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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

These frameworks have led to big efficiency wins: the traditional tender procedures take between four months and one year to complete while the framework procedure takes between four and six weeks on average. There is research to show that every additional tenderer leads to a price reduction.

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Supplier Diversity Part II: Supplier Diversity on the World Stage

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In 2014, the European Union took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. This imposes mandatory requirements around the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in potential opportunities without an overly burdensome and costly tender process. . Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

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In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. Buoyed by action from the Canadian government, they launched a new agile procurement initiative in 2018 with the stated purpose of simplifying its procurement process e for small and diverse businesses. .

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Are there any gains to be had from the proposed new provider selection model for NHS commissioning?

University of Bristol

NHS commissioning takes place in a largely in-house environment where NHS buyers commission services primarily from NHS suppliers, but also with mixed private participation by both for-profit and third sector providers. 2) Regulations 2013.

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AI & sustainable procurement: the public sector should first learn what it already owns

University of Bristol

It can also support public buyers in identifying the green or sustainable public procurement criteria that will deliver the biggest improvements measured against any chosen key performance indicator, such as CO 2 footprint, as well as support the development of robust methodologies for life-cycle costing.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.