Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. in 2020 to 59.7% More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

Last month ProcureWare had its second major release of the year. One significant enhancement is the implementation of Two-Way Messaging. Two-Way Messaging is a new feature that lets buyers interact with vendors via email and have all the communications logged in ProcureWare.

Buyers 40

Buyers Collusion Bidding Transparency 40

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

However, FAR 14.404-1 subsection (c)(6) permits conversion of an IFB to a negotiated procurement only where all prices were unreasonable, for which price reasonableness can’t be determined, where the bids were collusive or where no responsive bid was received from a responsible bidder. b) Competitive proposals. []1) LLC, B-421676.4,

Bidding 52

Bidding Procurement E-procurement Negotiation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Acceleration is increasingly on the agenda for construction projects. Although acceleration has traditionally been discussed in the context of project, or critical path, delays, that seems too narrow a focus. Constructive acceleration, widely recognised in the United States, is intended to denote “deemed” as opposed to “instructed” acceleration.

Collusion 52

Collusion Contract Administration Corruption Demand 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.

Collusion 52

Collusion Insurance Capacity Corruption 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On this view, procurement is a tool of public governance and a conduit for public-private cooperation, as well as a regulatory mechanism for delegated public-public and public-private interactions. Most recently, the EU has aggressively (re)regulated access to its procurement markets on grounds of such considerations.

Public Procurement 105

Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 10, 2025

In cases of clear collusion, criminal justice will no longer hesitate to intervene in an arbitral process. These are powerful tools, which must be balanced with practical and procedural considerations, such as cost, time, and due process concerns.

Influencing 52

Influencing Corruption Collusion Balance 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 25, 2024

Regulation and defense of competition through e-invoices that can facilitate the identification of abuses of market power by monopolists with economic income, or price collusion by oligopolists that improve efficiency and equity in the market. Furthermore, the digitalization of traditional functions (registration, recovery, inspection, etc.)

Data 52

Data Transparency Price Collusion 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

In this blog post, I offer some thoughts on the PPDS, its functional goals, likely effects, and the quickly closing window of opportunity for Member States to support its feasibility through an ambitious implementation of the new procurement eForms at domestic level (on which see earlier thoughts here ). What is the PPDS?

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

undisclosed relationships between parties, law firms or entities that may be seen as an exchange of “favours” or benefits), to acts of bribery and collusion. by written submissions) that a particular interpretation of the law or facts would make it an accomplice to a criminal offence.

Corruption 52

Corruption Collusion Ethics Integration 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

This chapter frames the analysis in the rest of the book and will be fundamental in the review of the other drafts, so comments would be most welcome (a.sanchez-graells@bristol.ac.uk). And there are attributes or properties influencing the interpretability of a model (eg clarity) for which there are no evaluation metrics (yet?).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, FAR includes a provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, which ensures independent bids and prevents collusive pricing in government contracting. This extensive set of rules ensures purchases are conducted fairly, efficiently, and in accordance with the law to best serve public interests.

Ethics 52

Ethics Procurement Procurement Contracts Price 52