making the decision of award will be based on price alone. How much is price worth? Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

According to the SEC, Raytheon violated the FCPA as it “used sham subcontracts with a supplier to pay bribes of nearly $2 million to Qatari military and other officials from 2011 to 2017 to obtain Qatari military defense contracts.” 428 million of the total $950 million DOJ settlement stems from the FCA violations.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 1, 2024

Uncertainty reigns over the impact of post-entry adjustments of provisional customs values, mainly in the context of retroactive transfer pricing adjustments. Part of this uncertainty stems from the landmark Hamamatsu case (C-529/16) of 20 December 2017.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

3 step selection process for GC/CM: In Washington, the GC/CM is selected based on a combination of their scores for their proposal, their interview (not required by state law but highly recommended), and their price for their Percent Fee and Specified General Conditions costs. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JUNE 22, 2017

Kitsap Transit Position: Purchasing Specialist Location: Bremerton, Washington Closing Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 4:00 pm Salary: $22.29 - $29.98 Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC - [link]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies (confirmed) Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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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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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Background Facts The parties concluded two contracts on C&FFO Mundra (India) terms in January 2017 for 20,000mt of lentils and 45,000mt of yellow peas (the “Goods”). In this case, Mundra, India, was the discharge port, such that the price included transportation to and unloading at Mundra.

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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. The model includes savings generated across the total system, not just the price of the product.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies (confirmed) Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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Public Contracting Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

However, the bridge contract was only performed from September 2017 to June 2018, or less than 5 years. million while LPE’s price was $28.6 million while LPE’s price was $28.6 GAO held that it was reasonable to consider MPZA’s performance under the bridge contract. In the end MPZA received award as best value. Takeaway.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 25, 2024

Mongolia was an UNCITRAL arbitration under the Russia-Mongolia BIT involving the imposition of a windfall profit tax on gold sales exceeding a certain price. In 2017, the tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction ratione materiae over the claimants’ expropriation claim. The tribunal awarded $80 million in damages.

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GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

“The team cut the online prices $5.00 When Justin Davis joined the BMV in 2017 as Contact Center Director, the employee attrition rate there was almost 200% per year, while customer satisfaction ratings were sinking. below those of a visit to a branch, and online volume shot up,” the institute found.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D., Pricing details included in the prospectus.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

ChileCompra expected savings of 10 percent : As of 2021, the new framework led to average savings of 28 percent compared to market prices. They used three standard computer ranges instead of 1,200 types. Further, noncorporate Commonwealth entities aim to source at least 20 percent of procurement by value from SMEs.

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Mercell

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Press release Utrecht & Sofia December 15, 2017 Dutch software company Negometrix to develop the national procurement system for all Bulgarian Public Entities On December 15, 2017 Negometrix as part of a consortium, signed a contract with the Public Procurement Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

After receiving the goods under the Contract, the Buyer failed to pay the price. These codes were significantly amended at the end of 2017 and now oblige the courts to adopt a pro-arbitration approach to the resolution of issues concerning the validity and enforceability of the arbitration agreement.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies (confirmed) Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

During the training, Jason, Liam, and Alex will cover the following topics and more: Pricing – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)/Commercial Sales Practices (CSP); Domestic Preferences; Supply Chain; Enforcement/Mandatory Disclosure/Ethics; Sustainability Requirements/Policy; and Bid Protests Update. James Peake , M.D.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

The Program commenced in January 2017 and was linked with similar programs in California and Québec. Moreover, as we previously noted , insufficiency of market participants can cause emissions trading schemes to suffer from volume and liquidity issues and ineffective pricing determinations. The Koch v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

In 2017, CAI granted a license to GBO to use CAI’s trademarks, such as Disney, for the purpose of distributing CAI’s branded shoes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Unlike a cartel agreement with the intent of raising prices, vertical agreements may require careful analysis to ascertain whether they are actually anticompetitive.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 16, 2024

So, this was that R&D tax credit was one of the issues in the 2017 tax bill. What can you tell me about where things currently stand? David Berteau Well, first of all, let’s look at the big picture.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Keynote Panel— Former Secretaries on What’s Next for the VA Moderator: Thomas Bowman , Former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017-2018), CEO, TGB Strategies (confirmed) Anthony Principi , Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2001- 2005), Principal, The Principi Group (confirmed) Dr. James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Back in 2017, seven Chinese authorities (including the People’s Bank of China and the China Securities Regulatory Commission) jointly issued the Announcement on Preventing the Financing Risks on Initial Coin Offerings. In determining the value of the bitcoins, the tribunal referred to the bitcoin price provided on the Okcoin website.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

1] Similarly, with respect to goods imported under an inward processing regime, the Commission’s practice is inconsistent; it has excluded such imports in determining export price in some cases, while in other instances, it has included such imports. [2] Depending on the topic, a wider or targeted advocacy approach may be helpful. [1]

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 25, 2024

Petronz did not pay the purchase price and Mr Ganz referred the dispute to arbitration. Powerful reasons (such as the protection of trade secrets) are usually required to justify redactions (see for example, Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and another [2017] EWHC 3083 (Pat) ).

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Particularly, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) core inflation rate for January 2024 was 2.8%. [30] 33] Importantly, since the inflation high water marks of 2022, mostly what has occurred is disinflation (decrease of the inflation rate), not actual deflation (price decreases). down from 5.5%

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Relative prices (final price divided by the initially estimated price) decreased by 1.9 However, the share of non-open procedures and relative prices did not change significantly. percentage points. 1] [link] [2] We simply categorized everything besides the explicitly open procedures as non-open. Full text PDF

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

The most important innovation, acknowledging the weakness of the existing mechanisms, such as transfer pricing and thin capitalization rules, is the transfer of income from low tax countries to other countries with taxation rates over 15%. In an open and globalized economy, these two problems affect all countries. billion a year.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Could a decision to award contracts on the basis of lowest price only, disregarding environmental and social impacts, be justifiable in the case of an (about to go) bankrupt local authority? Could eg a decision to prioritise net zero to the exclusion of creating new businesses and jobs be open to judicial review on those grounds?

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This one also is focused on amendment nine, but is around changes GSA made to the proposal for cost and price, changes to the evaluation methodology and the experience of the vendors. GAO reported last December that from 2017 to 2021, VA spent about $6.4 Absolute Strategic Technologies filed a second protest around Polaris on Nov.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

of GDP in 2019), as economic activity rebounded, and commodity prices surged. Government at a Glance LAC 2017 Government at a Glance LAC 2020 : Focuc on integrity and transparency. This represents an increase between 2019 and 2022 of 1.1 percentage points (p.p.), exceeding pre-pandemic levels (from 30.4%

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

prices) ’ (at 7, fn 17). This is important to give assurance to public buyers that certain data is not made publicly available or not before a certain point in time (e.g. This means that each Member State will only have to plug whichever data it captures and decides to share into PPDS.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Contractors should track and document any changes in workload to ensure that any increases in scope and associated cost or price adjustments are appropriately reflected in a contract modification. On fixed-price contracts, any recovery from the government will likely depend on whether the contractor is entitled to an equitable adjustment.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

We are grateful to have awarded eight accomplished veterans with this scholarship, with the first being named during the 2017 golf tournament. procurement at the GWU Law School. Thanks to the continued generosity of our members, we have raised over $140,000 for the scholarship fund over the years. Virtual attendance will also be available.

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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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