Tag: government contracts

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Onvia: Pay attention to these top government contracting hotspots

Repairing aging water systems, design-build projects, and industrial and marine projects are three of the 10 fastest growing categories in government contracting, according to an analysis by government bid data provider Onvia. Two other categories mentioned in what Onvia calls the “10 Hotspots in Government Contracting” will also have an indirect impact on contractors: traffic […]

April 7, 2016

Business

Boggs Paving responds to indictment on charges of government contract fraud

Earlier this week, we reported on a North Carolina paving contractor indicted by a grand jury on charges of government contract fraud. According to the allegations, Monroe-based Boggs Paving used Styx Cuthbertson Trucking Company Inc., a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, as a pass through to obtain 35 federally funded contracts worth $87.6 million. Boggs has since released […]

July 31, 2013

Roadbuilding

In Court

A case of responsiveness and balance in a contract.

May 7, 2012

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Terex AWP signs contract with NJPA

The National Joint Powers Alliance has named Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP) Terex as the exclusive supplier of aerial work platforms for the 31,000 entities in the NJPA. The NJPA is made up of government agencies, public and private educational systems and non-profit organizations, and the four-year contract with Terex allows NJPA to cut unnecessary costs […]

June 22, 2010

Business

Proposed rule broadens DBE Program inclusions

Small businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while making the states and agencies that run the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program more accountable, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. “When we help small businesses, we’re […]

May 11, 2010

Roadbuilding

Proposed rule broadens DBE Program inclusions, requires greater accountability from administering agencies

Small businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while making the states and agencies that run the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program more accountable, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. “When we help small businesses, we’re […]

May 7, 2010