The reason why the state comptroller did not review the Buffalo Billion and
other contracts awarded by SUNY Polytechnic's nonprofit entities is that Cuomo himself, in 2011, cut the comptroller out.
The experienced and accomplished SkyPower team has built, assembled and acquired an extensive pipeline of over 25 GW worldwide — 9 GW of which were recently announced in bilateral agreements, and
other contract awards, to be built in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia over the next five years.
Not exact matches
Sodexo has been shortlisted with two
other companies to manage all of Rio Tinto's camps and
other facilities in the Pilbara, in the same week it has been
awarded a
contract to run Shell's Prelude Floating LNG facility.
The state government has
awarded an $ 11.5 million
contract to Universal Constructions for development of the replacement Doubleview Primary School, while
other local builders have shared in $ 26.7 million worth of work.
Contracting officers may set aside contracts in these industries if the contract can be awarded at a fair and reasonable price, the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more WOSBs or EDWOSBs will submit offers for the contract and the anticipated contract price is not greater than $ 5 million for manufacturing contracts and $ 3 million for other
Contracting officers may set aside
contracts in these industries if the
contract can be
awarded at a fair and reasonable price, the
contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more WOSBs or EDWOSBs will submit offers for the contract and the anticipated contract price is not greater than $ 5 million for manufacturing contracts and $ 3 million for other
contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more WOSBs or EDWOSBs will submit offers for the
contract and the anticipated
contract price is not greater than $ 5 million for manufacturing
contracts and $ 3 million for
other contracts.
The United States Government spends billions of dollars every year
awarding different types of
contracts to meet the needs of the US military and
other government...
Honestly while I'm saddened to say le fraud will probably
award himself another # 9m +
contract the day he finally does leave is when maybe we can have our Arsenal back and you and the
other Arsene fc supporters can leave us in peace, don't worry we'll just about live, will probably win the league, au revoir Arsene
The
other issue for me is the
contract, why the hurry???? The club loves leaving player transfers till the last minute so why is wenger any different let us wait till the end of the season and
award contracts accordingly.
Wenger said in an interview recently that its no coincidence that Arsenal are top of the league and that's very true mainly due to the defensive resilience we have shown an area he neglected for almost a decade BUT it also not a coincidence that we have not won a single trophy in 10 years these and
other transfer dealings prove that, YET we
award him with a new
contract, shameful!!!!!! I maintain, regardless of all the money in the game no top manager would have gone this long with out silverware if the manager new what he's doing we would have one something by now, wenger is the most careless manager i» v ever seen BUT hey that's just me
With his best form coming alongside Santi Cazorla, and struggling alongside Arsenal's
other central midfielders, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, and Mohamed Elneny, the decision to
award Coquelin with a new
contract last year, when he still had two years to run, was odd, and with the bump in wages, likely caused the depreciation in the fee.
CHICAGO — A Chicago cleaning company sued the Chicago Park District and
other parties Monday, alleging that they improperly
awarded a million - dollar Soldier Field cleaning
contract to a prominent fundraiser for Mayor Richard Daley.
Contractor: Womack, Lewis & Smith, Inc., which has constructed schools and
other educational facilities statewide including numerous CCSD facilities (i.e., Little River ES, Liberty ES, Canton ES and Cherokee High Athletic Improvements), was
awarded the $ 36.8 Million
contract by the School Board in February 2014.
However, in a strange circumstance, Mr. Freddie Blay unilaterally chose to
award the
contract to Sammi Awuku despite the fact that
other companies had given a much better offer in terms of quality and cost.
If the Chairperson intended to
award the
contract to Cads
Contracts based on cronyism, then the same Chairperson would not have given Clicotech Limited an extended time (with consent of the
other bidders) to submit its audited accounts, VAT and tax clearance certificates to enable it meet the tender requirements.
Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development
contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and
other projects.
Court papers say the charges announced Thursday come from «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption, and fraud in the
award of hundreds of millions of dollars in State
contracts and
other official State benefits.»
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.
He said construction works on many cocoa roads linking farm gates were steadily progressing while several
others were yet to be
awarded on
contract.
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.»
However, the law contains 17 exemptions, including for people who are «engaged in drafting, advising clients on or rendering opinions» on legislation, procurement
contracts or
other matters «when such professional services are not otherwise connected with state or municipal legislative or executive action» as well as communications after a procurement
contract has been tentatively
awarded.
