Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news had some important updates, including a new GSA schedule catalog platform, a report on savings in software purchases, and a revamped SBA training program from small businesses. 2, 2024 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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Bid Rigging Government Contracts Project Management Business Procurement 105

Inside Government Contracts

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lawmakers are currently undertaking the arduous process of reconciling these bills, while jockeying to include topics of importance in the final legislation. Subscribe to our blog here so that you do not miss these updates. The House bill also expands Section 215 of the James M.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I suggest you take a look at that post, but the proposed changes to the 8(a) Program are also quite important to review. This should give contractors more leeway to take on new ownership from other 8(a) Program participants, or a contractor in their same industry. SBA now proposes to up those percentages to 20% and 30% respectively.

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Participation Government Contracts Contract Integration 111

Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 21, 2024

trade actions that have or may impose new or increased tariffs on certain imports of Chinese merchandise and solar products. Section 201 On May 16, 2024, the Biden Administration announced changes to safeguard duties under Section 201 currently in effect on certain solar product imports from numerous countries.

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The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Keeping with the title and theme of the Coalition’s Fall Training Conference, “ What is Fair and Reasonable,” this week’s blog addresses what is fair and reasonable transparency. Look for next week’s blog to continue the focus on “What is fair and reasonable transparency?”

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SmallGovCon

MAY 22, 2024

Small Business Administration (SBA) runs four socioeconomic programs aimed at providing equal opportunity to participate in federal contracting. As demonstrated by this case, these distinctions are important to understand, if not always clear. first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. One would be wrong.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

In the blog below we hear from Elisa Orlando of the respected Italian anti-mafia organization Libera on both the progress so far (its significant) and the challenges remaining to set new global standards on delivering such an iconic event. We hoped to do this for Paris 2024 but it was not to be!].

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Participating Agencies It’s worth noting that participating agencies are mandated to allocate 3.2% It’s important to note that SBIRs can also be awarded through grants. For this blog, I will be focusing on contracts awarded by funding agencies rather than contracting agencies. in FY 20 to $6.3B

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The SBA is replacing it with a new portal called MySBA Certifications which as of the writing of this blog post is now live. We here at SmallGovCon think it is important for Federal Contractors to be aware of these changes before utilizing this new portal. Questions about this post? Email us or give us a call at 785-200-8919.

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Utilities Government Contracts Efficiency Contract 111

SmallGovCon

JUNE 6, 2024

However, when you dive deeper, you’ll likely notice that even though the requirements are similar, there are enough small differences in the language you can’t just assume that, say, a requirement for service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) is going to be the same for a woman-owned small business (WOSB) or an 8(a) Program participant.

Participation 105

Participation Government Contracts Management Contract 105

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Hart’s insights strongly resonated with participants from the LAC region, where traditional contracts are often strained by rigid rules. For LAC countries, digital technologies can be an important ally in achieving this balance. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep yourself updated about our latest publications, blogs and events.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 2, 2024

What motivated us was the opportunity to participate in this open standards community of cultural heritage institutions, all focused on how to best share collections efficiently across the globe.” “There wasn’t a specific technical challenge we were trying to solve. Learn more by visiting the AWS Cloud for Higher Education hub.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Ukraine war demonstrates the importance of that resilience. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 8, 2024

It is no doubt that the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program is a first-class program: there is a reason that some of us around here tend to say that it is one of the most important of federal government contracting programs. And in the past year, there has been a flurry of activity surrounding the 8(a) Program. Makes sense, right?

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

There is quite a substantial effort to participate in a public tender process, so most vendors have a limit to how many unsuccessful tenders they are willing to respond to before giving up. In light of existing rules, vendors can deter competition by driving prices down in competitive tenders.

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Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

The CGP

AUGUST 18, 2023

These opening remarks reminded us of the important difference that the tournament makes and also served as a perfect opportunity to reflect on our friend Joe Caggiano’s unwavering support for veterans in need. Congratulations again to these golfers, along with everyone who participated!

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Procurement Participation Import Government 130

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In August of this year, SBA released an Information Notice emphasizing important points about where employees reside, and HUBZone entity’s efforts to employ the necessary amount of employees residing in HUBZone areas. One of the pillars of the SBA’s HUBZone program is the location of a company’s employees.

