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  2. Little Miller Act - Wikipedia

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    Construction in East Village, San Diego. A "Little Miller Act" is a U.S. state statute, based upon the federal Miller Act, that requires prime contractors on state construction projects to post bonds guaranteeing the performance of their contractual duties and/or the payment of their subcontractors and material suppliers.

  3. Performance-based contracting - Wikipedia

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    Performance-based contracting (PBC) or results-based contracting, is a procurement strategy used to achieve measurable supplier performance. A PBC approach focuses on developing strategic performance metrics and directly relating contracting payment to performance against these metrics.

  4. Subcontractor - Wikipedia

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    A general contractor, prime contractor or main contractor may hire subcontractors to perform specific tasks as part of an overall project to reduce costs or to mitigate project risks. In employing subcontractors, the general contractor hopes to receive the same or better service than the general contractor could have provided by itself, at ...

  5. Government procurement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The overall process is guided by the Adaptive Acquisition Framework which can be used for acquiring products, services, and software on anything from an "Urgent Needs" basis to a Middle Tier of Acquisition to a Major Capability Acquisition. [26] These procurement needs may are filled by acquisition programs, one of which is a Program of Record.

  6. Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 - Wikipedia

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    In 1927, a contractor employed African-American workers from Alabama to build a Veterans' Bureau hospital in the district of Congressman Bacon. [6] Prompted by concerns about the conditions of workers, displacement of local workers by migrant workers, and competitive pressure toward lower wages, [7] Bacon introduced the first version of his ...

  7. Here's Why American Cheese Can't Legally Be Called Cheese - AOL

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    A fixture at any fast food restaurant or backyard barbecue is American cheese. These orange, plastic-wrapped slices are unparalleled in terms of meltability. For many, when it comes to making a ...

  8. Commercial and Government Entity code - Wikipedia

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    CAGE is sometimes expanded as "Commercial Activity/Government Entity", "Contractor And Government Entity", or other, similar variations. In the NCS metadata, the CAGE code's Data Record Number ( DRN ) is 9250 (or 4140 for NSCM); information listed under this DRN identifies very specifically the semantics of CAGE, its syntax, and the procedures ...

  9. Federal Acquisition Regulation - Wikipedia

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    Performance Based Service Acquisition (PBSA) is a process and way of defining requirements that yields well written work statements that are outcome oriented and measurable thus enforceable. Deming/Six Sigma style quality assessments and process analysis can help define performance work statements. A Performance Work Statement (PWS) has: