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DoD’s multi-billion dollar moving contract faces another legal challenge

Federal News Network

Over the past four and a half years, the Defense Department has faced at least four separate rounds of bid protest litigation challenging its multi-billion dollar overhaul of the militarys household goods moving system. Transportation Command to start a new full and open competition to handle the militarys moving needs. 13 complaint.

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New Mandatory Public Works Bidder Responsibility Criteria Effective July 23, 2017

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

The Washington Legislature adopted a new law ( Senate Bill 5301 ) that adds an additional criterion to the list of mandatory bidder responsibility criteria that public agencies must verify and document before awarding any public works project, regardless of cost. Effective Date: The new law became effective on July 23, 2017.

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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

In large public projects, like infrastructure, transport, and delivering public services like water and social programs, the difference between success and failure often comes down to how well you plan and who you involve early on. It all starts with procurement.

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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. They turned their attention to sounding the alarm about the transport crisis , when they were approached by commuters’ rights groups who were also trying to organize at the time. Competition: A total of 14 unique contractors bid on the projects.

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5 New Public Works Bills Passed by Washington Legislature

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Unlike the payment/performance bond waiver provision applicable only for Limited Public Works Projects (Small Works Roster projects less than $35,000), this provision in RCW 39.08.010 does not require that the project less than $35,000 be bid through the Small Works Roster process.

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IT integration problems are latest setback for DoD’s multibillion dollar moving system overhaul

Federal News Network

Transportation Command first noticed the issues during an initial round of IT testing in August, and they first believed the bulk of them would be resolved by the end of 2023. MilMove will be the initial customer interface where [base transportation offices] will build out their initial move requirement,” he said. Officials at U.S.

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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. In total, we're talking 117 new trains at a cost close to €800M. This criterion was then further refined with sub-criteria and a 0-100 scaling system.

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