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A Bridge (Not) Too Far: Prohibition on Dividing up Contracts to get Under 8(a) Sole Source Dollar Limit Doesn’t Apply to Bridge Contracts

SmallGovCon

124.506 , if an 8(a) contract price would exceed a certain threshold ($7 million for manufacturing contracts, $4.5 Anika also made an argument that the SEC failed to consider the effect the bridge contract would have on the equitable distribution of 8(a) contracts. Under 13 C.F.R. But this rule does not apply in all circumstances.

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Commercial Opportunity for the VA Medical Supply Chain 

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The VA has made steady and significant progress in the management and operation of its prime vendor distribution contract and Supply Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program. Currently, there over 38,000 approved products available via the Supply BPAs.

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Webinar Recap: Top 5 Ways to Boost Sales with GovSpend

GovSpend

GovSpend’s platform allows you to create lead lists based on agency location, agency types, spending thresholds, quantities, expiring contracts, upcoming renewals, and other criteria: Expiring Contracts and Subscriptions : Filter your search by issue date to find contracts that are due for rjenewal.

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Violations of Competition Law as Grounds for Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Lessons from the Paris Court of Appeal in GBO v. CAI

Kluwer Arbitration

Facts The arbitration concerned an exclusive distribution agreement for footwear concluded between two companies, the French CAI and the German GBO. In 2017, CAI granted a license to GBO to use CAI’s trademarks, such as Disney, for the purpose of distributing CAI’s branded shoes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Description of Pillars 1 and 2 In essence, Pillar 1 creates a mechanism for distributing the so-called “Amount A”, a fraction (25%) of residual profits, which affects approximately the 100 largest (with a turnover of more than 20 billion euros) and most profitable (more than 10% of profit on sales) multinationals in the world.

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Recent Dubai Court of Cassation Judgments: Is Arbitration an Exceptional Means of Resolving Disputes?

Kluwer Arbitration

993 of 2017 The Appellant, a distributor, and the Respondent, a foreign distributor, entered into an agreement on the distribution of a specific range of sports products in various territories. Some territories were designated as exclusive distribution areas, while other territories were considered to be non-exclusive.

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Artificial Intelligence & Product Liability

Government Contracts & Global Trade

1] As manufacturers and sales distribution entities embrace AI and incorporate it into their products and services, they should account for and establish policies, procedures, and processes designed to limit personal injury and property damage (and the related exposure) caused by dangerous defects in products that incorporate AI.