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Don’t Leave Money on the Table from Your Pandemic-Era Healthcare Procurement Contract

Government Contracts & Investigations

That sounds like a lot of time, but it can take months to pull together information and documentation to support the Claim, and records can be lost over time through accidental deletion, file corruption, and poor organization. Further, the six years is not tolled during contract performance. Document, document, document!

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Procurement & Contract Planning: Canadian Public Sector Guide

The Procurement School

A key aspect to keeping the cat away is a strong foundational procurement document that holds up to scrutiny. The following article outlines nine points to consider as part of the procurement planning process which will help to reduce procurement risk, increase confidence in the procurement document and avoid a potential bid dispute.

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OHA Says: Show me the Money! (in Ostensible Subcontracting Review)

SmallGovCon

Well, if a small business prime contractor is found to have an ostensible subcontractor, the prime and subcontractor are found to be affiliated, and their sizes will be combined for the contract at issue. This affiliation could lead to the small business exceeding its size for the procurement/contract. As Winergy, LLC, SBA No.

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SBA Issues Interim Guidance on 8(a) Program Following Ultima Ruling

GovCon & Trade

Section 8(a) of the legislation allows the SBA to award contracts to small businesses “whenever [SBA] determines such action is necessary[.]” SBA is authorized “to arrange for the performance of such procurement contracts by negotiating or otherwise letting subcontracts to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns[.]”

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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

They worked very hard to ensure the export documentation for all the products was correct including the stuffing in the crate and the crate itself. There are several guidelines, directives and documentation that outline ethical behaviour for the public sector. On a global perspective, ethics may be different.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Relational contracts are “informal agreements and unwritten expectations between parties, often based on trust, shared goals, and mutual understanding. This new way of managing contracts can fundamentally change the relationship of parties involved in public procurement.

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What is the FAR: Your Guide to the Federal Acquisition Regulation

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The FAR identifies various types of procurement contracts, and mandates that all applicable legal and procedural requirements must be fulfilled before contract formation. It includes mandatory clauses in government contracts and provides a matrix to determine the required clauses based on the contract’s type and subject matter.

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