Both funds have been aggressive bidders for most public-procurement contracts in Slovakia.
Moreover, since most bio-defense projects are still in the research stages, it is not clear which ones will lead to big procurement contracts.
However, Mr Clay said in his speech that, as under the Moi regime, much public money continues to be siphoned off through dodgy procurement contracts.
Another effort involves looking into government procurement contracts to find fraud.
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The sanctions ban the companies from securing procurement contracts from US government agencies or obtaining new licences for the export of items controlled by export regulations.
And the Peace Dividend Trust submitted an innovative loan guarantee model aimed at empowering local SMEs to bid for donor procurement contracts in post-conflict or post-disaster economies.
The sanctions imposed on PDVSA only prohibit the company from obtaining either a U.S. export visa or money from the U.S. Import-Export Bank, as well as banning them from attempting to obtain U.S. procurement contracts.
At the heart of the scandal lie allegations that bribes worth millions of euros were paid to officials to win various public-procurement and privatisation contracts.
Moreover, to the extent that firms devote resources to the procurement of government contracts, they must be taking resources from the innovative processes that made their products appealing to begin with.
He added they would consider the report and work with unions on guidance for future procurement processes and public contracts.
Government officials in both countries have enormous influence over contracts and procurement, development and infrastructure projects, loan approvals, real estate transactions, land use rights, and preferences in regulated industries.
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The RCN says other potential areas of savings should be looked at including procurement, drug waste and expensive PFI contracts.
Some 40 countries have signed up to the government-procurement agreement (GPA) to open public contracts.
The areas to be covered by the three separate design contracts will be determined during the procurement process.
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Your procurement team works long and hard to negotiate strong contracts and establish policies to keep costs in line with expectations.
Number 10 said the government backed a living wage and "would encourage business to take it up" but warned Labour's plans to restrict government contracts in this way could breach EU procurement law.
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As RFP-EZ is tested and scaled, a new effort will be launched to improve Federal procurement by building a portal of prices paid by agencies under their contracts.
She said all contracts with suppliers were now established and monitored by specialist procurement staff and the council would continue to train, support and raise awareness on the importance of data protection.
The finance minister said his department already tries to build in the concept of what social good can be extracted from money going into contracts, and that there was no room for complacency in procurement.
Responding to Monday's debate, defence procurement minister Peter Luff said no decisions had been made on long-term maintenance contracts but the "main investment decision for support arrangements" would be taken "before the middle of this decade".
Conservative business spokesperson Paul Davies AM welcomed the announcement as he stressed that investing in procurement skills will strengthen the chances of smaller local businesses being able to compete and win contracts.
We believe this was an opportunity to respond to concerns, particularly from small and medium sized businesses, that the current procurement process is still too complex and offers too few opportunities for local businesses to gain contracts from local public sector agencies.
While Ms. Choure didn't define what the pact would entail, the Indian government has been asking companies and individuals who bid for various types of government contracts to sign such integrity pacts since 2006, as a way to safeguard public procurement from corruption.
Tech procurement has its flaws, but it can act as a seal of approval for vendors winning government contracts.
My question is, one of the things that I have experienced over the last four years as a small business trying to do business in the federal procurement business, essentially, as a small engineering company, is the challenge of the bundling of contracts, which has made it increasingly difficult for service-disabled businesses -- all small businesses across the nation -- to compete basically within the federal procurement system.
He highlighted that only 5% of contracts were awarded electronically, and said that steps would be taken to increase "e-procurement".
Manpower is both expensive and a softer target than big procurement programmes, such as Britain's future aircraft-carriers, which are protected by tightly drawn contracts.
He's promised greater oversight of the procurement process, including intermediate reviews of weapons projects and the use of "shadow teams" to ensure that contracts awards are decided fairly.
The small businesses will still have to bid on specific vendor contracts, but the site aims to make it easier for them to find vendor opportunities and connect with procurement officials.
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