Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This illustrates the possibility of an arbitrator getting influenced by his counsel role in other cases. Explicit recognition of this lower threshold in investment arbitration may prima facie appear to have resolved the complication arising out of the interpretation of the term “manifest” in Article 57 of the ICSID Convention.

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Thresholds Influencing Corruption IT 95

Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Waiver of Execution Immunity Under the SIA The increasing acceptance of the doctrine of restrictive immunity has influenced how municipal courts treat arbitration agreements entered into by States and State-owned entities (“SOEs”). Here, Libya inadvertently agreed to its assets being attached to satisfy an adverse arbitral award.

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Thresholds Contract Influencing IT 98

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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Thresholds Quality Efficiency Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

Amid concerns over the influence tech companies wield, States are starting to insulate their economies from perceived foreign risks of influence, while seeking to champion home-grown tech juggernauts. These changes have profound political, economic, and societal implications.

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Influencing Thresholds Accountability Negotiation 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The silence and sparsity of costs coverage in arbitral laws and institutional rules affords wide discretion that result in reliance on customary arbitral norms and practices influenced by national legal cultures and training. The report observes that only two of the 23 applications for security for costs yielded success.

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Balance Thresholds Accountability Influencing 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

For procurements exceeding specified thresholds, justification must document the effort to find alternative suppliers, listing unique technical requirements and companies contacted. A sole source purchase is justified when unique attributes or circumstances dictate that only one provider is capable of supplying the desired goods or services.

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