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Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.
Yes, the non-manufacturing rule permits the small business set asides to provide products. And the exception here under the non-manufacture rule, basically provides for the ability for a company to seek a waiver of the application of that rule to submit products in cases where there aren’t comply products available.
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What it does mean is that the features identified in the solicitation are presumed to be material and essential, and any offerors that are not the manufacturer of the name brand product must demonstrate that it meets all requirements. This doesn’t mean that the product being offered must be identical to the name brand.
As Summer Comes to a Close, So Does GAO’s Sustain Drought In last month’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month installment, we noted that GAO was suffering from a sustain drought, having failed to issue a single sustained protest decision in the month of July. But it appears that drought is over! B-422433.2,
Navy for the continued procurement, manufacturing, testing and delivery of AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio systems. The contract also covers the provision of engineering services and sustainment support for the DMR systems, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
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sustained a protest challenging an agency’s decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses. Over nine years ago, GAO sustained such a protest in Triad Isotopes, Inc. Recent Sustain on the Rule of Two Reminds Agencies of the Importance of Accurate Market Research appeared first on Government Contracts Legal Forum.
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Additionally, by researching new suppliers every few months or so, they can ensure they’re always getting the best deal possible on the goods and services they need to sustain their operations. This could include negotiating more favorable terms with suppliers or renegotiating existing contracts to ensure that prices remain competitive.
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Of the protests resolved on the merits during fiscal year 2024, our Office sustained 16 percent of those protests. million for most non-manufacturing contracts. Simplified acquisition threshold would increase to $350,000 from $250,000 Sole source ceiling for socio-economic categories increases to $5.5 million from $4.5 million.
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide diminishing manufacturing sources parts for the F-35 aircraft production and sustainment under a $79 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S.
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A top-10 Forbes 500 company, the Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. We are delighted to have been selected for the digitization of one of the world’s leading automotive players’ procurement processes.
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Tom Temin And for contractors on the manufacturing side that make things, platforms and so forth. But I think you’re also starting to see an emergence of a new set of supply chain challenges around where the products that the contractors are bringing to the government being manufactured.
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Public procurement regulations is absolutely front and centre to this, both in terms of buying more sustainable products and services, but also incentivising its supply chain to adopt environmentally friendly practices. The Role Of The Public Sector In Improving Sustainability The public sector in the UK is huge. What are we wasting?
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