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August 21, 2013 By AMK

Vendor settles in case over Chinese-made supplies

When contractor Malcolm Wilson lost out in a competition to outfit four federal buildings in Illinois with lamps, he suspected the winning vendor of supplying products made in China, a violation of the Trade Agreements Act.

To find out, he filed a Freedom of Information Act with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversaw the project, to learn the model of lamp the competitor was supplying, then sent an email to the lamp maker asking where the product as made.

China, the manufacturer responded.

One year after Wilson filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against the competitor, Supplies Now Inc., the company agreed to pay $270,000 to resolve the case, according to the General Services Administration’s Office of Inspector General, which announced the July 30 settlement Monday.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130805/ACQUISITION01/308050010/Vendor-settles-case-over-Chinese-made-supplies#

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: ACE, Army Corps of Engineers, False Claims Act, FOIA, GSA, IG, Justice Dept., Trade Agreements Act

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