The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

They also look at issues such as the bidder’s experience, delivery schedule, compliance with quantity specified, works schedule, after sale services , warranty and other requirements specified in the bidding documents. Post Qualification/Due Diligence: This activity applies to the lowest responsive evaluated bid.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Aggrieved bidders also had a right of appeal through administrative reviews mechanisms, something that was previously lacking. The legal framework as well as the creation of procurement oversight agencies led to more accountability, with a clear set of rules as well as checks and balances.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

ChileCompra has not only established a formal channel for bidders and citizens to report questionable contracts to authorities for the first time, it has also published the Observatory’s investigation reports and statistics on complaints from the public, making oversight of the procurement system fully transparent.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Following our theoretical framework, we also expect transparency effects to unfold over time with many effects arising through the help of stakeholders – journalists picking up stories based on newly available data, buyers learning about procurement markets or bidder finding new opportunities more efficiently.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) The Public Contract Regulations 2015 set the legal framework for public procurement in the UK, ensuring fair competition, transparency, and compliance with procurement procedures.

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Procurement Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

B-231915, 88-2 CPD ¶ 53, at 1 (July 14, 1988) (“We have consistently held that a bidder’s compliance with such affirmative action requirements as contained in this solicitation is a matter of the bidder’s responsibility, rather than of bid responsiveness.”). 1, 2015). [4] See, e.g., Singer Furniture Co., 60-300.4. [5]

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

To nudge contracting authorities to enforce differential treatment, in 2020, the European Commission issued guidance on the participation of third country bidders and goods in EU procurement markets, stressing the several ways in which public buyers could address concerns regarding unfair competitive advantages of foreign tenderers.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

In addition, the OIG recommended that the CDAO assess the hardware, software, cloud services, networks, and any other tools used by the DDS since 2015 to ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

” [5] Iron ore prices are down from 2021, but still above 2015-2019 averages. “In Jones was not, to stand aside and let the bidder be overwhelmed without a warning.” [134] 2015 WL 1529861, at 4 (D. 2, 2015) (“The contracts at issue do not expressly include market fluctuations as a basis for avoiding performance.

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Procurement Notes

JUNE 15, 2021

The plain meaning of § 3553(d)(4)(A)(ii) is that the clock starts on the day that the bidder receives debriefing. 1] See, e.g., Gorod Shtor, B-411284 , 2015 CPD ¶ 162, at 2 (May 22, 2015) (“Gorod Shtor asserts that its protest is timely because its protest was filed within 10 days of receiving its debriefing.

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