Sentences with phrase «bid contracts awarded»

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

These types of contracts are relatively small in scale, but they make up a big chunk of the no - bid contracts awarded in Puerto Rico.

Here's Gov. David Paterson in Lake Placid earlier today, fielding questions on today's Post story on the multimillion - dollar no - bid contract awarded to GHI, the health - care provider whose parent company, Emblem Health, employs his wife, First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson.

Looming over all this is the uncertain status of school CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett, who is on leave pending a federal investigation into a no - bid contract awarded to her former employer.

Not exact matches

The contract, whose total value is still unclear but will likely number in the hundreds of millions, was awarded in a no - bid deal.

Addressed directly to Trump, the ad warns: «Your Defense Department is set to award a no - bid, ten - year contract for all its IT infrastructure to Administration - enemy Jeff Bezos» Amazon.»

«Adani and Downer have mutually agreed to cancel all letter of awards [confirmations of successful contract bids] and Downer will provide transitional assistance until 31st March 2018,» said Adani in a statement reported by the FT.

Boenigk shared her experience over the last year with the changes that allow procurement officers to award small contracts directly to qualified companies, without competitive bidding.

The deals can present potential conflicts if contracts are awarded without a competitive bidding process or if associates profit at the expense of the company and its shareholders.

The US government has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in no - bid contracts related to Hurricane Maria.

The best way to do that is by awarding contracts through the open bidding process, which allows the largest number of businesses a chance to compete to offer the best deal.

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.

Nearly half of the 540 federal contracts signed so far (as of November 16), totaling $ 252 million, were awarded outside the open bidding process, according to federal procurement data.

Karen Thornton, director of George Washington University's procurement law program, said it doesn't surprise her that so many no - bid contracts have been awarded.

Bid rigging is defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as any situation in which «business contracts are awarded by soliciting competitive bids... [and there exists] coordination among bidders that undermines the bidding process.»

A competitive bidding process derives cost savings by awarding contracts to those — whether private companies or in - house staff — that can demonstrate they can provide services at the lowest cost.

The park district is scheduled to review five bids at Tuesday «s meeting, and the City Council is scheduled to award a contract July 6, said Mayor Jerry C. Greer.

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.

Margaret Resnick, deputy director, said the project will go out to bid in the first couple weeks of February, contracts will be awarded in March and construction will begin in April.

It all smells really bad, but until there are outside audits of the bids from RFP to contract award, we'll never know for sure.

The award of this contract was the result of an international competitive bidding process which was in compliance with laid down requirements of the European Union.

Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

The complaint also alleges Kaloyeros worked in collusive agreements with certain companies to manipulate the bidding process to award university - related contracts to favorable bidders.

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.

Newsday later detailed how Nassau awarded many no - bid contracts to politically connected firms at amounts just below the legislative approval threshold.

If the county awarded a contract based on the bid language, the contract would be «at risk for nullification,» wrote attorney Jennifer Kavney Harvey, of the Couch White law firm in Albany.

Cuomo says the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus on federal bid rigging charges, was created before he was governor.

Cuomo said the process used for awarding contracts to private developers, which is now the focus of federal bid - rigging charges, was created before he was governor.

Last year, three of the company's top executives and key state officials were charged with rigging the bids to build the factory to ensure that LPCiminelli would be awarded the contract.

The federal «pay - to - play» rule does contain one exception: If bond contracts are awarded by competitive bidding, then the prohibition on campaign contributions does not apply.

The contracts for the project awarded through Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion program have become the focus of investigators reviewing the bidding process.

As a result, the lowest bid was discarded because it didn't use a PLA, and the contract was awarded to the second - lowest bidder — whose price tag was $ 4.5 million (6 percent) higher.

A state audit found Helsmoortel awarded no - bid contracts.

By Sean Ryan A Thursday decision by Wisconsin's attorney general reinforces municipal authority to bypass bidding and award road reconstruction contracts to county highway departments.

The question involved what's known as «design / build» bidding in which a firm is awarded a contract to both design and build a construction project.

Interviewed on Today this morning the Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, said that the terms of the initial contract had been set by the last Labour government in 2008 and there was no option but to award Siemens the contract given that it made the «highest value for money bid».

ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed sweeping reforms Tuesday to how state contracts are awarded in the wake of a bid - rigging scandal that has rattled the Cuomo administration.

They say they were never notified that the county had received their bid, or that the contract had been awarded.

Feds have been investigating whether Skelos influenced Nassau County's decision to award the 2013 contract to Arizona - based AbTech, even though it did not submit the lowest bid for the project.

The charges levied Thursday by Bharara include bribery, bid - rigging and facilitating a pay - to - play scheme in order to ensure that desired contractors - specifically those who have made large cash contributions to the Governor's election campaign - were awarded contracts.

Three LPCiminelli executives, including CEO Louis Ciminelli, are facing federal criminal charges of bribery and bid - rigging over their actions leading up to the awarding of the contract.

Four of the Port Authority contracts, which were all competitively bid, were awarded while Cuomo has been governor.

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

The IG's office also has notified state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker, whose department runs the fair, that it plans to criticize top Department of Agriculture & Markets officials for awarding a $ 700,000 no - bid contract to Live Nation Worldwide to produce the fair's 2008 concerts, according to a source.

Each contract was awarded on a «sole source» basis without bidding because, parks officials said in memos, BluChip had «unique expertise» in promoting special events and «has an extremely close relationship with the Nassau County Parks staff that no other marketing firm can match.»

Nassau Democratic legislators on Wednesday demanded evidence of the «unique expertise» cited by county parks officials when they recommended the award of two no - bid contracts to a marketing company executive linked to County Executive Edward Mangano through sexually suggestive text messages, which both have disavowed.

Mangano and GOP lawmakers proposed the $ 1,000 contract threshold following reports that the administration has awarded hundreds of no - bid contracts since 2011 to politically connected firms for amounts just under $ 25,000 — the amount that currently triggers a legislative vote.

He's hired an attorney in response to the investigation, which focuses on whether Skelos influenced Nassau County's decision to award the 2013 contract to Arizona - based AbTech, even though it did not submit the lowest bid for the project.

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.

In an effort to end «bid - rigging,» Morinello proposed a one - year ban on political contributions by companies that are awarded state contracts.