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WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In testimony delivered today on Capitol Hill, Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) General Counsel Maurice Baskin, a partner with Venable, L.L.P., stated that recent administration efforts to make project labor agreements (PLAs) part of the federal procurement process are "threatening to violate the longstanding Congressional mandate of full and open competition in federal procurement -- at taxpayers' expense." Baskin's remarks were given during a hearing on the impact of the administration's pro-PLA policy on construction job creation and the efficient use of taxpayer dollars held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending.
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... support the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act (H.R. 735), which would prohibit the federal g...
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Filing and Notice of Protest The GAO regulations require that the protester furnish a copy of a protest to the contracting agency (a designated office) within one day after the protest is filed.1 The "official" GAO notification may not be received for several days, depending on the timing and efficiency of the intra-agency communication when the GAO notifies the designated official agency contact.2 Protesters' attorneys will often provide a copy to the local contracting officer on the same day as filing the protest with the GAO. Receipt of this copy from the protester allows the contract attorney to perform the following preliminary tasks: (1) Check the GAO docket at http:www.gao.gov/decision/docket/ to ensure the protest has actually been filed.3 (2) Notify appropriate agency official...
... officer to ensure the appropriate Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) stay actions are prepare...
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... with any stage of the federal contracting acquisition process, including “the proces... of “interested party” in the Competition in Contracting Act, 31U.S.C. § 3551-56: “an act...
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Parties to a bid protest are considered to have constructive knowledge of the contents of the GAO's Bid Protest Regulations because the regulations are published in the Federal Register.20 In addition to the GAO's Bid Protest Regulations, bid protest decisions have been issued by the Comptroller General that expressly recognize and rigidly uphold the timeliness requirements contained in these regulations.21 The GAO recognizes relatively few exceptions to its timeliness rule, and these exceptions have high substantive thresholds, making their successful use a rare occurrence.22 As a consequence, the GAO has been able to maintain the integrity of the bid protest process while still providing a forum for protesters where their grievances can be reviewed in a fair, economical, and speed...
... bid protest regulations.3 Under the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984, the GAO has 100...
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... delivery awards under its original Competition in Contracting Act ("CICA") jurisdiction. Id. Th...
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A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would open up federal contracting opportunities to small businesses for work currently earmarked for prison inmates.
The bill - the Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act - passed the House by a vote of 362-57 on Sept. 14. All five of Long Island's representatives voted in favor.
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... clear regarding the parameters of the contracting, performance, and disputes processes, costly disag... GAO's jurisdiction is governed by the Competition in Contracting Act (OCA), which authorizes the GAO...
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...SUBCHAPTER C: CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES. PART 17: SPECIAL CONTR... agency's statutory authority, or the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, and the agency's regul...
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...PART 5215: CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION. Subpart 5215.4: Solicitation and R...5215.402 - General. (a) Competition is the cornerstone of Navy acquisition policy. As ...