Sentences with phrase «increasing contract awards»

Most MWBE firms are also small local businesses, so increasing contract awards to these companies helps the local economy.

Not exact matches

The company, which debuted on the ASX just a week ago, saw an increase in training revenues, significant growth in its telco business, the awarding of a large labour hire contract to a logistics supplier and contribution from acquired business, OneForce Recruitment.

Club awarded some players extended contracts with increase in their weekly wage.

The state board overseeing Nassau's finances voted to increase its scrutiny of county contracts in the wake of several scandals last year involving how county officials award work to vendors.

Since last fall, when federal and state corruption charges were brought against former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros — who is alleged to have steered lucrative development contracts awarded by two opaque, SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to certain preferred companies — the university's use of nonprofit affiliates has come under increasing scrutiny.

corruption charges were brought against former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros — who is alleged to have steered lucrative development contracts awarded by two opaque, SUNY - affiliated nonprofits to certain preferred companies — the university's use of nonprofit affiliates has come under increasing scrutiny.

Other goals cited including raising the minimum wage, enacting the DREAM Act, expanding universal pre-Kindergarten to include three - year - olds, increasing the number of state contracts awarded to minority and women - owned businesses and incentivizing employers to hire young men and women of color.

The governor's office told the Observer that the MTA's utilization of so - called «minority and women - owned business enterprises» has increased by more than 60 percent during his time in office, resulting in more than $ 1 billion in contracts awarded to MWBEs over the past seven years — with more than $ 300 million in fiscal year 2015 - 2016 alone.

He noted that last year, the de Blasio administration awarded $ 697 million in contracts to MWBEs — a 52 percent increase in dollars from the previous year.

A Cabinet Office press release states that Mr Maude will unveil a package of measures that will include online publication of # 50bn of potential business oppotunities; a 40 % increase in the speed of the procurement process; and, retraining of civil servants so that become more open to awarding contracts to smaller and medium - sized firms.

AbTech ultimately increased Mr. Skelos's compensation, subject to the Nassau County contract being awarded to AbTech.

In 2013, when Nassau County was considering awarding AbTech a contract that the senator was supporting behind the scenes, Adam Skelos told a cooperating witness that his father believed his compensation should be increased, and that if it was not, they would seek to block the contract.

The agencies» rationale, the paper reported, was that revealing the cost for each part of the system might increase the cost because it «would impair present or imminent contract awards or collective bargaining negotiations.»

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In the city, firefighters, police, and sanitation workers had recently signed five - year contracts that awarded wage and benefit increases of 13.3 percent.

Next, a school district in Illinois just awarded its teachers a 10 - year contract that includes a 40 percent salary increase over its term, preserves a pre-retirement, 6 percent yearly pay spike to boost teachers» pensions, an increase in sick - days from 15 to 24 per year, and a freeze on health insurance and prescription drug costs for district employees for the 10 - year period.

The Pearson corporation, which reported a 72 % increase in profits, was awarded a $ 33 million contract by the New York State Education Department in 2010 for testing.

Act 10, passed in 2011, limited collective bargaining and allowed school districts to get rid of salary schedules included in union contracts that awarded pay increases based only on years spent teaching.

By awarding contracts through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory under the DOE - funded Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP), the goal is to make wind energy from small - and medium - sized turbines cost competitive with other distributed generation technologies and increase the number of wind - turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standards.

Monday, November 18 2013 Brazil's A-3 tender has awarded 868MW of wind - power contracts at an average cost of R$ 124.43 ($ 54.5)-- an increase of almost 13 % in the price compared to the last auction.

Bearing all that in mind, it is worth looking at wind generation's effect on costs in the first six months of 2016 and ask, are the costs are reflective of the $ 135 / MWh (+ up to 20 % COL [cost of living] increases) 20 year contracts IESO, and the Ontario Power Authority awarded?

This is likely to increase, as Drax has now been awarded a Contract for Difference — an even more lucrative subsidy.

In recent years, former Trial Attorney David C. Larkin has compiled an enviable record of large - sum awards and settlements, which increases his efficiency and strengthens his advice to small business, his review of potential claims, contracts and disputes for small business and employment clients:

Though money was the main public focus of the lawyers» contract demands (a pay increase of 10 per cent over four years, the same conditions an arbitrator awarded Quebec's 450 Crown counsel), Dion says the real driver that triggered the civil lawyers» strike on Oct. 24, 2016 — and fuelled their desire to stay out even after the LANEQ's war chest was depleted and many members were in dire personal financial straits — was their indignation over the government's refusal to grant them the same right to a binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike as they did to the province's 450 - member Crown attorneys» union (the Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales).

Cost reductions, efficiency improvements, revenue increases, customer wins, contracts retained, awards won — you can quantify all of these.

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