The investigation into the AbTech contract has prompted an inquiry into Nassau County's
contracts awarding process by the county's acting district attorney Madeline Singas, Newsday reported.
The Chairperson abrogated the contracts in August 2015 (please see «CO6E» attached) and requested the Finance department to re-negotiate with STL and rectify
the contract award process.
Use of uniform
contract award process by state agencies, authorities, SUNY, and all state controlled non-profits;
In the same statement, the groups recommended «[i] ncreasing overall government accountability and transparency, by... ending the use of state controlled non-profit groups and the state university system in
the contract award process.»
EJ McMahon, with the fiscal watchdog group The Empire Center, says Governor Cuomo actively sought to limit oversight of
the contract awards process.
If the legislature does not pass these reforms,
our contract awarding process will continue to be susceptible to the corruption.»
Not exact matches
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will select the best designs and begin the
process of
awarding contracts for actual construction once there's money.
OTOC Australia has been
awarded a $ 3 million
contract with NRW for the mine
process plant in - ground services at the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Pilbara Minerals has
awarded a $ 148 million
contract to RCR Tomlinson for the engineering, procurement and construction of
processing facilities at its Pilgangoora lithium project south of Port Hedland.
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 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.
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.
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.
Ebert Construction was
awarded a $ 40m construction
contract for the drier and evaporator building, four - bay covered tanker reception, silo slabs, wet
process and ingredients areas, packing and palletising areas, the amenities building and the dry store.
GEA
Process Engineering was awarded with a contract to provide process engineering solutions and services including design, engineering, procurement, erection and commissioning, for the new
Process Engineering was
awarded with a
contract to provide
process engineering solutions and services including design, engineering, procurement, erection and commissioning, for the new
process engineering solutions and services including design, engineering, procurement, erection and commissioning, for the new plant.
PM Group was
awarded with a
contract to provide engineering design and construction management services for Glanbia dairy
processing facility.
Earlier this year, Gemak was
awarded a
contract to manufacture and commission a state - of - the - art continuous yogurt
processing plant at Llaeth y Llan, Village Dairy where Gareth Roberts and his family have been producing superb,
award winning yogurts since the «80s.
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.
The Assembly Members claim the MCE has been
awarding contracts without due
process, thus their moves to impeach him.
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.
Decision: Under the circumstance, the Commission finds the allegation that the Ministry of Roads and Highways was in the
process of
awarding the
contract for the construction of the 28 kilometre Wa - Hamile road worth GHC82, 000,000.00 to Djibril Kanazoe through sole sourcing speculative and not supported by the evidence.
Issue 10: Whether due
process and procedure were followed by public officials in the
award of
contracts
The UNDP was very happy with the services of Quazar and the UNDP has not submitted any complaints of any breaches in the
award of
contract process.
Mba was also alleged to have used his office as NBC DG to
award contracts without following due procurement
process.
An investigation into the
processes for
award of the
contract and a value for money assessment would be welcome as it would be based on law and policies and not motivated by ill will and pettiness.
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.
«This
contract was the result of a thorough RFP
process and eventually
awarded jointly with the Comptroller,» said Freddi Goldstein, a spokesperson for the mayor's office who deals with budget matters, in an email.
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 also deflected blame for any corruption, saying it was SUNY that was ultimately responsible for the
contract process, and that, until recently, he hadn't heard any criticisms — although several newspapers had detailed potential conflicts of interest and questionable timelines of campaign contributions to the governor and the
awarding of key
contracts.
In the letter to you Dr Kachikwu alleged among others appointments and postings in NNPC without due
process;
award of
contracts above $ 20m without following the legal and procedural requirements for such
contracts including the Crude Term
contracts - value at over $ 10bn; the DSDP
contracts - value over $ 5bn; the AKK pipeline
contract - value approximately $ 3bn; various financing allocation funding
contracts with the NOCs — value over $ 3bn; and various NPDC production service
contracts — value at over $ 3bn — $ 4bn.»
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.
While there have been no major recent scandals, the
process by which the DOE
awards those
contracts, as well as the availability of information about the
contracts, continues to draw criticism.
The
contracts for the project
awarded through Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion program have become the focus of investigators reviewing the bidding
process.
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.
«Meanwhile there are also allegations that some of the
contracts»
awarded to the firms were outrageous, apart from the fact that many did not follow due
process and yet others received payment without carrying the job»
Catsimatidis, who owns United Metro Energy Corp., is building a new biodiesel -
processing facility in Greenpoint, and was already
awarded a $ 62 million
contract last year that provided city government with «heating oil, bio-blend and bio-heat bulk deliveries,» records show.
To try and prevent that kind of corruption from happening again, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has sponsored a bill to clean up the state procurement
process, including how
contracts are
awarded.
Cuomo's office said that grants made available through the program «will be
awarded through a competitive
process, with priority given to nonprofits with State
contracts that provide direct services in high - need communities, particularly smaller nonprofits and nonprofits that lack access to other capital funding opportunities.»
Consequently, as the Minister of Communications, I did not and could not have
awarded the
contract for the NID, or indeed oversee the
process,» the minister stated.
It seems clear that whatever
process was used in
awarding the
contract could not have been in line with the procurement laws of the nation.
Serious questions arise from what seems to be a clear abuse of the procurement
process Was the
contract awarded using the «Sole Sourcing» procurement
process?
Babachir is being investigated for alleged violations of law and due
process in the
award of
contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North - East; and Oke, over the $ 43.4 m hauled from a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Things came to a head, when Mr. Felix Addo, sitting in his capacity as the Board Chairman of GNPC issued a fiat asking that the
processes leading to the
award of
contract for exploratory work on the Voltain Basin Project be stopped and reversed.
The panel investigated allegations of violations of law and due
process made against Lawal in the
award of
contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East while it probed Oke on the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, for which NIA is laying claim.
Babachir is being investigated for allegedly violating law and due
process in the
award of
contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North - East.
«The
process for
awarding contracts is supposed to be fair, competitive, and unbiased.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: «While we have sought to persuade the employer to abandon these plans it is clear that the tendering
process is continuing and
contracts will be
awarded to private sector providers in mid-November.
Consequently, as the Minister of Communications, I did not and could not have
awarded the
contract for the NID, or indeed oversee the
process,» she said.
The EFCC had on March 6 secured a conviction against the ex-governor who was arraigned before an Adamawa State High Court on 17 charges bordering on
award of
contract without due
process to the tune of N167.8 m.