Federal News Network

MAY 16, 2024

That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. The term collusion strike force, which is a mouthful. They are able to spot the indicators, the red flags of these collusive schemes and report them. Collusion and so forth. Dan Glad Sure.

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Collusion Bid Rigging Procurement IT 107

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

FAR 6.401 (Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals) states: Sealed bidding [using an Invitation for Bids-IFB] and competitive proposals [using a Request for Proposals-RFP], as described in [FAR] parts 14 and 15 , are both acceptable procedures for use under subparts 6.1 , 6.2 ; and, when appropriate, under subpart 6.3

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Bidding Procurement E-procurement Negotiation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

Using ACT Ai, the villager quickly discovered that each lamp post cost the district over 100,000 Thai Baht (US$3,000)—a stark contrast to the 10,000 Baht (US$300) price tag for a similar lamp post online. The villager reporting the lamp posts was one of them. million), with plans for more purchases underway.

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Corruption Data Procurement Collusion 107

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For example, FAR Part 14 deals with the rules and regulations for sealed bidding procurement methods, while Part 45 provides rules on contractors’ obligations and the Government’s remedies, addressing scenarios such as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) situations and bring your own device (BYOD) situations.

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Ethics Procurement Price Procurement Contracts 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Of all the expected benefits or functionalities, the most important ones are those attributed to public buyers and, in particular, the possibility of developing ‘category management’ insights (eg potential savings or benchmarking), systems of red flags in relation to corruption and collusion risks, and the automation of some tasks.

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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