Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The rule instructs that existing IDIQ contracts should be modified by the Government within six months of December 4, 2023 to apply the requirements to future orders. Additional information about the rule and its relationship to existing FASCSA regulations is outlined below.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Waiver of Execution Immunity Under the SIA The increasing acceptance of the doctrine of restrictive immunity has influenced how municipal courts treat arbitration agreements entered into by States and State-owned entities (“SOEs”). In this post, we dissect the Court’s decision in General Dynamics and reflect on its principal takeaways.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I will say the threshold for getting the waiver is pretty high. In addition, this does apply for contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold. A new proposed rule has come out from the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council for the Defense part of the FAR. Tell us more. And I’m grateful that it’s been released.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 30, 2024

The Final Rule also makes many changes to 2 CFR Parts 180 and 200, including, but not limited to, increasing the threshold for audits, clarifying the requirements for fixed amount awards, and implementing a mandatory disclosure rule.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

appropriately influenced economies of scale. More specifically, each BPA holder shall be provided a specific request for quote (RFQ) for procurement requirements of an anticipated total dollar value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

appropriately influenced economies of scale. More specifically, each BPA holder shall be provided a specific request for quote (RFQ) for procurement requirements of an anticipated total dollar value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. Schedule contracts provide for an extensive volume of competitive cost/price offerings.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 12, 2024

Depending on the item and the value of the acquisition, the TAA and/or other specific free trade agreements might apply because the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has waived the BAA for many supply acquisitions above specific thresholds, ranging from 50k to 174k.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In our data-centric economy, disputes related to the safeguarding, access and use of data are on the rise. That Microsoft has ‘stashed’ almost half a billion dollars in anticipation of a potential regulatory fine for allegations of dodgy data processing practices at its unit, LinkedIn, indicates that with big data comes bigger disputes.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 22, 2024

But, at the same time, the majority also referred to the NAFTA-style high threshold of gravity required to find a breach (referring to actions “unacceptable from an international law perspective,” paras. The majority has cited none. I am aware of none” (para. 292-93).

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The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

Specific procurement requirements, including the dollar value thresholds beyond which a competitive process must be conducted, are typically embedded in internal policies and come from the various free trade agreements designed to eliminate discrimination based on jurisdiction of origin.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage. Publication of below-the-threshold tenders is voluntary. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn. Transparency is key.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

However, implementation of the final rule will be heavily influenced by opaque trainings and internal policy memos. It also lowered the approval threshold for EPA increase requests and allowed for the removal and re-addition of contract items at higher, renegotiated prices. GSA did not include our recommendations in the Final Rule.

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Tracker Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2024

How Thresholds Influence the Find a Tender Solution Thresholds are crucial in the context of public bids and must be properly addressed. Introduction to Find a Tender Service: Navigating UK Public Contracts The area of public sector tenders in the United Kingdom is complex but filled with opportunities.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MAY 31, 2022

Thirty-one of these are Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, and they are currently working to ensure that the voluntary political agreement translates into international conventions and domestic legislation so that the package can take effect in 2024 as announced recently by OECD in Davos. Of note in Pillar 2, is the scope of application.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 30, 2024

Amid concerns over the influence tech companies wield, States are starting to insulate their economies from perceived foreign risks of influence, while seeking to champion home-grown tech juggernauts. These changes have profound political, economic, and societal implications.

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Select GCR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participating in the program opens avenues for securing federal contracts through sole-source awards, eliminating the need for competitive bidding up to a designated threshold. Moreover, the 8(a) program extends far beyond contract access. What is a narrative? It serves as a way to convey information, entertain, or communicate a message.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

She offered a taxonomy of these disputes, based on the nature of the parties involved, their forum, and their legal basis, and she stressed that they have the potential to influence the conduct of both States and private actors. and under the auspices of ICCA and ICSID, with Wolters Kluwer as its media partner.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Gaps in those capabilities will jeopardise the effectiveness of using procurement as a tool of AI regulation by contract, beyond the limitations and constraints deriving from the relevant legal framework. For example, it is hard to imagine the imposition of an absolute requirement for a digital solution to be ‘digitally secure’.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Definition of Compensation The FAR defines compensation for personal services to mean “all remuneration paid currently or accrued, in whatever form and whether paid immediately or deferred, for services rendered by employees to the contractor.” [1] 1] This definition is quite broad. 29] As a result, such compensation has a lower the audit risk.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

