Sentences with phrase «firm awarded a contract»

Nassau County legislators said last week that they didn't know that the son of State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was on the payroll of a firm awarded a contract that federal prosecutors reportedly are scrutinizing as part of a corruption probe.

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In a survey conducted by the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce in the first half of fiscal 2012, which began October 1, 2011, 71 contracts worth $ 3 million were awarded to women - owned firms, says Margot Dorfman, the group's chief executive.

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.

Engineering and project services firm Clough says its AMEC joint venture has been awarded a $ 70 million contract for Arrow Energy's Bowen gas project in Queensland.

Rail freight business Pacific National has awarded engineering firm Downer a $ 1 billion contract to provide maintenance services to 300 of the Asciano subsidiary's train fleet.

«While SBA will make every effort to assist a firm with its marketing efforts, the 8 (a) program is a self - marketing program and SBA can not guarantee 8 (a) contract awards.»

To bring testing to reality, U.S. technology and defense firms, MTSI and SOAR Oregon have been jointly awarded the Flight Test and Range contract.

TAMPA — A local consulting firm has been awarded the largest contract U.S. Special Operations Command has granted to a woman - owned business.The company, Wittenberg Weiner Consulting LLC, received a five - year, $ 200 million contract to provide manageme...

According to Nikkei Asian Review, a Japanese business publication, LNG Canada's partners have awarded the EPC contract to the Japanese firm, JGC, and the American firm Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR).

A Fairfax cybersecurity firm has been awarded a contract to develop an app that can detect health problems.

Last year, the city awarded a construction contract to a joint venture of infrastructure firm Dragados and Ottawa heavy construction firm Tomlinson for the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel project,...

Contract manufacturer Boddingtons Plastics has been nominated for the opening of its # 4.6 million injection moulding manufacturing facility, which a spokesperson for the awards said showed the firm's «commitment to the medical device sector».

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.

Glen Ellyn — Frustrated over the delayed grading of land to be used for a temporary commuter parking lot, Glen Ellyn officials have awarded a $ 25,700 contract to a Naperville firm to complete the job.

In a wave of privatization, the district also awarded contracts for firms to manage its parking garages, harbors and golf courses.

The PR firm, owned by actress and member of the ruling government Selassie Ibrahim, has recently been in the news for admittedly inflating a bus rebranding contract awarded them by the Transport ministry.

The programme sought to link a vehicle presented to the President in 2012 to two contracts awarded to a Burkinabe - owned construction firm.

The $ 14.6 million contract to prepare initial designs for the AirTrain to LaGuardia airport was awarded to an engineering firm that worked on the Second Avenue Subway, according to officials.

Controversial security services firm G4S has been awarded a $ 118 million contract to service the US» Guantanamo Bay prison.

The latest contract was awarded jointly to A.C. Advisory with another firm in August 2015, and when A.C. was bought out, PFM inherited the contract and also A.C. Advisory's employees, including Rodriguez.

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.

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.

DAMAC, the company partnering on Trump's new golf course in Dubai, awarded a multimillion - dollar contract to a firm owned by the Chinese government — violating the president's promise to avoid foreign government transactions while he's in office.

A Mayor Bill de Blasio fundraiser — whose engineering firms have been awarded millions of dollars in city contracts — has been charged with enlisting his employees to donate to...

Two $ 24,999 contracts for outside legal counsel awarded last summer to the Garden City law firm of Hopkins & Kopilow.

Mr. Skelos went on to vote favorably to the real estate industry on rent regulations and tax abatements, the complaint alleges, and facilitated the awarding of the contract to the environmental firm.

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.

«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»

That cash allegedly bought «official actions» that favored those two firms: COR Development, a real - estate - development firm that was awarded several state contracts, and Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC, an electric - power company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley.

In 2011, Empire State Development awarded a $ 50 million contract to prominent ad firm BBDO for marketing economic development initiatives, the audit showed.

The Daily Statesman newspaper had alleged in a publication on Thursday, that the EC had awarded a US$ 8.95 million contract to a British firm, which has been dissolved, to print the electoral sheets for Ghana.

The state later relaxed the requirement, but awarded the contract to Louis Ciminelli's firm anyway.

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.

Former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was convicted of federal corruption charges including influencing the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a firm that hired his son.

Bloomberg noted that since December 2005, women - and minority - certified vendors have secured more than $ 2.7 billion in city contracts, with nearly $ 563 million in city contracts awarded to firms owned by minorities and women in 2011 alone.

The House of Representatives has expressed doubts over adherence to due diligence in the contract awarded to a Chinese firm for the provision of Close Circuit...

The probe of Adam Skelos» affairs has so far centered on a $ 20,000 payment from a title insurance company that the younger Skelos never worked for, and a Nassau County storm - water treatment contract awarded to a firm Adam represented that was not the lowest bidder, Kramer reported.

Lewis has also complained that City Hall has been slow in awarding contracts to minority - owned firms to work on government projects or provide services.

ALLEGANY TERRITORY, Salamanca, NY July 5, 2013 - SCMC, LLC, a construction management firm wholly - owned by the Seneca Nation of Indians, was recently awarded a $ 2.7 million contract with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) to upgrade a waste water treatment plant on its premises.

AEC sued the Lottery, Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders on July 9, alleging that they wrongfully rescinded the racino contract that had been awarded to the politically - connected firm.

play The concerned staff in a petition claim her decision to cancel a contract awarded to Superlock Technologies Limited (STL), a company contracted to supply and manage Biometric Voter Registration machines (BVRs) and the Biometric Voter Devices (BVDs), as well as her directive for the payment of $ 76,000 to IT firm, Dream Oval, were fraudulent and hence she should be removed from office.

Mayor de Blasio's team raised conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Cuomo one a day after the state put on hold a Brooklyn construction project because Cuomo ESDC appointees expressed similar concerns about the developer who made donations to a fund supporting the mayor.

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

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.

Also on Sunday, Cuomo reiterated his proposals to award 30 percent of state contracts to firms owned by women or racial minorities and to have the state cover student loan payments for up to two years for SUNY and CUNY graduates who remain in - state.

Mayor de Blasio's team ripped off a counterpunch Wednesday, raising conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Gov. Cuomo.

The award followed a previously approved contract authorization with another New York firm that conducted preliminary engineering work for the new exhibits and of other additions and modifications to the facilities that have a significant element of NYPA staff involvement.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide and confidant of Cuomo, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's founding President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros and officials at some of upstate New York's most prominent development firms were charged in a federal complaint with allegedly engaging in two overlapping schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts and other official benefits.

«As I speak, the Italian firm which was awarded the contract to start work at the University site in Somanya, is preparing to move to site before this November ends.»