Federal and state investigators began probing
other Nassau
contracts, including those
awarded to campaign contributors and
other politically connected vendors.
Also, some patrol boats and
other platforms have been ordered by the Nigerian Navy for outpost at Lake Chad Basin while
contract for helicopters from Russia for the Nigerian Air Force has been
awarded and approval for addition four of MI 35 are being awaited.
Those changes include empowering Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office to review all SUNY and Office of General Services
contracts of more than $ 250,000, block state - affilaited entities from doing business with their boards of directors and creation of a database of deals to show the total value of subsidies and
other inducements
awarded to businesses as well as provisions for clawing the money back.
Lamido, who is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two
others, allegedly abused his position as governor between 2007 and 2015 by
awarding contracts to companies where he had interest, using his two sons as fronts.
«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»
Skretny said NRP failed to establish a basis for a civil suit, basically ruling that neither another party to the case — the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency — nor the mayor, nor any
other city official could
award Stenhouse a
contract without Common Council approval.
Sulaiman on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5 million through a Guarantee Trust Bank account to Alanamu, as a reward for the
award of
contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Sulaiman, on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5m to Alanamu as a reward for the
award of
contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The complaint says that the men were involved in «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the
awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars in state
contracts and
other official state benefits.»
How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $ 100,000 gift from a foreign contractor who was
awarded a government
contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and
other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers?»
DiNapoli wants that responsibility back, along with
other changes to make the
contract awards more transparent.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with
others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for
awarding ghost
contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with
others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
On Friday, Cuomo's office announced it had
contracted with an outside investigator to examine the
awarding of grants and
contracts in the Buffalo Billion initiative and
other upstate projects.
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.»
According to the petition, three of the companies are located in EFAB mall, Area 11, Garki Abuja, and two
other companies that were
awarded four out of the 10
contracts are linked to the same address.
Ortt is the first member of the Republican conference to state speficially that he would support a motion to replace Skelos, who stands accused of using his political clout to influence the
awarding of a storm - water treatment
contract by Nassau County to a company that employed his son as a consultant, among
other charges.
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.
Each
contract was
awarded on a «sole source» basis without bidding because, parks officials said in memos, BluChip had «unique expertise» in promoting special events and «has an extremely close relationship with the Nassau County Parks staff that no
other marketing firm can match.»
For example, ESDC can legally skip the «pre-audit» required of
other contracts by the state comptroller before they are
awarded.
In 1998, he was
awarded an emergency
contract to operate concessions at Oyster Bay's town - owned golf course and would later obtain
other town concessions.
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.
But putting a damper on the rosy picure painted by the governor are reports, including one in the New York Post, that says US Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating the
awarding of state
contracts to businesses involved in the Buffalo Billion project, including the massive Solar City factory and
other projects, possibly with an eye toward campaign contributions to the governor.
Some
other interesting notes: Genting, which won the
contract to operate the Racino at Aqueduct race course in Queens, spent about $ 870,000 in lobbying last year even though they were
awarded the
contract to install the VLT's in 2010.
However, today, 123 of the projects had been
awarded on
contract with two of them already inaugurated, five
others ready for inauguration and the rest at various stages of completion.
On his watch, the Town Board also authorized a townwide water study,
awarded a Sewer District
contract that resulted in improvements and upgrading of facilities and services, assumed operation of the Transfer Station and upgraded the facility and created the Town of Gardiner website, among
other milestones.
Inyang - Eyen, who commended the cordial business relationship between the state government and
other construction companies operating in the state, lamented that Julius Berger has demonstrated lack of seriousness in executing terms of
contracts awarded to them which is frustrating the effort of government.
Governor Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development
contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people, one a former top aide, on bribery and bid rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and
other projects.
The projects include rehabilitation and strengthening of River Niger Bridge;
award of a BOT
contract for revitalization of the Onitsha Port Project, re positioning of agricultural areas to align them with Anambra Imo River Basin Authority for better yields; poverty alleviation programme through micro-credit grants to widows and youths; scholarship
award to youths for secondary and tertiary education as well as for ICT and
other skill acquisition.
The Chief Executive Officer, General Duties and Procurement Officer Kaduna State Polytechnic, Mr. Ahmed Umar, has been docked before Honourable Justice M.T.M Tukur of Kaduna State High Court 7 sitting in Kaduna by the Independent Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged
contract inflation and
award of
contracts to a company which he owned.