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Mastering How to Get Government Contracts

Select GCR

Securing a contract involves preparing a competitive proposal that meets the solicitation document’s requirements, developing effective pricing strategies that balance competitiveness with profitability, and potentially navigating subcontracting and partnerships.

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what is the difference between public and private sector procurement?

The Procurement School

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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Contractors say new Pentagon procurement rule could undermine people with disabilities

Federal News Network

Tom Temin And that $2 million that you mentioned, contract threshold, that is a significant reduction from the requirement for periodic competition now, which is 10 million. And I’m just hoping that in the final rule that we see some move from the proposed rule back to the way that the DoD. Originally had proposed it.

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For contractors, a lot to ponder five months into the fiscal year

Federal News Network

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.

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Efforts to Curtail the Global Race on Industrial Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

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

Procurement Notes

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] GAO’s competitive prejudice threshold should be similar.

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The Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

Such framing sets a higher threshold for establishing a violation of FET. In 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (“AfCFTA”), negotiated under the auspice of the AU, entered into force. This changed seven years later with the adoption of the Protocol on Investment to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement.

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