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Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: The Truth in Negotiations Act, or Whatever the Kids Are Calling It These Days (Part 3)

Government Contracts & Investigations

3] TINA defines cost or pricing data to mean all facts that, as of the relevant date, a prudent buyer or seller would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly. [4] 42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.)

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How to make better public procurement decisions with business intelligence: Insights from Ukraine

Open Contracting Partnership

There are specific dashboards that analyze prices on the central e-catalog , medical procurement , buyer evaluations , Energy Services Company (ESCO) procurement, or internal auditing practices. Suppliers: Use BI Prozorro to find new business opportunities, analyze buyers, monitor competitors, and increase business profitability.

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Trump’s take on obscure law leaves contractors baffled

Federal News Network

And that’s called the internal controls and books and records provisions, or what we call the accounting provisions. And if they have controls that allow that sort of thing, then they have a weakness in their internal controls, and that’s a violation of the internal controls provisions.