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Another possible challenge for DoD’s $19B moving contract: No movers

Federal News Network

But we also think that there is capacity out there that has never done business with the DoD, and that HomeSafe will be able to take advantage of this model and work within the parameters of the contract to get subcontractors lined up to execute this.” We are a large part of the moving market and trying to drive that.

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Covered California provides affordable healthcare access, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector

Leveraging the scalable nature of the cloud, Covered California is no longer paying for unnecessary computing capacity. The original on-premises system was designed for peak usage, which meant that for most of the year, it ate up unnecessary operational costs.

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Essential Supplies and Services - Procurement Relief for Extreme Urgency

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At the end of 2018, the government tried to rely upon this exception to award contracts to ferry operators for the provision of additional freight capacity between the UK and continental Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. There have been many cases where extreme urgency has been argued, but to date none have been successful.

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United States: Any Port in a Storm: USTR to Investigate Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

The petition cited specific conduct alleged to target the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector, including “by directing mergers between favored state-owned companies, disapproving alliances by foreign competitors, denying berthing rights to foreign-owned ships, controlling freight rates and capacity allocations, supporting the development (..)

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

Ultimately, DoD adding EPA clauses to already-existing fixed-price contracts really should be focused on the preservation of important capabilities and capacity in the defense industrial base. Tenaglia’s September 9 guidance may not have taken the notion as far as I did, but he certainly started the fire. 153] See FAR 16.205-1.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

89] Generally, the NTIB countries are supposed to work together to ensure the R&D, technical know-how, production capacity, and maintenance of important defense materials and technologies. Now, building capacity domestically or with our friends will take time. ” [85] In March to April 2022, McKinsey & Co. Canada, U.K,