Government Contracting As the SBA points out, “The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world. It buys all types of products and services—in both large and small quantities—and it’s required by law to consider buying from small businesses.”12 To facilitate that, the SBA off...
Would it be a conflict of interest for a company that sells guns, to put in a really low bid for a government contract, to put on courses in a province for students (young and old) to get their (PAL) Possession and Acquisition License, and get the contract, knowing they could put 98...
The RFP process adds a level of fairness in vendor selection (which is why most government-contracting scenarios require it). Instead of going with the most familiar or favored vendor, agencies can gather proposals from numerous good-fit agencies and compare them. This process removes barriers to...
In this course, we will explore the basics of doing business with the United States federal government and suggest strategies to mitigate compliance risk in dealing with the federal government. Transcript Eric Leonard: Welcome to the wonderful world of government contracting. This is what you nee...
Many buyers compete in e-auctioning to contract with one provider by proposing greater prices. In e-reverse auctioning, on the other hand, numerous providers compete for a contract with a single customer by underbidding. e-Ordering E-ordering occurs at the same time as contracting and contract...
Recent work on understanding and managing public risk has given policy-makers some valuable tools which will now need to be embedded into the machinery of government. Even so, a crucial limitation exists in that managing cross-subsidies is a political act beyond the remit of civil servants and ...
But before we panic, you should also think through how severe a Yukon recession might be and your personal exposure to it. The good news, such as it is, is that the Yukon government has been mostly unsuccessful in diversifying the economy. It still gets around 85 per cent of its revenue...
Partly because of the difference in constraints, public agency strategic analysis is different from all standard versions of policy analysis. As argued below, this is the case even when the strategic analysis embraces a normatively appropriate version of "public value". The "normatively appropriate" ...
is a key question. Yet, as noted during the Salon discussion, journalists have always interrogated the actions of powerful people – e.g., the Elon Musks of the world. “If we’re going to interrogate power, then it’s not a huge jump to say we want to inform people about the power...
Health Economics and Outcomes Research –is a common term used for experts who collect patient and medical data that proves the real value of the product, how it can influence the quality of life of the patient, and its capacity to compete against similar products present on the market. As ...