Sentences with phrase «competitive bidding rules»

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.»

This third - world - class corruption — manipulation of competitive bidding rules and procedures, bribery and pay - to - play as the cost of doing business with SUNY and the state — sends a terrible signal to businesses looking to come to New York.

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The consultant was convicted of stealing $ 1.7 million through inflated invoices, which he spent on luxury cars and Long Island real estate, while secretly favoring Verizon and undermining the competitive bidding process required by E-rate rules.

States and provinces have the right to exempt certain public agencies from competitive bidding under WTO rules, although Canada entered these NAFTA negotiations hoping to expand free trade for public contracts with the giant U.S. market.

Quick Fact: Express Scripts utilizes the Rule of One, an initiative that insures a diverse supplier is represented on every competitive bid.

The district did not seek bids from other companies on the $ 2.2 million deal, even though the district's own purchasing rules call for competitive bidding on most contracts involving more than $ 200.

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 Democratic governor accepted the money — and his officials handed out the government business without competitive bids — despite federal rules that bar campaign contributors from receiving taxpayer - financed state bond work.

«This investigation shows that DOE acts as though the rules don't matter,» Stringer said «We're talking about billions of dollars spent without real oversight, without competitive bids, and without accountability.»

Cuomo has since 2012 taken in more than $ 131,000 in campaign contributions from three major financial firms that were then tapped by his administration to manage state bond work without competitive bids and in apparent violation of federal rules.

The analysis prepared by attorney John Privitera of the Albany firm McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams concluded that EPCs «are a very narrow exception to the general rules of transparency and competitive bidding.»

But while largely ignoring the rule requiring companies to provide the bargain rate, USAC requires schools, no matter how impoverished or small, to find a «cost - effective» price through competitive bidding and other means.

These changes increase the importance for real estate brokers, agents and other real estate professionals involved in competitive bids or tenders to understand and comply with the act's bid rigging rules.