Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

It is estimated that less than one percent of the $10 trillion spent annually on global public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses. [1] 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. 2) Definition of requirements.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 4, 2024

Potential Changes to FSS EPA Clauses As you know, one of the Coalition’s priorities in 2022 and 2023 was to increase flexibility in the application of Economic Price Adjustments (EPAs) in the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program during a time of historic inflation. To register, click here.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 5, 2021

Grants and ISDEAA Agreements are Excluded Like the 2014 Order, the 2021 Order applies not just to a procurement contract, but to a “contract-like instrument[.]” [65] Ostensibly, this makes it possible for the $15 per hour minimum wage to apply under all sorts of Government transaction authorities, not just procurement contracts. [66]

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. For example, the Government of Canada provides a Guide on Ethical Behaviour for Procurement-Contracts and Contracting (3), and a Directive on Ethical Behaviour (4) specifically directed at the Government’s shared services. The risk is high.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

These acts launched a government-wide initiative that soon produced significant changes to the FAR provisions implementing the BAA in connection with federal procurement contracts. Implements an enhanced price preference for domestic products. The proposed rule addressed section 8 of the E.O., supply chain.

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Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

15] Despite the broad description, in the context of a procurement contract or a real property lease, the GovCon Order only applies to the following types of contracts. “(i) Price , the Supreme Court stated that “[p]rivate persons, jointly engaged with state officials in the prohibited action, are acting ‘under color’ of law.

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