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Direct Awards of PPE Contracts - What Lessons Can Be Learnt?

VWV

The most common grounds for direct awards of new contracts under Regulation 32 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 include where: No tenders or suitable tenders have been submitted in a previously advertised open or restricted procedure. These are narrowly interpreted.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

These percentages are the result of political negotiations and, consequently, debatable, particularly since knowledge mega-enterprises look set to become ever larger in the future and will reside mostly in developed economies, limiting the laudable redistributive function.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

For contracts being developed or negotiated during this period of unusually high inflation, an EPA clause may be an appropriate tool to equitably balance the risk of inflation between the Government and contractor. Arguably, a negligent negotiations assertion does not alter the elements of a superior knowledge claim.

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Not to Be Outpaced: NDAA Presents Measures Addressing China

Inside Government Contracts

opposition to granting China “developing nation” status in treaties under negotiation and by international organizations of which the U.S. It is unclear whether Congress will seek to codify the EO, negotiate new language addressing perceived gaps in the EO, or take some other tack.