SmallGovCon

JULY 12, 2024

This week’s round-up of federal government news, includes some cautionary tales on why defrauding the government is a very bad idea, the impact of the Boeing guilty plea on its federal contracts, and commentary on the Percipient.ai case and its effect on COFC jurisdiction. Have a great weekend!

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Export Government Contracts Contract Government 111

Government Contracts Advisor

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Shutdown or no shutdown, the first round of export control reforms took effect yesterday, October 15. The objective of the […]

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Export Government Contracts Government Government 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Tchibo, one of the largest coffee roasters in the world, has chosen Ivalua and its partner Capgemini to digitize Source-to-Contract (S2C) for its indirect purchasing of goods and services. Additionally, Tchibo exports its coffee to around 40 countries worldwide.

Purchasing 98

Purchasing Retail IT Media 98

Government Contracts Advisor

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed military end use and end user licensing requirements on exports to […]

Export 40

Export Government Contracts Government Government 40

Government Contracts Navigator

AUGUST 17, 2023

House Republicans separately have proposed granting the … Continue reading "Proposed Bill Would Amend the Arms Export Control Act and Establish AUKUS Advisor and Task Force: 3 Highlights" The post Proposed Bill Would Amend the Arms Export Control Act and Establish AUKUS Advisor and Task Force: 3 Highlights appeared first on Government Contracts (..)

Export 40

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company is under Justice Department investigations for defective pricing, foreign bribery and violations of the Arms Export Control Act. government acquires it for purposes of exporting. Not some fly-by-night, but rather the legacy contractor Raytheon. My next guest says these problems aren’t isolated to Raytheon.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fact checked by Eddie Regan, BiP Solutions Principal Procurement Consultant Brexit has dramatically changed the UK’s import and export-dynamic. Pre-Brexit trade predictions estimated a 15% decline in UK imports and exports. However, many businesses may not know where to turn when it comes to tender contracts.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 27, 2023

Trade Act 2023 The new Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023 has resulted in changes to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 that directly impact on the public procurement process. ​ PINs can't be used as a call for competition Contracting authorities must not terminate a contract to avoid international obligations. .

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Export Contract Public Procurement Consulting 52

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Among the charges are allegations that Raytheon engaged in a bribery scheme to obtain contracts with the Qatari military and misrepresented its costs during contract negotiations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a related $124 million settlement. Department of Defense (DOD).

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Negotiation Price Corruption E-procurement 107

GovCon Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

Nackman will oversee General Dynamics NASSCO’s legal, export, environmental engineering and contracts functions. Mark Nackman has been named vice president and general counsel at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Thursday.

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Export Engineering Contract IT 59

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Background By way of background, Uniper and Metha entered into a series of long-term gas supply contracts with the Russian state-owned company Gazprom Export (“Gazprom”). It seems this trend of jurisprudence is here to stay, at least for as long as sanctions against Russian entities and individuals remain in place.

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Export Participation Transportation Transportation 52

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

It’s not the program manager who you have actually doing the work on a government contract. This interim final rule is near and dear to my heart as someone who’s tracked export controls, and specifically, more recently, the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership very closely.

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Export Professional Services Sustainability Import 106

Government Contracts

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A New York state court has issued a temporary restraining order over some $2 billion in arbitral awards still owed by the Republic of the Congo to Commissions Import-Export SA following a decades-old feud over unpaid public works contracts, citing a request from a lender.

Export 52

Export Import Contract 52

Government Contracts Advisor

MAY 16, 2014

Effective November 10, 2014, commercial communications satellites will move from the United States Munitions List (“USML”) and the jurisdiction of […]

Export 40

Export Government Contracts Government Government 40

Select GCR

APRIL 21, 2023

Having a hard time procuring contracts? Everyone has the opportunity to be successful in Government contracting. We have developed a winning strategy for procuring contracts. You must be willing to put in the work to obtain contracts. Here are 5 reasons businesses fail in Government contracting. #1

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I All products were correctly classified through the customs HS classification system for export. I don’t believe you.

Ethics 98

Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department waived congressional review requirements under the Arms Export Control Act to supply Israel with 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer tank cartridges from the U.S. government under a potential $106.5 million foreign military sales agreement.

Export 59

Export Inventory Purchasing Government 59

Select GCR

APRIL 2, 2024

So, it’s important to make it clear and impressive, to stand out and get noticed for contract opportunities. The purpose is to introduce yourself as a viable option in the contracting world and give your contact all your information so they can do their own research on your company. What is on your capabilities statement?

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Government Contracts Import Contract Export 81

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, “[a] principal client’s sudden and unexpected termination of a major contract with the employer, a strike at a major supplier of the employer, and an unanticipated and dramatic major economic downturn might each be considered a business circumstance that is not reasonably foreseeable.” [72]

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2020

We will demonstrate how our Customers can build their own contract executive summary. We’ll walk you through the configuration features used to build the executive summary within the system from the elaboration of a query report, the definition of a template and the configuration of the button triggering the export of the executive summary.

