All articles tagged with #no bid contract
The Pentagon signed a $210 million, no-bid contract with Israel's state-owned Tomer to develop the XM1208 cluster munition, a record arms purchase from Israel. While the shells are designed to have a low dud rate, critics warn cluster weapons are inherently indiscriminate and dangerous long after conflict, and the award bypassed public competition under a public-interest exception.
Nebraska Gov. Pillen’s office faces renewed scrutiny over a $2.5 million emergency, no-bid contract awarded to lobbyist Julie Bushell to help secure federal bioeconomy funding. The administration has offered multiple explanations for the urgency, including a claim Bushell was working pro bono, but State Auditor Foley questions the emergency justification since key EPA grant applications were filed before the contract and the governor’s recommendation, and the timeline suggests bidding bypass and potential favoritism under LB 1412.
Nebraska's emergency $2.5 million no-bid bioeconomy contract, approved with input from the Governor's Office, is under scrutiny after State Auditor Foley referred two findings to the AG and State Patrol: a missing emergency justification for bypassing bids, and allegations that state officials attempted to deceive the Auditor’s Office about a deadline. AG Hilgers confirmed receipt of the referrals; Pillen's office defended the timing as allowed by a 2024 budget bill.
The Trump administration plans to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate a potential link between vaccines and autism, a controversial and widely discredited area of research, raising questions about the purpose and funding of such studies given existing scientific consensus.
The Trump administration plans to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate a potential link between vaccines and autism, a move that raises questions given the extensive scientific evidence ruling out such a connection and the institute's lack of prior specialization in this area.
The Trump administration plans to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate a potential link between vaccines and autism, a controversial and widely discredited area of research, raising questions about the purpose and funding of such a study given extensive prior research showing no connection.
The Trump administration plans to award a no-bid contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate a potential link between vaccines and autism, a controversial and extensively studied topic with no credible evidence supporting such a connection. The contract raises questions about its necessity and the allocation of research funds, especially given the extensive existing research dismissing a vaccine-autism link.
The CEO of DocGo, the firm hired by New York City for a $432 million no-bid contract to house migrants, has resigned after admitting to lying about having a graduate degree in artificial intelligence. Anthony Capone's resignation comes as the company faces scrutiny over the contract and allegations of providing inaccurate information to migrants. The New York City Comptroller had rejected the contract, citing concerns about the lack of budget details and evidence of the company's expertise. The company is also under investigation by the state Attorney General for mistreatment of migrants and security personnel's actions. DocGo began as a medical services company but expanded into logistical operations for asylum seekers.