For example, when we take a whole year of contracts after a transparency reform taking place in May, our estimation may be biased if a procurement regulatory reform happened 5 months later, such as a new reporting threshold introduced. On the one hand, identifying causal links based on quasi-experimental settings has several prerequisites.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 12, 2024

First, the panelists discussed the concept of “controlling influence”, which, as Dobrý pointed out, varies in practice, and is not limited to structural ownership and can manifest via the exercise of veto power or the power to appoint board members. It set out to highlight recent critical developments in international arbitration.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Under the bills, “artificial intelligence” is defined as: … a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. 4] The proposed rule clarifies that only one limitation on subcontracting should apply to a set-aside contract.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [link] On 17 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its preliminary ruling in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:893 ). The case was very interesting in three respects. However, that State aid package was not considered sufficient and work did not start.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

will eventually ease monetary conditions to influence a lowering of interest rates. [15] Jay Blindauer The bond yield curve inverted in October 2022. [1] 1] When that occurred, it started a countdown to recession. At least it has every time since 1968. [2] At least it has every time since 1968. [2] treasuries. treasuries. [13] In the U.S.,

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

This provision of the NDAA seems targeted at bridging the communication gap between the agencies by requiring that the parties to a proposed transaction over the HSR threshold provide a copy of their HSR filing directly to DoD.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The FARs dynamic nature allows it to evolve with the changing needs of federal procurement, influenced by various government agencies. One of the significant changes introduced by FASA was raising the simplified acquisition threshold from $25,000 to $100,000, and later to $250,000, making it easier for contractors to access federal contracts.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

For procurements exceeding specified thresholds, justification must document the effort to find alternative suppliers, listing unique technical requirements and companies contacted. In such cases, the competitive bidding requirement is not applicable. There are several common scenarios where it is vital.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

Influence on Market Strategies: Sharing demand data with industry partners has empowered them to tailor their strategies more effectively to Federal market demands, focusing efforts on high-demand items. Below is a glimpse of just some of the topics we explored with Danielle. To view the full interview, click here.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

FAR & Beyond: The FAS Realignment: Opportunities for “Dead Easy!” With the start of the new fiscal year (FY24), the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) launched its much-anticipated organizational realignment. It also breaks down the long-standing regional contracting structure that supported the MAS program.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

“There are four major categories of purchases covered in the CPI-U: food, energy, commodities like cars and clothes, and services like rent and healthcare.” [1] 1] The latest CPI-U numbers, which BLS published in its March 14, 2023 summary, stated that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 6.0 4] Below shows how the 6.0%

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On 30 October 2023, President Biden adopted the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the ‘AI Executive Order’, see also its Factsheet ). The use of AI by the US Federal Government is an important focus of the AI Executive Order. b) guidance.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

CBP has created a privacy threshold analysis an internal document used to analyze potential privacy risks associated with a new technology and whether a privacy impact assessment is necessary for Starlink internet, a step from agency officials that indicates that the SpaceX service is under serious consideration.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2025

This streamlined approach provides efficiency for resolving less complex, lower-value disputes with QICCAs financial threshold of USD 264,000 comparable to Dubai International Arbitration Centre ( DIAC) but lower than Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) and Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR ). Article 4.9

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The reasons for this are largely historical: many Latin American legal systems are modeled on, or have been deeply influenced by, the French Civil Code. This proposed threshold for summary dismissal is the same threshold as in English court proceedings and, therefore, benefits from extensive case law explaining its meaning.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 18, 2025

Key topics included how disputes are viewed within business and legal departments, cultural and structural factors influencing the adoption of arbitration, effective use of arbitration as a tool to facilitate settlement, and the use of third-party funding to mitigate the risk of arbitration. For example, Mr.

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