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Navigating Federal Government Contracts Northwest

Oles Morrison

WHEN: October 12-13 8:30AM – 11:45AM (PT, each day) WHERE: Online COST: $25 The Federal Contracting Seminar is brought to you by a partnership with Oles Morrison Rinker Baker LLP , Pacific NW Defense Coalition , AGC , and Washington PTAC with the goal of providing high quality training to businesses throughout the region.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

Telles.eu

After the first two entries ( here and here ) of a more general nature, this one will be focused on contract specific critiques, in particular food procurement (contract types 9 and 15). Just compare cereal production in 1961 and 2021 for an idea of the difference in output.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria.

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Challenging Other Transaction Agreements – Navigating the Jurisdictional Highway

Government Contracts & Investigations

This means that, like standard contracting vehicles, OTAs may be protested to the U.S. It is important to note, however, that an OTA is not the same as a procurement contract, cooperative agreement, or grant. 26, 2021, 2021 CPD ¶ 109 at 2. 26, 2021, 2021 CPD ¶ 109 at 2. B-417379, Apr. B-419503, Feb.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Leverage strategic planning and adaptive governance to manage uncertainty in procurement spending. Actively facilitating strategic planning and adaptive governance can help governments deal with unforeseen events that affect public procurement contracts. link] [6] Bandiera, Best, Khan & Prat (2021). Oxford University.

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Can British Businesses Fulfill Domestic Demands? Tender Contracts Can Help

Tracker Intelligence

As a result, by the end of 2021, despite positive growth indicators in the previous quarter, GDP growth slowed to less than 2%. However, the beginning of 2021 marked a sharp drop in this trade, falling by over 30%, so these figures are no surprise. Previously, these contracts were regulated by EU law.

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Government Claim Appeals Nuggets from the ASBCA and CBCA 2023 Annual Reports

SmallGovCon

The CBCA however states that under the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”), its jurisdiction is limited to contracts with an executive agency, and FEMA (the executive agency here) was not a party to the contract between PERPA and the contractor. Of those, 88 were sustained, 44 were denied, and 243 were dismissed.