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  2. Government procurement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Government contracts are governed by federal common law, a body of law which is separate and distinct from the bodies of law applying to most businesses—the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the general law of contracts. The UCC applies to contracts for the purchase and sale of goods, and to contracts granting a security interest in property ...

  3. Federal Acquisition Regulation - Wikipedia

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    "Nonpersonal services contract" means a contract under which the personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract's terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees.

  4. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    The law of contracts varies from state to state; there is nationwide federal contract law in certain areas, such as contracts entered into pursuant to Federal Reclamation Law. The law governing transactions involving the sale of goods has become highly standardized nationwide through widespread adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code .

  5. Government procurement - Wikipedia

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    The most important law about government procurement which contains basic rules of public procurements and administrative contracts was the Law nº 8.666, 21 June 1993, which contained rules for public tenders and for restricted tenders. This law was succeeded by the law Lei 14.133/21, 1st , April, 2021. There are different rules regulating ...

  6. Independent agencies of the United States government

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    The SBA guarantees loans to small businesses, aids victims of floods and other natural disasters, promotes the growth of minority-owned firms, and helps secure contracts for small businesses to supply goods and services to the federal government. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is the United States federal agency that administers ...

  7. Governmentwide acquisition contracts - Wikipedia

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    A GWAC is an acquisition tool that facilitates and streamlines the purchasing of IT solutions by United States federal government departments and agencies, while ensuring that the many government-mandated rules are followed. [1] These rules are complex, deriving from laws and regulations that guide the purchasing processes of each agency.

  8. Contract security officers leave jail in Atlanta after ... - AOL

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    Some security officers at a jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation walked off the job after the Fulton County sheriff's office failed to pay money owed to the third-party contractor ...

  9. Contract Clause - Wikipedia

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    The kind of contract modification performed by the law in question was arguably similar to the kind that the Framers intended to prohibit, but the Supreme Court held that this law was a valid exercise of the state's police power, and that the temporary nature of the contract modification and the emergency of the situation justified the law. [21]