American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

By leveraging this innovative tool, the Town of Epping has transformed the way it manages purchasing, saving valuable hours previously spent on research and supplier negotiations. It’s definitely user-friendly and it’s how the younger generation entering the workforce is used to shopping,” Rogers noted.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Interview Transcript: Zach Prince Well, it really depends on how the FAR council ends up refining the definitions. The FAR council said that in the proposed rule, because it touches anybody that has a contract, that includes some information and communication technology, which is a hugely broad definition of things. Tom Temin Sure.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 19, 2024

These regulations and associated guidance address a host of contracting officer responsibilities, including but not limited to, proposal evaluation, negotiations, price and/or cost analysis, data rights, and foreign acquisition ( e.g. , TAA). For this reason, procurement policy flow-downs cannot be one-sided. It does not.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

And I think the labor market is definitely an area of challenge that a lot of contractors are facing, not just this particular issue, but just in general. Absent that, we definitely don’t want them manufactured in places like China or North Korea or Russia. That kind of provision and insertion we’ve never seen before.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The model AI clauses have been developed by reference to the (future) obligations arising from the EU AI Act currently under advanced stages of negotiation. Plainly, there is no definition or requirement in the model AI clauses that establishes the meaning of eg trustworthiness—and there is thus no baseline safety net ensuring it.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The PAP is a significant policy document, providing guidance to FAS contracting officers regarding the negotiation of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. It is where requirements are definitized, allowing FSS contractors and customer agencies to engage and conduct business on behalf of American people.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Not Detailed Enough First, a JV agreement must contain a provision “[s]pecifying the responsibilities of the parties with regard to negotiation of the contract, source of labor, and contract performance ….” 13 C.F.R § 128.402 (c)(7). Section 7.0 ” 13 C.F.R § 128.402 (c)(7). ” 13 C.F.R. 128.402 (c)(2)(i).

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Curiously, as much as it is referenced in the FAR, there is no set definition for “request for equitable adjustment” in the FAR. Requests for equitable adjustment are considered negotiations rather than litigation, and under FAR 31.205-33 , contract administration costs are allowable costs. What is a request for equitable adjustment?

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

In October 2023, the European Commission published a Non-Paper of Annotations to Model Clauses for Negotiation or Re-negotiation of Member States’ Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”) with Third Countries (“Model Clauses”) (“Non-Paper”). What Is Covered in Their Scope?

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Procedure to use WTO Committees The procedure to use WTO Committees functions similar to the WTO negotiating procedure. For inclusion, see for example, recitals 26-27 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1336 of 25 September 2020 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols from China. [2]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This “internal” guidance outlines a host of evaluation and negotiation directives, standards, and considerations for FSS contracting officers. The PAP includes other directives and guidance that raise questions regarding equity and balance in the evaluation and negotiation of FSS pricing terms. Emphasis added.) See Section 2.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

SCL AI Clauses The SCL AI clauses have a clear commercial orientation and are meant as a starting point for supplier-customer negotiations, which is reflected on the fact that the proposed clauses contain two options: (1) a ‘pro-supplier’ drafting based on off-the-shelf provision, and (2) a ‘pro-customer’ drafting based on a bespoke arrangement.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 13, 2024

The panelists kicked off the discussion by noting there is no universal definition of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), but there is unanimity that AI can now make decisions in an equal or better form than human beings. International prejudice also comes to mind as a severe challenge when negotiating BITs.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It would update the several EPA clauses currently in the schedules program, consolidate them to one and get rid of all of these regulatory mechanisms, instead relying on market forces, on the knowledge intelligence and negotiation skill of our contracting officers and on industry recognizing that they have to operate in a competitive market.”

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 29, 2024

Per SBA, “[w]here the purchasing concern is not able to fulfill the requirements of the existing mentor-protégé agreements as written,” the protégé should be able to either negotiate a revised MPA with the purchasing concern or terminate the MPA if the protégé believes the new entity is not a good fit.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

In fact, you and I have talked about a couple of them, where the Trade Commission’s definition of an antitrust dynamic often is very narrowly focused in terms of what the interpretation is. It’s going to take a while to negotiate the contracts. David Berteau Absolutely. And we’ve seen a number of cases.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

But first a definition of efficiency. A mutually agreed steel price index was found and a percentage price increase was negotiated based on the steel price. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

Criteria for Treaty Protection Investors must ensure they meet the threshold conditions contained in the relevant treaties, including: (i) the definitions of a qualifying investor and qualifying investment; and (ii) other requirements (e.g., a negotiation period, time limitations, or excluded disputes).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

program requirements proposed at 32 CFR part 170; Add definitions for controlled unclassified information (CUI) and DoD unique identifier (DoD UID) to the subpart; Establish a solicitation provision and prescription; and Revise the existing clause language and prescription. . §

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I’ve had clients who pushed back, delayed and then negotiated what the Justice Department really wanted. It definitely would’ve piqued my interest when I was on the Hill,” the former staff member said. “I

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Letter of Invitation (LOI) and Direct Negotiation Documents Restricted or Limited Bidding A method restricted to a preselected list of suppliers. This misclassification, though unintended, can create confusion in procurement practice and training, ultimately affecting procurement outcomes.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Following that reasoning, the proposed rule update will ensure that the definition for “mentor,” found at 13 C.F.R. However, if you are familiar with other SBA rules, a “concern” is specifically “a business entity organized for profit per 13 C.F.R. 121.105(a)(1). b) explicitly states that a mentor must be a for-profit business.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 20, 2024

And procurement contract has specific definitions under the Contract Disputes Act. And I’ve been on the other side with the software companies negotiating these end user agreements with the government, and they do it frequently through the resellers, but not always. AVUE appealed that decision to the Federal Circuit.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Brazilian arbitration market will definitely follow closely the next decisions to be issued by the STJ Chamber and the STF on this case. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No. 3,066/2007, the matter was evaluated by the Mirassol Water and Sewage Services Regulatory Agency (“ARSAE”), which denied the request in the administrative sphere.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, taking a step back, if the award merely required the respondent to compensate the claimant with bitcoins or allowed the value of the bitcoins to be determined through parties’ negotiation instead of by reference to the price from a third-party website, would such award be enforceable? As a case in point, in Sun Dingshang v.

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Price Negotiation Innovation Finance 59

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 24, 2024

So we’re definitely excited as a mechanism, again, to bring in new ideas and continue to continually generate innovation across our Army ecosystem. So through the Army we have an intellectual property cadre who can provide resources directly to small businesses to help them negotiate that pathway. We’ve run it every year.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 15, 2024

In line with the definition in Article 1(2) of the ECT, states in their one-year “withdrawal period” under Article 47(2) of the ECT also count as contracting parties for these purposes. Indeed, the ECT’s contracting parties had negotiated a “flexibility mechanism” for the modernized ECT. At the same time, Article 36(1) lit.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A discussion between economist Gustavo Franco (former President of the Brazilian Central Bank) and arbitrator Maurício Almeida Prado (MAP Negotiation and Arbitration, Partner) ensued, dealing with “Business Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Times of Instability,” particularly in the Brazilian context. Westinghouse (1984) and Gasum v.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

So, the FAR definition of a claim requires that any claim for money against the government or by the government against a contractor has to demand payment in a sum certain, which just means that it has to specify a specific amount that is claimed. Tell us what happened. Dan Ramish Sure, Tom. Dan Ramish Exactly.

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

He was the kind of guy you would not want to have to negotiate with way back in the day because he did not negotiate. He said he had seen it all in supply base management and had experienced the feeling of victory leaving plenty of blood on the floor in negotiating with suppliers in his day. Process definition is critical.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

While the theoretical expectation could be that the public buyer would opt for a competitive dialogue or innovation partnership, as procedures targeted at this type of procurement, evidence of EU level practice shows that public buyers have a strong preference for competitive procedures with negotiations.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

But it’s not intended to be an automatic stop on, awarding task orders to other than small businesses, but it is definitely intended to switch the balance of power so that the presumption going in is in favor of small businesses. So that week was gone in terms of trying to negotiate things.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

However, she stated that the ISDS system in Europe was definitely undergoing a change: investors consider filing less claims and there is an increased interest in settling rather than litigating. Ms Fatás Pérez added that negotiations on the creation of a multilateral investment court would still require significant work.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The proposed regulations are further explained and summarized below: Key Definitions: Certain terms are broadly defined and capture large segments of the U.S. Below are definitions for four key terms that illustrate the scope of the Proposed Rule. cloud computing sector. bare-metal servers”). IaaS products and any of their U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After several months of negotiations and two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to try and resolve the problems, the contract was terminated by MOPC in February 2020. Finally, the tribunal explained that a provisional measure, by definition, requires a party to do or not to do something, even against its will.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There was a marked preference for arbitration (whether contractual or treaty-based) over other dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation, direct negotiation, government intervention, and litigation in the host state’s courts. This could be done through new legislation, or a definitive ruling by the Indian Supreme Court.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Definition of Prime Contractor A prime contractor refers to an entity that receives a government contract to oversee and carry out a project. Adherence to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and maintaining thorough documentation are non-negotiable requirements.

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