Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. At the same time, the Antimonopoly Committee received more than 10,500 procurement complaints with a total value of UAH 70.1 of all procurement appeals in Ukraine.

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ivalua

APRIL 11, 2022

Implementation of the project was led by Optis’ expert consulting team with support from Ivalua professional services, allowing TELUS to streamline their procurement processes through a simplified system that manages spend, ensures compliance, provides a rich catalog of products and services, and creates a full digital record of purchases.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

She was the Procurement Executive and Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC), the highest-ranking contracting official in the Army Corps of Engineers, at the height of the Iraq war. She discovered and exposed government procurement fraud. In 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Leavitt, 629 F.3d

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ivalua

JANUARY 18, 2022

Through the implementation of its best-in-class Source-to-Pay solution which ensures rapid and accurate purchase processing, Ivalua is pleased to support Parkland’s growth strategy by transforming its procurement processes. We are excited to celebrate our deployment of another leading brand in Canada.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He has overseen the delivery of roughly $90 billion in acquisition and procurement across federal agencies, according to his GSA biography page. Before that, he served as chief information officer and chief technology officer at GSA between 2011 and 2015. Hashmi has been the top official at the GSA acquisition arm since January 2021.

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ivalua

MARCH 1, 2019

Chief Procurement Officers stand at the precipice of change and taking the next steps towards Procurement innovation is going to require strong leadership and expert guidance. Procurement digitization is the result of having innovative leaders such as Sylvie Noel, CPO of Covéa. ” —Woodrow Wilson. Here are the key takeaways.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 20, 2025

The New Proposed OCI Rule Revamping of the FAR and General Policy Interestingly, there was a proposed OCI issued back in 2011, but it was withdrawn ten years later due to “the amount of time that had passed since publication of the proposed rule.” to a new subpart in FAR part 3.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

According to the SEC, Raytheon violated the FCPA as it “used sham subcontracts with a supplier to pay bribes of nearly $2 million to Qatari military and other officials from 2011 to 2017 to obtain Qatari military defense contracts.” This is the second largest government procurement fraud recovery under the Act according to the DOJ.

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Federal News Network

JULY 31, 2024

In 2021, the Government Accountability Office found that the Defense Department’s contract obligations to small businesses increased by about 15% from fiscal years 2011 to 2020, while the number of small businesses contracting with DoD dropped by 43%. Outside of the Washington, D.C.,

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Amrest has been using Ivalua ‘the tool’ since 2011 across nine countries, with almost 3000 end-users on the platform. A New Vision for Amrest. Where to begin?

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Amrest has been using Ivalua ‘the tool’ since 2011 across nine countries, with almost 3000 end-users on the platform. A New Vision for Amrest. Where to begin?

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FedScoop

JANUARY 3, 2024

Hashmi also served as chief information officer and chief technology officer at GSA between 2011 and 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile. Though people might view procurement as an old-school process filled with paperwork, he said “smart 21st century acquisition is a data problem — inherently a data problem.”

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Together with its strategic partner Optis Consulting, Ivalua’s solution has digitally enabled FCL’s policies and processes for core procurement activities, including sourcing and contract management. Optis Consulting is a Source-to-Pay consultancy providing independent advice, precision implementations, and sustainable results to clients.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’). 114) (‘Directive 2004/18’).

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A company, “by participating in the process of setting procurement ground rules, ha[s] special knowledge of the agency’s future requirements that may skew the competition in its favor.” 44, 58 (2023). Biased ground rules. Turner Const. 3d 1377 (Fed. Impaired objectivity.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

He was appointed Purchasing Director in 2011, in charge of Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe. In 2013, he transferred to Hong Kong to lead the APAC procurement and supply chain organization for all Bouygues Construction activities in this region.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 19, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to support Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) through the Joseph P. David’s story starts in 2011 when on deployment to Afghanistan, David survived an attack by a suicide bomber. On that day in May of 2011, the attack came when least expected.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 11, 2024

The Board initially denied the motion but later sua sponte ordered the parties to file supplemental briefs addressing whether a software license is a procurement contract. As discussed in a previous alert , the Board then dismissed the appeal on the basis that the EULA was not a procurement contract within the meaning of the CDA.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In partnership with industry, public safety practitioners and standards development organizations, DHS provides policy and guidance to enable procurement of land mobile radio solutions by public safety practitioners.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As Senior Vice-President, Corporate services for BCE, André Beaulieu is responsible for an $8B procurement portfolio, one of the largest in Canada, and the Value Creation team who leads all major restructuring initiatives as well as the integration of all BCE acquisitions. Andre Beaulieu Senior Vice-President, Corporate services for BCE.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Monday, October 21, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The federal government has been implementing variations on a cloud strategy since at least 2011, when President Obama introduced a call for “cloud-first” solutions.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