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Utilities Participation Government Contracts Contract 97

Select GCR

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this blog, we delve into the agencies and departments of the government that invested in small businesses throughout the year, exploring the impact it had on government contracting. These initiatives aim to increase the participation of small businesses in government contracts.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

CARM Release 2 Officially launched in May 2021, CARM is a multi-year initiative that is intended to simplify how importers account for goods, request advance rulings, adjust/correct declarations, and pay duties and taxes through the eponymous “ CARM Client Portal ”.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It would sole source the first part to 8(a) participant Peregrine Advisors Benefit, Inc. Peregrine) and compete the second part, worth $43 million, for 8(a) participants to bid on. But we think this protest raises some important questions. In Anika Systems, Inc., B-422187 (Feb. The first part in 2022 went through without issue.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2024

This blog post will consider how this question is dealt with under Indonesian law. The Indonesian Supreme Court has reached similar conclusions in subsequent cases, as discussed in a previous blog post. The importance of the subject matter of the claim has been confirmed by several court decisions (e.g.,

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Participation Contract Import Corruption 97

SmallGovCon

MAY 8, 2024

” Accepted an offer from Raytheon, then continued to work for the Navy and “actively participated in secure email chains discussing DBD EMD requirements and how to address those requirements at an upcoming [NARG] event.” ” The employee, while working at Raytheon, “authored work products. .]”

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Contract Procurement Bidder Government Contracts 111

Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 8, 2024

On 5 January 2024, the Ministry of Commerce of China (“MOFCOM”) initiated an antidumping investigation of brandy imported from the European Union (“EU”). Immediate next steps and timeline EU manufacturers and/or exporters interested in participating in the investigation, must register with MOFCOM by 25 January 2024.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Notably, participation of EU Member States in EPPO is for now optional, with Member States such as Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and Sweden not participating (so far). The supposed scheme involved importing high quantities of goods, such as textiles, shoes and small electronic items from China to EU countries using fake invoices.

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Impact Assessment Import Participation Transportation 45

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colonel Davis was one of the speakers participating in a panel at the IMAGINE 2023 conference for education, state, and local leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This lets agencies share only the appropriate data with the appropriate participating agencies in a secure and compliant manner. How do we better train the dispatchers?”

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Data Warehouse Collaboration Education 80

SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The underlying MAC stated that it would be competed on the following bases: unrestricted or set-aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), women-owned small businesses (WOSB), 8(a) participants, or HUBZone participants. A very interesting—and important—distinction to keep in your back pocket.

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Contract Procurement Government Contracts Participation 105

Inside Government Contracts

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This blog will cover the key findings of this Report and the most important takeaways for current and prospective DOE implementing partners. Key Findings of the Report Cybersecurity: The Report emphasized that improving DOE’s cybersecurity plans and coordination remains a top priority.

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Management Data Quantity Evaluation 130

GovLoop

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been an important objective in communities and workplaces around the country, but an additional concept — belonging — has emerged as a powerful goal of its own. In fact, some experts say that belonging is more important than inclusion. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Favorite

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Media Import Participation Leadership 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

My company, Andes, participated in the project as a technical consultant on technology infrastructure and cloud adoption. Watch now: Digital Iceland: How central governments can transform public services Another important factor was Iceland’s commitment to delivering services leveraging cloud technology.

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Collaboration E-catalogue Data Tender 87

Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 18, 2023

The purpose of CARM is to modernize the collection of duties and taxes for goods imported into Canada. customs brokers and/or trade consultants) to manage commercial import activities; view their transactions and statements of accounts; request and track a ruling from the CBSA; and pay invoices with new electronic payment options.

Electronics 40

Electronics Import Accountability Consulting 40

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The feedback is anonymous, unless the participant self-identifies in the survey. Actual and potential offerors can participate in the survey by selecting the following link: [link]. (b) Feedback may be provided to agencies up to 45 days after award. We admittedly find this response puzzling.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Participants heard from industry experts, shared best practices, and forged new connections with their peers. Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source. How important is planning to procurement project success?

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The vast majority of active, individual 8(a) participants had to submit social disadvantage narratives (some, in just a few days). Since the federal court’s decision in Ultima (you can read all about here ), the 8(a) Program has been swept up in a whirlwind of change. The whole application process was paused and un-paused.

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Participation Efficiency Government Contracts Capacity 85

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 8, 2024

The discussion also addressed limitations to human cognitive skills, including the average attention span and the importance of engaging visuals. The panel’s takeaway was that it is incumbent on everyone to find ways to refine and place the human participant at the centre of each arbitration procedure.

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Participation Import Sustainability Ethics 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 8, 2024

The discussion also addressed limitations to human cognitive skills, including the average attention span and the importance of engaging visuals. The panel’s takeaway was that it is incumbent on everyone to find ways to refine and place the human participant at the centre of each arbitration procedure.

Ethics 52

Ethics Participation Import Sustainability 52

Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This Blog explains how both offer a forum to resolve practical and strategic issues companies are facing. Participation in Committee procedures and meetings are reserved to Members, i.e., governments. Currently, Members interpret these situations differently. Whether the ASCM permits this interpretation is not clear. [6]

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