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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable. These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches.

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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. Most organizational procurement policies define thresholds that dictate when a particular method should be used.

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What happens when a company that didn’t bid files an award protest?

Federal News Network

There are dollar thresholds where you can bring a protest at GAO, but the court won’t hear protests of issuance or proposed issuance of orders. But the comparative statute for the Court of Federal Claims doesn’t include a definition. This was relating to an IDIQ contract. Tom Temin: Right. So what did that court decide?

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FTC rule on non-compete employees has contractors worried

Federal News Network

In fact, you and I have talked about a couple of them, where the Trade Commission’s definition of an antitrust dynamic often is very narrowly focused in terms of what the interpretation is. They seem to favor actions against business, whether there’s any effect from what it is they’re moving against in the first place.

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Why would anyone file an Agency-level protest?

Procurement Notes

4] As another example, the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“NFS”) “gives bidders or offerors the ability to protest directly to the contracting officer (CO)[,] or to request an independent review by the Assistant Administrator for Procurement (or designee).” [5] For example, U.S. 24] The U.S. 152 Fed.

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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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GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Procurement Notes

Weekend & Holiday Tolling Regarding the definition of day for the three-day request period, FAR 15.501 states “ Day , as used in this subpart, has the meaning set forth at [FAR] 33.101.” [11] The plain meaning of § 3553(d)(4)(A)(ii) is that the clock starts on the day that the bidder receives debriefing.

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