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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

government’s supplier base. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.” Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of.

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How South Korea enables its green transition through green public procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

It also noted that recognizing popular private-sector certifications, such as the renewable energy initiative RE100 , could further incentivize suppliers. The standards relate to energy efficiency, standby power reduction, hazardous substance reduction, recycling and other environmental considerations.

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Seeking Evidence of Procurement’s Impact and Momentum

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Spend under management has been effectively flat since 2012, with procurement organizations averaging 63.2% Even supplier enablement, defined for the research as “those who can transact electronically”, was relatively flat year over year despite today’s emphasis on supply base digitalization. of suppliers were enabled in 2019 v.

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6 Lessons for Procurement Digitization

ivalua

Step 1: You are early in your journey and you want rapid time to value, quick deployment of best practices and the required high adoption by users and suppliers. We won’t force you to choose either supplier management, or source to contract, or procure to pay. Don’t forget about suppliers. In 2013 they went live.

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Chile’s procurement monitoring system now open to the public

Open Contracting Partnership

Chile’s public procurement agency, ChileCompra, created its “ Public Contracting Observatory ” service in 2012 to detect, prevent, and fix irregularities in government contracting procedures. She believes early intervention is critical in setting an example for all buyers and suppliers to learn and improve their purchasing processes. “We

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The Procurement Act 2023’s Kaleidoscopic View of the Public Interest

University of Bristol

2) In carrying out a covered procurement, a contracting authority must treat suppliers the same unless a difference between the suppliers justifies different treatment. (3)

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Happy New Year From DoD – The Proposed CMMC Rule Is Here

Federal Construction Contracting

Following growing concerns within DoD that contractors were not consistently implementing the cybersecurity requirements of DFARS 252.204-2012, DoD responded with the creation of the CMMC Program in 2019 to move away from a “self-attestation” model of security.