Sentence examples for official procurement from inspiring English sources

The only frustrating part of the change for him is going through official procurement channels: ':You can't just call your plumber or contractor," he said.

It emerged in March that Johnson and his team met Heatherwick five times to discuss the idea before the official procurement process began.

The Government however this week notified councils that these boycotts were now against official procurement rules and would be subject to penalties – an announcement coinciding with a ministerial visit to Israel.

Siôn Simon, the minister for creative industries, said the panel would oversee the assessment of bids against criteria of objectivity, value for money, innovation, public benefit, and adherence to official procurement policies.

Two existing arsenal reworked Type 26s show stampings of Siamese numerals on the front grips indicating official procurement by the Thai government.

Specifically, the attorney general's investigation is looking at whether foundation employees improperly sought to influence state officials or procurement processes to obtain lucrative state contracts, and whether the employees failed to disclose lobbying activities in annual filings with the attorney general's office.

Three, including Samir Vincent, an Iraqi-American businessman, and Alexander Yakovlev, a UN procurement official of Russian origin, are awaiting sentence.

"We have issued no contracts for any contractor to engage in combat," Mr. Lumer, the Army procurement official.

After a scandal involving conflicts of interest and the hiring of a Pentagon procurement official by Boeing, the original lease deal was dropped by congress in 2004.

David H. Safavian, the top federal procurement official under President George W. Bush, was sentenced to a year in prison for lying about his ties to the lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

In 2004, Senator John McCain scuttled the Air Force's plan to lease Boeing jets when he found that a top Air Force procurement official was angling for a job at the defense contractor.