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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Salary: $80,244 - $95,832 annually Job Summary: The Public Works Purchasing Manager oversees city-wide procurement processes that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and City policies and procedures. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. For More Information and to Apply: Click here.

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Prioritizing Mission Critical Climate Resilience

FedInsider

Meanwhile, second-level effects from emerging threats are beginning to impact many agencies; for instance, commercial insurers are increasingly departing markets that are prone to natural disasters, leaving the government as the insurer of last resort. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

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The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Legal Donnybrook Has Arrived

Procurement Notes

Specifically, the GovCon Order applies for contractors/subcontractors of “[e]xecutive departments and agencies, including independent establishments subject to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission. [12] Emphasis on the word some. 102(4)(B). . 6701 et seq.; (iii)

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

Further, the interest payments are also higher than the FY2024 budget for medicaid, the children’s health insurance program (“CHIP”), and health insurance subsidies ($678 billion). [99] Which is to say, it provides both upward and downward adjustments. trillion), and medicare ($896 billion). 1304 judgment fund becomes necessary.

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Real Discussion of the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Contractors and Subcontractors

Procurement Notes

This compliance headache is shared by procuring Agencies, prime contractors, subcontractors, and supply chain vendors, among others. 14,042 is being implemented by each procuring Agency developing its own FAR Subpart 1.4 Generally, procuring Agencies seem to be adopting the FARC-recommended clause without changes.

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Who Gets The New $15 Per Hour Contractor Minimum Wage?

Procurement Notes

Consequently, in the 2014 Final Rule , DoL expressly excluded the minimum wage increase from the Government’s unilateral exercise of a pre-negotiated option on an already existing contract. [63] e); FAR Clause 52.222-55(c)(2)(ii). [15] . [§] 3502(5).” [58] 70] But, that is a discussion for another day. 12] See 29 C.F.R. 13] See id.;

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Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

ivalua

This past November, the Trump administration announced that starting in 2021, it would require hospitals to publicly disclose the discounted prices they negotiate with insurance companies as part of a broader push to make healthcare markets more transparent to patients and increase competition. percent in 2017 to 7.2