Sentences with phrase «number of government contracts»

«Sadly, our impact will be limited due to the sheer number of government contracts he holds — that's our next battle.»

Despite longstanding concerns about the number of government contracts set aside for small companies, military contracts are helping some small companies stay afloat during the recession.

It holds a number of government contracts, including for the construction of a high - speed rail link and for the maintenance of roads.

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Changes in government contracting guidelines, and an awareness of those changes, has made it more attractive for women to own businesses; and there has been an increasing number of resources available to women and veterans who want to become entrepreneurs.

The state government has awarded building and construction contracts to a number of local businesses, including Perkins Builders, with the combined value of the contracts worth about $ 37.3 million.

Additionally, a number of states such as Colorado and Louisiana require contractors to use the program in order to receive government contracts.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

This makes a DUNS number invaluable for many small businesses, since government contracts are often stable, lucrative sources of income.

A number of non-fiscal measure are a range of good government reforms including same - day registration, early voting, closing the LLC loophole and oversight of economic development contracts.

One thing is that it takes more to cut running costs in government than cutting numbers of civil servants — something that seems to have escaped the Thatcher government in the 1980s but has been clearly recognized in the current government's much more determined attempts to rein in consultancy and IT contract costs.

The committee was evidently less persuaded by the government's case and concluded that the re-introduction of «contracting - in» could have a «sizeable negative effect» on the number of union members participating in political funds and therefore on the income of the Labour Party.

It holds contracts across a number of government departments with revenue exceeding # 100 million per year.

The message rings as spin to a number of expert observers who insist Cuomo has long overseen a system that allows, at the very least, for the appearance of pay - to - play to flourish as mini-economies have popped up around the state where connected consultants work with both state government entities and those looking to win state contracts, and where the state funnels money through non-profits, allowing them to avoid scrutiny and standard state contracting procedures.

Whilst the government will struggle to meet the 50 % reduction of MRSA bacteraemias by March of this year, just adopting this simple culture change could reduce significantly the numbers of patients contracting a healthcare infection through this route.

Before the election Labour had already sketched out a number of measures that a government serious about clamping down on the abuses of zero - hour contracts could adopt.

Enumerating a number of fulfilled promises at various events in the Volta Region on Saturday, he said the government is on course to meet in full, its part of the social contract.

According to government sources, the reduction in the number of vehicles to 34, consequently reduced the initial cost of 9 million dollars by about 3 million dollars, as they have also avoided incurring a judgement debt, by deciding not to cancel the contract.

In the draft bill, the government promises to bring the number of Ph.D. candidates on libéralités down by 2007 and to increase to 4500 the number of allocated CIFRE contracts by 2010.

The need for some sort of effort to reform the academic system in France became apparent in 2003, when the government announced a reduction in the number of permanent research positions and the creation of more short - term contracts.

The scientists also noted that last year, the government eliminated grants for basic research and that since 2008 the number of new permanent positions for academics has contracted by 90 %.

This will require pursuing all development and certification work beyond the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) base period through Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-- based contracts; making strategic decisions about the number of industry partners to retain in the certification phase; and finding ways to incentivize greater private investment by industry partners in order to reduce the government's financial obligations for the program.

On the federal loan side, the government contracts with a number of for - profit and non-profit companies to help borrowers manage their debt.

In this year's conference, we'll cover a number of different ways that communities have gone No Kill, such as Austin, TX (through lobbying of city officials and a legislative mandate), Fairfax County (through a shelter director's decision), and Kansas City, Missouri (through advocates and volunteers forming a non-profit and bidding on a government contract).

The government plans to introduce a system of price competitive tendering (PCT) into criminal defence work with the aim of slashing a further # 220m from the legal aid bill and cutting the number of contracts from 1,600 to around 400 providers.

Government Contracts: Has a strong focus on procurement law and has been involved as junior counsel in a number of high profile cases.

The Government has announced its intention to press ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the number of legal aid contracts allowing criminal defence firms to represent suspects in the police station, while also cutting fees by a further 8.75 %.

Eight - in - ten (79 %) leaders say they somewhat or strongly support restricting the number of no - bid contracts that are given to private businesses by state government (77 % were supportive in the 2016 study).

For example, federal procurement rules provide for debarment or suspension of a company from contracting with the US government upon a conviction of or a civil judgment for a number of offences, including bribery, or any offence «indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty...» [30] Moreover, federal disbarment or suspension may automatically trigger a cascade of similar consequences at the state or local, [31] and international, [32] levels, and can lead to follow - on private litigation.

The Government wants to drop the number of contracts from the current figure of around 1,600 contracts to 525.

Due to the office's location in the nation's capital, Mr. Machen was frequently responsible for representing the United States in matters of great significance to the entire country, including the successful prosecution of the largest domestic bribery and bid - rigging scheme in the history of federal contracting, and a number of landmark settlements in False Claims Act cases against government contractors, healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies.

The Government has announced a new consultation on cuts to criminal legal aid, specifically its plans to reduce the number of contracts that let firms do «duty solicitor» work.

Housing PFI projects — advising on a number of significant housing PFI projects (Islington, Reading, Lambeth, Kirklees, Oldham), including disseminating the learning from particular projects and advising the Government on standard form contracts.

The move from the Boyle Street Co-op to the McLeod Building was done for three reasons: the new office provided modern facilities and was obtained from the provincial government on a three year contract for $ 1, the Boyle Street Co-op was looking to move to a new building and tear down their existing facility, and statistics were showing that the organization was no longer truly reaching the Boyle Street residents, but rather was attracting large numbers of downtown and Northeast end impaired drivers.

The government had decided, following its defeat in the previous judicial review brought by the practitioner groups and the subsequent re-consultation, to increase the number of duty contracts for criminal legal aid work from 525 to 527.

Deborah Z. Read, Thompson Hine's firmwide managing partner noted, «We have been conducting high - level government contracts work throughout the firm in a number of areas and recognized the benefits of formalizing the practice under Tom Mason's leadership.

In the second of this two - part column, Washington, DC, partner and leader of the firm's Government Contracts team Vince Napoleon and Rochester Commercial Litigation counsel Kevin Saunders discuss the increasing the number of suspensions and debarments among government coGovernment Contracts team Vince Napoleon and Rochester Commercial Litigation counsel Kevin Saunders discuss the increasing the number of suspensions and debarments among government cogovernment contractors.

Richard has reviewed and negotiated multimillion dollar solicitations, proposals, equitable adjustments, terminations, and other related government acquisition and commercial - based contract matters with a number of government agencies and subcontractor / vendors.

Firm: Weitz Morgan, PLLC, Austin, TX Previous Solution: Spreadsheets + Quickbooks Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Government Contracts Number of Attorneys: 2 Year Established: 2006 Why MyCase: Online Payments, MyCase Client Portal

Professional Experience Kellogg, Brown & Root (Baghdad, Iraq) 2011 — Present Logistics, Procurement & Supply • Oversee logistics, procurement, and supply operations for a multimillion dollar private military contracting company • Participate in the closeout of Operation New Dawn in logistics support to the US Army • Administer material control, inventory control, and manage shipping / receiving of varied military materials • Train new personnel ensuring they understand and implement industry best practices • Establish departmental protocols for ordering, receiving, protecting, preserving, and accounting of government property • Check all parts and material for damage and verifies quantity, part numbers and serial numbers • Prepare status reports on parts, analyze logistics and inventory problems, and recommend solutions • Set, maintain, and issue material to local and outlining clients theater wide • Inspect material to guarantee compliance with specifications and maintain records of shipping / receiving details • Track government property assets in accordance with the PCP guidelines