Sentences with phrase «state awards contracts»

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The state opposition says it will do whatever it can to reverse a decision to award the contract for non-clinical services at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital to UK - based Serco.

Adelaide - based York Civil has been awarded a $ 32.1 million contract to build the new Charles Street bus bridge and busway for the state government.

The state government has awarded Cockram Construction a $ 13.4 million contract to build a new primary school in Baldivis, adding to the builder's education centres portfolio.

The state government has awarded $ 91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.

Universal Constructions and Badge have been awarded contracts by the state government to build three new schools in Perth, worth a combined $ 36.4 million.

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.

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.

The state government has awarded contracts worth a combined $ 104.6 million to local builders Broad Construction Services, Pindan and Emco Building.

A judge in Arkansas has ruled that the state commission assigned to award licenses for growing legal medical marijuana awarded the contracts in an unfair manner.

Belmont - based Pindan has been awarded an $ 18 million state government building contract in Carnarvon, while Bunbury - based Perkins Builders has received an $ 8 million government contract.

May's government also faced questions from the opposition Labour Party about why it awarded the company 1.3 billion pounds of state contracts after Carillion fell into financial difficulty in July last year.

Four local building companies have won the first batch of contracts to be awarded by the state government under its $ 265 million «Year 7» building program.

Five local companies will share in a combined $ 92 million worth of contracts awarded by the state government, with the majority of the work comprising school construction jobs.

Unfair Dismissals, Fair Work Act, Employment Contracts, State and Federal Awards — navigating the changing world of industrial relations can be a minefield without the right knowledge and expertise.

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...

Earlier this year, Gemak was awarded a contract to manufacture and commission a state - of - the - art continuous yogurt processing plant at Llaeth y Llan, Village Dairy where Gareth Roberts and his family have been producing superb, award winning yogurts since the «80s.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

A western New York company has been awarded a nearly $ 1.6 million contract to finally begin the long - planned demolition of two buildings at Albany's Harriman State Office Campus.

Although Messrs Cads Contracts was the only company that met all the criteria at the Entity Tender Committee level (please see document marked «CO8A»), the tender evaluation committee recommended that they be awarded 42 % of the contract for stated reasons.

Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

Use of uniform contract award process by state agencies, authorities, SUNY, and all state controlled non-profits;

A year before the indictment of top Cumo aides and important Upstate business leaders, leading transparency and fiscal watchdog groups warned that the state's use of a mixture of non-profit groups like Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, SUNY Polytechnic and SUNY Research Foundation to award business subsidy contracts «[b] lurred responsibility and reduced the accountability for decisions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.»

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

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.»

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

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.

The state's comptroller has a plan to reduce corruption in the awarding of economic development contracts that has led to the indictment of former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In the same statement, the groups recommended «[i] ncreasing overall government accountability and transparency, by... ending the use of state controlled non-profit groups and the state university system in the contract award process.»

Due to the fact that this was a Chinese Government Grant projected the contract was awarded and all the procurement was undertaken by the Embassy of China in Ghana, the school was constructed and furnished in 3 months, as previously stated it has been commissioned and handed over to the Awutu Senya West

Also at 11 a.m., leading government watchdog groups call on the state Legislature and governor to pass legislation that strengthens independent oversight over state contracting and a Database of Deals to ensure fair and transparent contract awards, outside state Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

President Akufo - Addo has stated that his government has saved some Ghc5.7 billion from road contracts that were awarded under the John Mahama administration.

As a teacher of Physics in the university, I was excited when the late President Umaru Yar» Adua awarded a contract of some N40bn for an alternative - energy, wind - powered electricity generation plant to be sited, naturally, at Katsina State.

Last year, three of the company's top executives and key state officials were charged with rigging the bids to build the factory to ensure that LPCiminelli would be awarded the contract.

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.

The agency denied a Times Union public records request for the document, arguing its release could «impair imminent contract awards,» endanger «life and safety» and compromise the state's ability to «guarantee the security of its information technology assets.»

Requiring competitive and transparent contracting for the award of state funds by all state agencies, authorities, and affiliates.

Federal and state investigators began probing other Nassau contracts, including those awarded to campaign contributors and other politically connected vendors.

The State Department of Transportation wants to start awarding construction contracts late this year to turn the Scajaquada Expressway into Scajaquada Boulevard.

The move came after former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were indicted, in part for influencing the award of a $ 12 million Nassau contract.

He told them he's disappointed that they failed to act on measures to change the way billions of dollars in state contracts are solicited and awarded, even though several of Cuomo's former associates are facing federal trials on corruption charges next year.

Count four: «That you Godsday Orubebe, while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on or about 2013 asked for and accepted the sum of twenty million naira from one Pastor (Dr.) Jonathan Alota as additional bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company Chemtronics Nigeria Limited for the construction of skill acquisition Centre at Edo State for the sum of one billion seven hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty naira eighty eight kobo only (1,799,914,251.88 K) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 10 of CCB & T Act.»

«These new APC members, who the former chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, described as parasites, also threatened to cause problem in the Niger Delta region if the pipeline surveillance contract in Delta State already awarded to Messrs Ocean Marine Solution was not re-awarded to them.

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.

The investigations into the state's contracting also identified allegations of a «pay - to - play» system in which government contracts were allegedly awarded to big campaign donors.

The attention needs to be on the private efforts by lawmakers to influence the executive branch on awarding state contracts.

A state audit found Helsmoortel awarded no - bid contracts.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, perpetual thorn in Albany's side, formally announced the charges, which stem from two corruption schemes between state officials and private companies that had millions of dollars worth of business before New York state, including those awarded contracts under the «Buffalo Billion» program — one of the governor's key initiatives meant to draw businesses to upstate New York to revive the flagging economy.

Such forms are required before a state contract can be awarded so public dollars go to honest companies.

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.