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what is the difference between public and private sector procurement?

The Procurement School

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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Sole Source Procurement: A Guide to Single-Source Acquisitions

Select GCR

For procurements exceeding specified thresholds, justification must document the effort to find alternative suppliers, listing unique technical requirements and companies contacted. A sole source purchase is justified when unique attributes or circumstances dictate that only one provider is capable of supplying the desired goods or services.

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Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

How to Crack a Nut

Similar issues arise with the possibility to creatively structure remuneration under some of these contracts to keep them below regulatory thresholds (eg by ‘remunerating in data’). Tenderer selection The public buyer could take a dual approach. This could become a significant sticking point.

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GSA Moves Forward with a New EPA, Consistency is the Next Opportunity

The Coalition for Government Procurement

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.

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Friday Flash 10/20/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Most DoD assessments were found to take place above a threshold of $111.4 GAO found that DoD policy does not provide clear direction about which M&A DoD should prioritize for assessment other than those above the HSR threshold. The hearing covered a wide range of topics, including: (i) how the U.S.

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Friday Flash 07/19/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

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. Suggested thresholds in the ANPRM range from data sets on 100 U.S. persons for highly sensitive data to more than 1,000,000 U.S.

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Friday Flash 02/09/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

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. MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts, Feb.