Watson & Associates

AUGUST 10, 2023

Watson, Government Contracts and Procurement Fraud Attorney: The Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA), also known as Public Law 87-653, is a U.S. Read more » The post How to Avoid Truth in Negotiations Act TINA Pricing Criminal Liability appeared first on Watson & Associates LLC Government Contracts Blog. federal law, 10 U.S.C.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Author: Larry Berglund Negotiation competencies are a must in procurement. Whether in the private or public sector, you are always negotiating. Not easy to justify moving from one ERP to another IT service simply because you couldn’t find ways to negotiate better value. Multiple party negotiations?

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The post Marty Dowd Represented SJP Properties in Lease, Development Agreement Negotiations with Nokia Bell Labs appeared first on McCarter & English, LLP. This project represents the second building to be developed within the HELIX campus and is scheduled to break ground in 2025.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We just completed two articles on the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) [1] and, before that, two articles on Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audits. 3] TINA defines cost or pricing data to mean all facts that, as of the relevant date, a prudent buyer or seller would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly. [4]

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 27, 2023

The labor contract between UPS and the Teamsters union is the largest private collective bargaining agreement in North America – The post [Pod] Negotiating The Big One: UPS and the Teamsters Labor Union appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Holland & Knight: Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2024

This is the second article in our series on capturing industrial base funding from the U.S. Department of Defense.

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WIFCON: Government Contracts

MARCH 21, 2024

Burkhart, Christian B. Nagel View the full article

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Mohawk Nation says it has numerous outstanding issues regarding a proposed settlement with the state of New York over 2,000 acres of land stemming from a 1796 treaty, arguing that its concerns have yet to be addressed or considered relevant by the court or its present counsel as negotiations continue.

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

My lifelong participation in the sport of dressage — often called ballet on horses — has proven that several skills developed through training and competition are transferable to legal work, especially the ability to harness focus, persistence and versatility when negotiating a deal, says Stephanie Coco at V&E.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 5, 2024

This includes both investment treaty negotiations as well as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) practices. In view of these developments, this blog post intends to analyze the feasibility of multilateral investment treaty (MIT) negotiations. What Are the Challenges in Negotiating MIT?

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

She brings to the her expertise and experience in contract negotiation, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, compliance, operations management and global supply chain, the

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Redstone Government Consulting

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

My commercial company wants to increase business with the Federal Government – but not with all those requirements the Government follows when buying under FAR Part 15 rules (Contracting by Negotiation). Is that even possible? The answer is “absolutely”.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 8, 2024

Under some circumstances, if an IFB is canceled but the requirement remains, the agency may complete the procurement by converting it to a negotiated procurement, but FAR 14.404-1 places limitations on when this is permitted. In Great Lakes Dredge & Drydock Co., LLC, B-421676.4, Great Lake protested the conversion. FAR 14.404-1(e)(2).

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The CGP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Transparency is in the government’s interests. Given the significant public impact of this PAP, stakeholders across the procurement system should have the opportunity to comment on this document.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

Its maneuvers thus require negotiations with partners, which are enabled by technologies that are not just customized for one Department of Defense component, but accessible and usable by all parties. With the U.S.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Hossain brings strategic insights and extensive negotiation capabilities and will help lead the company’s growth strategy, SAIC said in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Amira Hossain, formerly senior vice president of corporate development and integration at ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), has joined Science Applications International Corp.

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The CGP

AUGUST 11, 2023

Contracting officers must assess, analyze, and apply these factors when reviewing an offeror’s proposal and negotiating fair and reasonable pricing. GSA, to its credit, deleted this language from its solicitation, but the impact of this language on contract negotiation still is rippling through the system.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 26, 2024

In our next session, we will cover FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation) As we prepare for our 9th episode of Season 11, here are a few FAR Facts for us to think about: A contract awarded using other than sealed bidding procedures is a “negotiated ” FAR 15.000.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 19, 2024

