Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Department of the Navy’s third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and overall electronic procurement system is on shaky ground. That hubris reared its ugly head most recently in June when the Navy retracted a technical assessment that found shortcomings in the Navy’s electronic procurement system (ePS) program.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

I think we recently saw an article that we crossed $100 billion a year market share threshold, which was somewhat unheard of just even a few years ago, but it’s all due to an unknown. Acquisition is an eternal function to keep the government running. It is also constantly changing. Sonny Hashmi Yeah, absolutely.

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The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

Specific procurement requirements, including the dollar value thresholds beyond which a competitive process must be conducted, are typically embedded in internal policies and come from the various free trade agreements designed to eliminate discrimination based on jurisdiction of origin.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Thankfully, there are methods that encourage procurement simplification and SME participation while maintaining a balance between risk, quality, and standards. Public sector professionals must responsibly procure goods and service contracts on behalf of the taxpayer. They, unlike larger companies, do not have as much time to solicit new work.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

and Gabriella Palmieri (Italian Attorney General) highlighted the complex interaction between international, transnational and national law, and they agreed on the need to find a balance between environmental protection and economic competitiveness. and under the auspices of ICCA and ICSID, with Wolters Kluwer as its media partner.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

In this post, we discuss the background to this decision as well as the tribunal’s ruling regarding the merits (minimum standard of treatment and expropriation claims). We do not discuss the tribunal’s jurisdictional reasoning. The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

The administration of the tax would require a single tax return (consolidated balance sheet of the mega MNE) to be filed with the tax authorities of the country where the ultimate parent company is domiciled, and the information would be shared with the other countries. Another significant measure is the application of unitary taxation, i.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 24, 2024

It offers the ability to balance your data through various techniques. Organizations can leverage Guardrails with configurable thresholds to filter hate speech, insults, misconduct, and prompt injection attacks. This approach will help ensure your AI systems are fair, transparent, and secure. What is responsible AI?

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

In this post, we discuss the background to this decision as well as the tribunal’s ruling regarding the merits (minimum standard of treatment and expropriation claims). We do not discuss the tribunal’s jurisdictional reasoning. The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

On the face of it, it’s obviously a big deal for small businesses because now if you’re on one of these multiple award IQ contracts, the onus is going to be on the buying agency to come up with justifications to not give you task orders up to the simplified acquisition threshold, currently $250,000. So, it’s not automatic.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public procurement emphasises how public organisations buy goods and services. It is like shopping but on a bigger scale. This includes buying office supplies, building roads or hiring services. The contracting authority or government agency sets the rules, picks the best supplier, and ensures everything runs smoothly.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 26, 2024

Société OB Lavau et autre v. République Socialiste du Vietnam v. Société U.S. Global Institute Inc. A…Companhia de Seguros S.A., AA F, Lda v. Banco, SA, Court of Appeal of Lisbon, 6421/22.0T8LSB.L1-6, Bufkin later filed a claim against the insurers, accusing them of delaying payments under the policy.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 9, 2025

To conclude, while facilitating settlement is crucial from all sides, it remains important to recognize the thresholds and respect the boundaries of a fair and balanced process. The message was clear: if Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is part of the contract, tribunals should give it real weight.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Such framing sets a higher threshold for establishing a violation of FET. This post first highlights the evolution of the FET standard at a global level and then discusses the recent approaches taken by African states at an individual, regional, and continental level in framing this standard of treatment to better examine its faith in Africa.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Court’s solicitation placed the US in a position to balance its interest in maintaining friendly relations with a key ally with its treaty obligations under the ICSID and New York Conventions to enforce international arbitral awards. Amicus at 1). Media accounts widely reported the US’ Amicus as supportive of Spain. Amicus at 10, 16).

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 2, 2024

All this is to be balanced with the desire and right of the claimant to have its claim resolved. In this issue, Romesh Weeramantry considers whether the rules of interpretation in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) remain fully fit for purpose, particularly in investment treaty disputes.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 17, 2024

This comparative piece delves into the legal position in three key jurisdictions – Singapore, the United Kingdom, and India – and focuses on the pro-arbitration approach of deferring to the arbitral tribunal and staying (or dismissing) winding up and/or insolvency proceedings pending arbitration. 1) Fastfreight Pte Ltd v.

