Sentences with phrase «awarding public contracts»

Ten charges of corruption and related offences were brought against their firm, including in relation to its attempts to influence those responsible for awarding public contracts in Jamaica and Ghana in the 1990s.

Giordano threw his weight behind Worth being awarded public contracts in Waterbury and flew into rages when denied.

Notably, the Judge expressed the view that a mandatory order requiring that a successful claimant under the PCR 2006 must be awarded a public contract would be an «exceptional» remedy, albeit that he did not rule out that such an order might be appropriate (and necessary) in a suitable case (§ 11).

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That contract was awarded by PREPA with the understanding that FEMA's public assistance grants would eventually cover most of the cost.

In response, Puerto Rico's public power company has awarded big contracts to US energy companies with no experience responding to a major disaster.

Along with hiring Peck, the board has come under fire for awarding a contract for computer work to a firm that has worked with Peck's company and approving policies residents said limited public comment.

Park officials will not release information about the competing proposal because it was submitted in a bidding process that is routinely closed to public scrutiny until after a contract is awarded.

Issue 10: Whether due process and procedure were followed by public officials in the award of contracts

In the absence of direct evidence to the contrary, the Commission accepts the evidence of the Public Officials involved that the contracts were awarded regularly and in the normal course of their duties.

But when subpoenas start to fly over the manner in which public contracts were awarded, it starts to give off a stink.

Claim 27: «The Chairperson, Mrs. Charlotte Osei unilaterally awarded a contract of about $ 25,000 to a South African company, Quazar Limited to change and redevelop the Commission's logo under the guise of rebranding without going to tender contrary to the Public Procurement Act.»

Also, per the leaked document, the Presidency ought to have directed the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to investigate all the public officials who handled the contract award as well as the payments made.

She then awarded the contract to the tune of $ 21,999, 592 without going through tender contrary to the Public Procurement Act.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

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.

At 10 a.m., the NYC Mayor's Office of Contract Services holds a public hearing on contract awards, Spector Hall, 22 Reade St., MaContract Services holds a public hearing on contract awards, Spector Hall, 22 Reade St., Macontract awards, Spector Hall, 22 Reade St., Manhattan.

The Burkinabe contractor Oumarou Djibril Kanazoe — a friend of President Mahama — was later awarded three government contracts but he rejected the last one after the issue was made public.

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.»

The Coalition Agreement makes five key pledges on public sector procurement, including a pledge to award 25 % of government contracts to SMEs.

He referred to Section 40, of the Public Procurement Law, which does not allow the minister to award the contracts to the Burkinabe contractor through sole - sourcing.

Public works contracts generally must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder — but with important added strings attached.

Kent has also drawn fire for orchestrating the Democratic primary endorsement of Zephyr Teachout, who unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and for awarding a contract worth more than $ 700,000 to a public relations firm that helped Kent with her candidacy more than two years ago.

Such forms are required before a state contract can be awarded so public dollars go to honest companies.

«This does not include the hundreds of millions of dollars believed to have been lost through inflated contracts as the President has presided over the effective shredding of the Public Procurement Act, giving him and his people the free range to award contracts without the very transparency and accountability he is now promising to deliver if re-elected.

The Assembly also wants to set up a public, searchable data base of all companies awarded contracts with the state.

She told the committee she supports different contracting reforms, including the creation of a «Database of Deals» that would allow the public to see the total value of all subsidies awarded to different businesses.

The Assembly also wants to set up a public searchable database of all companies awarded contracts with the state.

The representative of President - elect Nana Akufo - Addo, on the Transition team, Yaw Osafo Marfo, had asked for clarity on alleged fresh recruitments into the public sector, and the awarding of fresh contracts days after the National Democratic Congress government lost the elections.

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Officials say SUNY Polytechnic and its leader, Alain Kaloyeros, one of the point people for the Buffalo Billion program, is under investigation by state AG Eric Schneiderman over a contract awarded for a new dormitory building at the public college he runs in Albany.

The staff are claiming Ms Osei without recourse to laid down administrative structures and the Public Procurement Act, singularly abrogated contracts, secured a V8 Land Cruiser for her use, and awarded contracts worth thousands of dollars.

The EC chair «then awarded the contract to the tune of $ 21,999,592 without going through tender contrary to the Public procurement Act.

In continuation of the probe, the EFCC arrested a former Commissioner for Public Utilities in the state, Mr. Benjamin Okah, for his alleged role in a $ 12m contract awarded to a United States - based firm, Califco Group, in 2012.

But the construction portion of the project, estimated to be 90 percent of the $ 12 million cost, is contingent on a change in state law to allow municipalities to use special «design - build» contracts, in which the design and construction phases are awarded to one company, rather than in separate bids as is typical in large public works projects.

Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million in contracts without going through the bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13 school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion of the public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs children.

Let's flash back now to 1996, when then - Presiding Officer Bruce Blakeman instructed the county public works department to list officers, principals and shareholders for all firms being awarded public works contracts — particularly those that, like AbTech's — were not awarded to the lowest bidder.

Mr. Hammond said, about 12 percent of work has been done eight months after the contract was awarded by the NDC government in 2016, adding that, 20 km of the road has been completed and opened to the public.

In the wake of the latest public corruption scandal, Cuomo said his State of the State message next January will include a reform package that will provide more checks and balances when it comes to awarding state economic development contracts.

Public works officials awarded CG - 3PL the $ 4 million contract in May.

On Feb. 24, 2014, as Nassau's public works department was evaluating the bids, the county awarded a no - bid $ 24,990 contract to CG - 3PL for Sandy reimbursement work.

Paladino filed a lawsuit against Buffalo Public Schools in July 2012, citing abuse of executive session and lack of transparency in the process of awarding a contract to the district's new superintendent.

Columbia wound up being the only company that submitted a bid, though a contract was ultimately not awarded when the situation became public.

Mangano has been under a shadow since 2013, when Nassau County awarded a $ 12 million public works contract to AbTech, an Arizona - based environmental company.

It is worth noting that this reckless commitment above the budgeted amount was questioned by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) in December 2016 when COCOBOD needed to seek approval to award additional contracts and the Authority inquired about the availability of budgetary provision to enable it to approve the requested contract awards.

Some board members have also questioned whether the corporation should continue to use the «preferred developer» approach — unusual in the public sector — which effectively tamps down competition by awarding one company an open - ended contract rather than bidding individual projects separately.

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.»

The Kumasi Technical University in the Ashanti Region has been summoned before the Public Accounts Committee in Accra over a contract the institution awarded without following due process.

«These reasonable reforms address a scandal that affected over $ 1 billion in public funds and revealed profound systemic problems with how the state awards certain large contracts,» said the letter, sent Friday.

The Unsustainable Quo is a mandatory arbitration system that creates leap frogging of generous public safety contract awards between Nassau and Suffolk counties — to the point now where it costs us an average of two hundred thousand dollars per police officer between salary, benefits and pension costs.

It would be recalled that in the heat of the election processes, there was public outcry over the award of the pink sheets contract to Aerovote, which some critics claimed it was inflated when the GH cents 7.2 million price was revealed by the commission.