Harmful acts include: offering an undue advantage to a public official; defrauding through collusion the competitiveness
of public bid processes; and manipulating the financial aspects of public contracts.
Not exact matches
Alan Williams, former head
of the initiative at National Defence, says that the Conservatives» agreement will benefit Canada's industry far less than if there had been a
public bidding process.
The defendant, from in or around March 2008 to in or around October 2013, in the County
of Monroe, acting in concert with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, knowingly and intentionally entered into and engaged in and continued to engage in a contract, agreement, arrangement, and combination in unreasonable restraint
of combination and the free exercise
of activity in the conduct
of business, trade, and commerce, specifically, to restrain competition in the
bidding process of Monroe County for the
Public Safety Contract, by means
of bid rigging.
FRMC, an entity that controls millions
of public dollars that just last year adopted commonly accepted standards
of transparency, figures in the state's criminal complaint against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's
bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.
In 2013, Katz's competitors filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration alleging that Katz's jet charter business had been given preferential treatment by state officials at the Department
of Transportation after they bypassed a
public bidding process when awarding his Talon Air the exclusive rights to sell fuel at Republic Airport.
This is a «clear case why taxpayers should demand competitive
bidding and an open contracting
process,» said Blair Horner, legislative director
of the New York
Public Interest Research Group.
Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which emerged late last month as the surprise — and controversial — winner
of a drawn - out
bidding process to develop the Queens racino, is moving to smooth things over with the
public by cutting ties with Darryl Greene, the partner who pleaded guilty to stealing $ 500,000 from city agencies in the 1990s.
Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million in contracts without going through the
bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13 school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion
of the
public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs children.
Common sense reforms to ensure a competitive
bidding process, allow the Comptroller to review contracts, and create a database
of deals will ensure that the
public's tax dollars are being spent appropriately.
After a
public bidding process, Gov. Andrew Cuomo selected a plan in which developers would build a new arena for the Islanders, plus an entertainment complex, at Belmont Park, the historic horse - racing track, which sits on state - owned land in the hamlet
of Elmont.
This offering will be made through the OpenIPO
process, in which the allocation
of shares and the
public offering price are primarily based on an auction in which prospective purchasers are required to
bid for the shares.
The
Public School Contracts Law does not include a sole - source exception; therefore, districts must use the competitive contracting
process or the sealed
bid process pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A: 18A - 15 (d) for the procurement
of proprietary services.
Since the charter school makes claims to be «
public,» the question was asked by Cotto if any
of this plan had gone out to
bid through an RFP
process.
Al Hartmann The Salt Lake Tribune Utah Rep. Rich Cunningham is accusing Athlos Academy
of Utah
of violating Utah law, which requires
public schools to open a
bid process before sending taxpayer dollars to building costs.
al. simply aborted the
process and will use a no -
bid contract to hand the out -
of - state charter school management company a Hartford
public school along with millions
of dollars in state and local taxpayers» funds.
Ninety - five percent
of charters have sought and received permission to bypass regulations
public district schools must follow regarding related - party transactions and open
bidding processes.
Approved by the California
Public Utilities Commission («CPUC APPROVES EDISON SOLAR ROOF PROGRAM») in 2009, 250 MW
of the 500 MW program will be installed, owned, and operated by IPPs chosen via a competitive
bid process over a period
of five years.
Our experience with all aspects
of public procurement and contracting issues spans the entire procurement
process including formulating the procurement strategy, writing the procurement and contract documents, advising on the evaluation
process and assisting with resolving
bid disputes and challenges.
Consistent with the emphasis on good corporate governance is the fact that a self - report, among other things, is relevant at later stages in the criminal justice
process: sentencing guidelines on the sentencing
of corporates introduced in October 2014 (to which courts have regard when determining financial penalties under DPAs) refer to a corporate's culture as relevant to determining its sentence in the event
of a conviction for bribery offences, among others, in the UK: a culture
of wilful disregard for the commission
of offences will lead to a corporate being placed at the most culpable end
of the spectrum and facing the heaviest fines available.17 Further, the amended
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced on 26 February 2015 allow blacklisted companies to bid for public contracts if they prove, among other things, that they have «clarified the facts and circumstances in a comprehensive manner by actively collaborating with the investigating authorities&raq
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced on 26 February 2015 allow blacklisted companies to
bid for
public contracts if they prove, among other things, that they have «clarified the facts and circumstances in a comprehensive manner by actively collaborating with the investigating authorities&raq
public contracts if they prove, among other things, that they have «clarified the facts and circumstances in a comprehensive manner by actively collaborating with the investigating authorities».18
One offshoot
of the Scruggs scandal is a bill making its way through the state legislature that would require the state to go through a
public bidding process before contracting with a private law firm.
Specifically, the authority would oversee the
bidding and management
process for
public contracts «to prevent favoritism, collusion and corruption in the allocation and management
of public contracts in the construction industry.»
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of contact for all outside vendors needing to gain access to the building.Facilitated working relationships with co-tenants and building management.Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence.Created weekly and monthly reports and presentations.Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents.Properly routed agreements, contracts and invoices through the signature process.Managed the day - to - day calendar for the company's senior director.Received and screened a high volume
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It is an intense, accelerated real estate marketing
process that involves the
public sale
of any property — most certainly including those that are nondistressed — through open cry, competitive
bidding.
A real estate auction is an intense and accelerated real estate marketing
process that involves the
public sale
of property through competitive
bidding.
Envoy alleges that, due to improper disclosure
of its
bid price by
Public Works from the initial RFP
process, the company's pricing advantage was significantly undermined for the second RFP, in effect making it impossible to have a competitive
bid.
At the end
of the foreclosure
process the bank must tender a «
bid» to the
Public Trustee for whatever amount they feel they can substantiate.
It is an intense and accelerated real estate marketing
process that involves the
public sale
of property through open and competitive
bidding.
So that leads me to this... how do I find out when a property has gone into the deed application
process, and become one
of the general
public bidders; placing a
bid with out having to put up the application money.