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2024 NDAA will Update DFARS to Require Evaluation of Small Business Affiliate Past Performance

SmallGovCon

The 2024 NDAA is directing quite a change in past performance evaluations for offerors in Department of Defense acquisitions. What is unclear from all this is how such a change will be interpreted for entity-owned 8(a) Program participants, such as those owned by Alaska Native Corporations or Native-American entities.

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Arbitration With Public Entities in Brazil: Must Regulatory Agencies Participate?

Kluwer Arbitration

The STJ decision ruled not only on the possibility – and necessity – of a regulatory agency participating in arbitration proceedings between a concessionary and the relevant state entity but also on the limits of extending the effects of an arbitral award over a non-participating third party. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

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Challenging CPARS Performance Evaluations through the Contract Disputes Act

Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.

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Challenging CPARS Performance Evaluations through the Contract Disputes Act

LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.

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Women-Owned Business Certification Programs “Sello Empresa Mujer”: An Effective Tool to Promote Women’s Participation in Public Procurement

Inter-American Development Bank

1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. As a result, encouraging the participation of women-led SMEs in public procurement processes can help promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.”

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When they search for new staffers, cities and counties should cast a wide net and recruit globally

American City & Country

While the subject matter may likely still be more universal than unique, holding the events at places geared to culturally specific populations will generate participation.” Yes, take a global view, Kocher suggests: “One approach that I always advise is being open to evaluating foreign applications.