Adopting the as-a-service model has major implications for budget and procurement. GSA began its cloud journey in 2011, as the first agency to adopt cloud-based email. Where data centers require periodic investments in hardware, moving to the cloud changes the equation. Samant said they’ve found four major areas of benefit.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 27, 2024

2197-6 of the Public Procurement Code ) and to include arbitration agreements in public-private partnerships so far as French law applies ( Article L.2236-1 2011-617 of 1 June 2011 ) or the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games ( Article 6 of Act no. 21BX00596 ) before reaching the Conseil d’Etat. 2111-14 and L.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In March of 2011, he departed 7th Marines for the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California after being selected for the Special Education Program. GSA also has increased some of the mobility standards in its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to allow agencies to procure 5G technologies.

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FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

He then entered Federal service as a Procurement Analyst with Army Business Center for Acquisition Systems before transferring to the Business Transformation Agency in 2008 serving as DOD agency lead for Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation, and Deputy Program Manager of Federal Business Opportunities, and later Program Manager of WAWF.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

lower than in 2011 and 11 p.p. Public procurement can be used to promote social objectives, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. In 2022, 16 of the 19 surveyed countries in LAC (or 84%) had central e-procurement systems and reported having policies or strategies in this area to pursue social objectives.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The majority of the $552 million likely came from DOJ’s $377 million settlement with Booz Allen Hamilton in July 2023 over alleged improper allocation of indirect costs to its government contracts between 2011 and 2021. Large consulting firms like Booz Allen have been targets for both DOJ and Congress in the past few years.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2019

Spend Management software has emerged as an increasingly strategic tool for businesses, boosting profitability by streamlining procurement processes, improving collaboration with suppliers and optimising cash flow. Laurent Foata, Head of Ardian Growth added, “We have been supporting Ivalua since 2011, at the start of their global expansion.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Enhancing the transparency of government in general and of public procurement processes in particular has been increasingly on the agenda of governments, civil societies and businesses as evidenced by initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership which has seen 70 OGP members making 189 open contracting commitments by March 2019 [1].

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

David’s story starts in 2011 when on deployment to Afghanistan, David survived an attack by a suicide bomber. On that day in May of 2011, the attack came when least expected. Our Service Dogs are matched with Veterans like David. The suicide bomber appeared at David’s base’s gate.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2024

The substantial award at issue is of a particularly high value and fraud and corruption elements arise in both the procurement of the underlying contracts and also the awards themselves. These rules replace the previous CRCICA Arbitration Rules 2011.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 2, 2024

The previous ones referred to a preliminary measure (2010) and to an annulled arbitral award (2011). Finally, the Court rejected Lima’s argument that both awards violated the United States’ public policy regarding enforcing or procuring contracts through corruption. Legal Department du Ministère de la Justice de la République d’Irak v.

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ivalua

MAY 7, 2020

The Japanese Earthquake of 2011 and resulting tsunami are not exactly top of mind these days. On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. You may remember the death and destruction from 2011 and draw a connection to the toll of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Procurement Notes

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Jay Blindauer Whether a procurement, grant, or cooperative agreement, [1] if the at-issue arrangement qualifies as a contract, the Government cannot simply cease performing contract payments. Procurement Remedies Starting with a procurement contract, there are multiple recourses to Government non-payment. 2d 151, 164 (D.

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FedInsider

MARCH 14, 2024

Historically, the federal government has tended to be a “late adopter,” in part out of caution, in part because procurement regulations made it slow and cumbersome to install. When the internet really caught hold with the public, it pioneered online shopping, up-to-the-minute breaking news – and spam, phishing and malware.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

OMB Releases Guidance to Modernize FedRAMP Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released updated guidance to modernize the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and overhaul policies established when the program launched in 2011. ” Meeting these goals will require further rulemaking.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

Meet the Beneficiary: A Deep Dive with Paws for Purple Hearts The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to support Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) through the Joseph P. David’s story starts in 2011 when on deployment to Afghanistan, David survived an attack by a suicide bomber. For companies in the U.S.

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