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Export Contract 40

Government Contracts Advisor

JULY 14, 2014

Export control reform took another step forward earlier this month, with the publication of the State and Commerce final rules […]

Electronics 40

Electronics Export Government Contracts Government 40

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

During Wednesday’s online training entitled “Doing More With Less: Delivering Services Efficiently,” GovLoop heard from Howard Spira, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Information Management and Technology at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and from Willie Hicks, Public Sector Chief Technologist at Dynatrace.

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Export Import Efficiency Budget 76

BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout his years of experience, he has led the legal advice to different government institutions in administrative contracting processes and state procurement, transparency and accountability, administrative sanctioning procedure; as well as judicial processes in different matters such as Civil, Contentious Administrative, Labor and Criminal.

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Public Procurement Export Procurement Collaboration 52

ivalua

JULY 4, 2021

The initial scope which was delivered in a 5-month project included Supplier Risk and Performance Management, Sourcing and Contract Management. 11,000 employees across the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Export markets.

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Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supplier Supply Chain 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In stark contrast to fast-moving sanctions and export controls, we rarely see updates to the antiboycott regulations or enforcement strategies. In the notice, BIS directs contractors to review the antiboycott regulations to heed any applicable prohibitions on their companies and their federal government contracts.

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Government Government Export Participation 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Due to a lack of recycling infrastructure, many countries deal with e-waste by exporting large amounts to developing regions that lack proper waste management systems and regulations. One goal may be to contract with companies that are good stewards and take an active role in reducing their own environmental footprint.

Purchasing 97

Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 97

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

These players administer public contracts, establish procurement regulations, and influence the procurement environment. One important step in changing public procurement is the recently adopted Procurement Act 2023 , which supersedes the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 25, 2024

Mongolia was an ICSID arbitration under the Italy-Mongolia BIT and the ECT involving a dispute over works to be performed under a contract for the refurbishment of a thermal electric station. The three concluded cases involved the mining sector (gold, uranium, and iron ore). Alstom Power v.

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Transparency Negotiation Price Export 105

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group discusses the most consequential changes for government contractors here. If a contractor cannot make the required certification, DoD cannot award new contracts for consulting services. DoD contracting officers may also request a waiver, but waivers require congressional notification.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The post DoD is Making its List, and Checking it Twice: DoD Updates 1260H Chinese Military Companies List appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum. DoD first published the 1260H List in 2021 with 47 entities and updated it to include 13 more entities in 2022. DoD did not issue an updated 1260H List in 2023.

IT 40

IT Goods & Services Export Purchasing 40

Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

We were doing a regulatory training event talking about export controls, government contracting, the couple of other topics out in Albuquerque earlier this year. As we’re going to talk about with the Space Nuclear Policy Summit. So ACSP exists to drive down those regulatory barriers for the space industry.

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Insurance Import Education Government 97

Procureware

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My favorite new features for 2017 include: • API • Approval workflows • Certifications • Connected bid events • Invite unregistered bidders • My Dashboard • PDF reports • Ranked reverse auction • Supplier view of contracts API Long before ProcureWare was developed, we envisioned an application that would easily connect to other business systems.

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Bidder Supplier Bidding Buyers 40

Government Contracts Navigator

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The rule is intended to eliminate certain technology from the federal supply chain that foreign … Continue reading "Starting December 4th, Contractors Must Rid Supply Chains of Covered Articles and Sources Subject to FASC Orders" The post Starting December 4th, Contractors Must Rid Supply Chains of Covered Articles and Sources Subject to FASC (..)

Supply Chain 67

Supply Chain Government Contracts Contract Government 67

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

federal government awarded a total of $759 billion in public sector contracts , representing a $33 billion increase from the previous year. How do you determine which frameworks will likely yield a high payoff, which other players are on, or who offers the most lucrative contracts? In 2023, the U.S.

Procurement 52

Procurement Framework Agreement Tender Supplier 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The interplay between climate law and international investment law was further analysed, by focusing on two topics currently on the front burner of international investment law: counterclaims in investment treaty arbitration and international investment contracts.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Balance Export 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 2, 2024

The CMMC program is DoD’s method of ensuring contractors are adequately protecting sensitive information under DoD contracts. Thus, contractors that handle CUI under DoD contracts very likely will need to plan for a third party assessment by a C3PAO. What is the CMMC, Again? We know – it’s been a while. So, first, a quick recap.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 21, 2024

Once the exclusion is rescinded, importers with pre-existing contracts for bifacial modules to be delivered within 90 days of the rescission will be able to submit a certification and such modules will remain free of Section 201 duty liability. The current deadline for these submissions is June 4, 2024.

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