Sentences with phrase «agency contract awarded»

Not exact matches

The Small Business Administration sets goals for the total percentage of federal contract funds that agencies should award to small business, which includes for disadvantaged and women - owned firms.

Iin recent years, various federal agencies have strengthened efforts to award more contracts to economically disadvantaged businesses, including veteran - owned companies.

The Program provides government - owned procuring agencies a tool to help meet their WOSB contracting goal of 5 % of prime contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.

While this contract was not awarded by a federal agency — and therefore was not included in the procurement data — PREPA expected to get reimbursed by FEMA grants.

Vox's review of procurement records shows that in response to Hurricane Maria alone, FEMA has awarded $ 61 million in single - source contracts — no - bid deals in which agencies only reach out to one business to make a deal.

In the past, no - bid contracts awarded for urgency reasons were reserved for federal agencies working on military missions.

Mack Defense of Upper Macungie Township has been awarded a major defense logistics agency contract that should mean plenty of work for the company's...

The Program allows contracting officers, for the first time, to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and EDWOSBs and will help federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.

Lagos — A witness, Chukwuemeka Onuoha, a fashion designer, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how his company, Extreme Vertevex Limited was used to siphon about N546.8 million from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for a contract that was not awarded to him.

Use of uniform contract award process by state agencies, authorities, SUNY, and all state controlled non-profits;

Miner awarded Jewett a no - bid contract through an obscure arm of city government, the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency, which Miner controls without oversight from the city council.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

The agency denied a Times Union public records request for the document, arguing its release could «impair imminent contract awards,» endanger «life and safety» and compromise the state's ability to «guarantee the security of its information technology assets.»

Requiring competitive and transparent contracting for the award of state funds by all state agencies, authorities, and affiliates.

In an email to County Legislator Ed Romaine that was circulated to the media Tuesday, authority CEO Jeff Szabo said that the agency's chairman, Jim Gaughran, «has informed me that he plans to recommend not awarding this contract at tonight's board meeting based upon the present proposed return on investment.»

According to Umar, the 2017 projects of the agency have yet to be advertised and no contract has been awarded because of Patanmi's efforts at ensuring that due process is followed in the award of contracts.

Skretny said NRP failed to establish a basis for a civil suit, basically ruling that neither another party to the case — the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency — nor the mayor, nor any other city official could award Stenhouse a contract without Common Council approval.

Red - faced Kingston Housing Authority officials had no (plausible) answers on a state comptroller's report that found it took almost nine years for the agency to award a $ 300,000 contract on routine upgrades of its buildings.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The investigative panel specifically asked relevant agencies to prosecute the suspended SGF for allegedly awarding contracts worth N500m, through the Presidential Initiative on North - East, a rehabilitation programme under his office, to a company in which he had interests.

A tech firm is suing the NYC Department of Education, claiming the agency awarded a $ 31 million contract last year without proper bidding.

In a statement by its Press Officer, Manzo Eziekiel, the agency denies ever awarding billion Naira Contract for landscaping and motorpark as being alleged by the false whistle blowers.

According to him, «While the blackmailers claimed that the contracts were awarded by the Director General of the Agency, Muhammad Sani - Sidi, NEMA has never awarded contract of such huge and imaginary sums for car park and landscaping and challenge the blackmailers parading themselves as whistle blowers to come up with their facts.»

The National Emergency Management Agency has denied reports that it awarded a billion naira contract for landscape and carpark, describing the allegation as false and baseless that should not deserve any attention.

Investigators sought to question an official at the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and requested agency documents about a contract that was awarded to a local company after the firm's owner donated $ 100,000 to a nonprofit affiliated with de Blasio.

Trump imposed a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding new contracts or grants.

Having said that, and in light of the investigation into the awarding of contracts at the Solar City facility in Buffalo, we hope that New York State and relevant agencies do everything in their power to provide a transparent bidding process,» said Joshua Reap, a government affairs director for the group.

A spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation, which awarded the train station contract, said the agency «was aware» of Murnane's «prior issues» but that a project - specific assessment deemed the vendor responsible.

«The Nigeria has largest number of incomplete projects in this world, many people just take the money and walk away in collusion with the ministries and agencies that awarded the contracts.

A businessman, Uche Obilor, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos on how the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi awarded a contract of N905.8 m to him without bidding.

The bill would simply require state agencies to do a cost comparison before awarding contracts, to determine if state employees could do the same work at a lower cost.

But the Procurement Policy Board, an obscure agency if ever there was one, has decreed that the competitive bidding rules «shall not apply to contract awards made from line item appropriations and / or discretionary funds to community - based not - for - profit organizations or other public service organizations identified by elected city officials other than the mayor and the controller.»

Fiberesima, according to a statement by the anti-graft agency, is alleged to have abused his position as the Chief Physician to the President in 2012 to award contracts to a company where he has interests.

The agencies» rationale, the paper reported, was that revealing the cost for each part of the system might increase the cost because it «would impair present or imminent contract awards or collective bargaining negotiations.»

AHRQ, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for improving the quality of healthcare in the U.S. Chesley's office oversees much of AHRQ's external research awarded through grants and small - business contracts.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's $ 65 - million program called Transformer has awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and other corporations to develop aircraft that can also drive on a road.

Actually Raibert has already come a long way, to the point where the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office and the U.S. Marine Corps awarded his company a 30 - month, $ 32 - million contract last week to deliver a prototype LS3.

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is awarding contracts to hundreds of organisations to provide apprenticeship training to non-levy paying employers.

Elliott, part of the Algeco Scotsman Group, world leader in modular space solutions has been awarded a contract of over # 30M by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), an executive agency of the Department for EducAgency (EFA), an executive agency of the Department for Educagency of the Department for Education.

The Congressional agency ruled that the department acted properly in awarding the contract to Indiana University.

«Administrative Lobbying is any lobbying that affects, among other things, the rules or regulations of an executive agency, and the actions of an executive or quasi-public agency regarding a contract, grant, award, purchasing agreement, etc.;»

The collection agency contract is awarded through the competitive bidding process.

The criteria for grant applications are strict, and no funds are offered or awarded for animal control programs run by government agencies or under government contract, for individuals, for facility construction, or to support endowment campaigns, research, scholarships, general operating budgets, special events, or films and publications.

Not until Germany's Federal Network Agency makes its assessment will it be clear whether bids significantly higher than the current rates of compensation will be awarded contracts and if new players will be among the awardees or whether the contracts will be awarded to the same companies who came out on top in the first round.

While in law school, he served as editor - in - chief of the Nova Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and received Book Awards for Contracts, Civil Procedure, Legal Research & Writing («LSV») I, LSV II, Property, Constitutional Law II, Agency, Professional Responsibility, Travel Law, Interviewing & Counseling, and Will Drafting.

Obtained an arbitration award on behalf of a hospice in a contract dispute with a staffing agency as well as reimbursement of all of the client's legal fees.

Counseled contractors with respect to performance of federal agency contracts and grant agreements for biomedical and pharmaceutical research and development activities, including those awarded by the National Institutes of Health and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

Under the act, an enterprise must now obtain authorization from Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers before competing in a public call for tenders or in an award process for contracts over a certain monetary threshold entered into with the government, its agencies or Quebec municipalities.

As a lawyer, I have negotiated contracts for Academy Award winners, Grammy nominees, multiple film production companies, advertising agencies, animation houses, large - scale publishers, retailers, start - ups, and many other creative - media clients.

In some respects this latest example of higher courts» preference for lumping losses of contracted - for amenities or expectations within the bucket of general awards could be said to be disappointing, and sets a course which may take the civil law further away from the consumer - favoured compensation culture of professional and trade complaints agencies.