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2020

What might help tip the balance, is a single directory that aggregates all available opportunities and is searchable by government organisation, location and type. It’s a crucial element needed to improve the health of the economy and grow more innovative public services. Put simply; it isn’t easy, and it takes a long time.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

b) the Arbitration Act being a self-contained code, its “dependence on other legislations is either absent or minimal,” and (c) balancing party autonomy with referral to arbitration. Indo Unique Flame Ltd. and Ors. (“ NN Global ”) covered in a previous blog post here. The Indian Supreme Court in NN Global held that it did.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 29, 2024

In KlimaSeniorinnen , the Court confirmed that the threshold under Article 34 ECHR for individual applicants alleging climate-related harm is “especially high.” On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (“Court” or “ECtHR”) delivered its highly anticipated ruling in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 12, 2024

On this topic, Haugeneder discussed one of the Draft Provisions on Procedural and Cross-cutting Issues and emphasised the need to find balance between the right to property and the right of the state to regulate the use of that property. The fifth edition of the Bucharest Arbitration Days (“BArD”) took place on 6 and 7 June 2024.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

On General Role and Operation of CAS The event kicked off with a presentation by Hervé Le Lay of the general role and operation of the CAS. Located in Lausanne, the arbitral institution is a success. As per the CAS Rules , all arbitral proceedings are to be seated in Switzerland, thus concentrating challenges to its awards before the SFT.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 2, 2024

There is a very high threshold for a Section 68 challenge. To succeed on the grounds of fraud and issues of public policy under Section 68(g), the Court must be satisfied that there is a causal link between the alleged fraud and the award, and that the tribunal would have reached a different decision if the fraud had not occurred.

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, the submission proposes that the current prohibition under Article 3(1)(b) of the SCM Agreement against conditioning access to subsidies on the satisfaction of local content requirements should not apply to developing country Members, provided that the use of domestic goods does not exceed a threshold to be agreed by Members.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

For example, when we take a whole year of contracts after a transparency reform taking place in May, our estimation may be biased if a procurement regulatory reform happened 5 months later, such as a new reporting threshold introduced. On the one hand, identifying causal links based on quasi-experimental settings has several prerequisites.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [link] On 17 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its preliminary ruling in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:893 ). The case was very interesting in three respects. However, that State aid package was not considered sufficient and work did not start.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

FLSA exemption issues can arise when unpaid furlough periods reduce the compensation level of exempt employees below the threshold required for them to maintain their exempt status under federal, state, or local law. federal government shutdown can have serious consequences because of the size of federal spending and its impact on the U.S.

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Great Government Through Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We carefully balanced your feedback against agencies’ needs to be able to buy and manage cloud effectively. The Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), to complement GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule Cloud SIN 518210C, will meet the government’s demand for more comprehensive, secure and compliant cloud-based solutions. We heard you!

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

18] And, for DoD, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 216.203-4 limits the use of the FAR EPA clauses to DoD contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (presently $250,000 with exceptions), and performance is longer than six months. [19] 15] In turn, profits may be diminished that way.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

Like the FAR rule, the new DFARS rule: Modifies the definition of domestic end product, qualifying country end product, and domestic construction material by increasing the domestic content threshold to 65 percent for calendar years 2024 through 2028, and to 75 percent beginning in calendar year 2029. is quickly approaching!

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

“There are four major categories of purchases covered in the CPI-U: food, energy, commodities like cars and clothes, and services like rent and healthcare.” [1] 1] The latest CPI-U numbers, which BLS published in its March 14, 2023 summary, stated that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 6.0 4] Below shows how the 6.0%

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The PAP includes other directives and guidance that raise questions regarding equity and balance in the evaluation and negotiation of FSS pricing terms. This “internal” guidance outlines a host of evaluation and negotiation directives, standards, and considerations for FSS contracting officers.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On 30 October 2023, President Biden adopted the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the ‘AI Executive Order’, see also its Factsheet ). The use of AI by the US Federal Government is an important focus of the AI Executive Order. b) guidance.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 16, 2024

” After reviewing over 80 comments, “the feedback indicated a strong desire for SBA to reconsider the 80-hour rule or provide more nuanced alternatives that balance the goals of the HUBZone program with the practicalities of running small businesses and supporting diverse employees.” MPAs Too Effective?

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 13, 2022

Jay Blindauer It is late Spring. For a Government contractor or subcontractor, that means it is time for equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) housekeeping. After tax season is over, and before proposal season really heats up, there is EEO Spring. Indeed, if you see the geraniums bloom, it is time to think about EEO.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Accordingly, two issues came before the Court: What were the appropriate legal principles for a case management stay; and On balance, whether the case management stay should be granted. The Court held that the fact that the Claimant itself was applying for a stay did not alter the threshold as established in Tomolugen.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Security for costs –– a balancing act Following welcome remarks from Caroline Falconer, Secretary General of the SCC, Dr Baltag introduced the topic of security of costs as being one of the timely topics currently addressed in international arbitration. One of the issues identified by the working group are costs and duration of ISDS.

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