Government Accountability Office's recent decision in TLS Joint Venture makes clear that a lapse in System for Award Management registration, no matter how brief, renders a government contractor ineligible for a negotiated procurement, so submit renewals with plenty of time to spare, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In turn, this will lead to more consistent and sound negotiation and administration of MAS contracts. In the past, the regional structure gave rise to differing cultures, negotiation approaches, and interpretations of applicable regulations and solicitation provisions.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 3, 2024

“There is always room for negotiation around IT spend. The worst they can do is say ‘no,’ but at least. The post Transparency is the Antidote for Rising IT Costs appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 27, 2024

Plans for the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals to move from the nation's capital to a $2 billion sports and entertainment complex in northern Virginia came to an abrupt halt Wednesday afternoon, when the city of Alexandria, Virginia announced that its negotiations with Monumental Sports & Entertainment and owner Ted Leonsis "will (..)

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Federal News Network

APRIL 19, 2024

These regulations and associated guidance address a host of contracting officer responsibilities, including but not limited to, proposal evaluation, negotiations, price and/or cost analysis, data rights, and foreign acquisition ( e.g. , TAA). For this reason, procurement policy flow-downs cannot be one-sided.

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ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 19, 2024

The negotiations come as Apple prepares new generative AI capabilities for the next version of the iPhone operating system, iOS 18, including functions for writing essays and creating images based on simple prompts.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The federal government has urged a Delaware federal judge not to block the Inflation Reduction Act's provision allowing it to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, arguing that AstraZeneca doesn't have standing to bring its claims, which, in any event, are meritless.

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Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bids received exceeded the government’s estimate and the agency therefore elected to cancel the IFB and convert the requirement into a negotiated procurement. However, GAO rejected the agency’s plan to convert the sealed IFB to a negotiated procurement.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 22, 2024

companies operating in high-risk markets can use the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act that passed last month to their advantage both in preventing bribe demands and in negotiating with the Justice Department to prevent prosecution or to receive cooperation credit, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

The Voices of Developing States in Multilateral Fora Ladan Mehranvar kicked off the discussion by presenting the findings of her upcoming empirical paper on the attendance and participation of government delegations in the WGIII negotiations.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 11, 2024

Two of last year’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements — with biomedical company Lifecore and mining company Corsa Coal — suggest that the government will be much more flexible in negotiating disgorgement amounts if an entity voluntarily self-discloses misconduct, say Michael Gilbert and Lucas Amodio at Sheppard Mullin.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim and other drugmakers are free to take their business elsewhere if they object to the new Medicare price negotiation program, the federal government has said, urging a judge to reject the company's claims of constitutional violations.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 25, 2024

Court of Federal Claims consider supplementation of the record and an agency’s attempt to convert a sealed bid opportunity into a negotiated procurement, as well as an example of precedential drift. Government Accountability Office and the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 5, 2024

A civil suit accusing a Florida-based compounding pharmacy and others of ripping off nearly $11 million from a Connecticut employee benefit plan is set to go to a bench trial Tuesday in state court, but settlement negotiations make it impossible to know which defendants will face the judge.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Greg Weber and I will explain how to develop, negotiate and administer agreements that are both compliant and effective for both small and large contractors. This workshop will focus on teaming agreements and subcontracts which can be essential to winning and successfully performing federal government contracts.

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Government Contracts

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AstraZeneca has chided the federal government for seeking a quick win against the drugmaker's challenge to the Medicare drug price negotiation program in a recent brief, arguing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mistakenly believes it has "absolute authority to unilaterally dictate prices."

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bids received exceeded the government’s estimate and the agency therefore elected to cancel the IFB and convert the requirement into a negotiated procurement. However, GAO rejected the agency’s plan to convert the sealed IFB to a negotiated procurement.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 19, 2024

These regulations and associated guidance address a host of contracting officer responsibilities, including but not limited to, proposal evaluation, negotiations, price and/or cost analysis, data rights, and foreign acquisition ( e.g. , TAA). For this reason, procurement policy flow-downs cannot be one-sided.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Final Rule only impacts DOD contracts – this only is a regulatory change to the text of the DFARS, meaning contractors may still be subject to a plethora of additional, non-mandatory terms when negotiating with civilian agencies. The DFARS revisions give subcontractors additional leverage in these negotiations.

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