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Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

VWV

Transitional and Saving Arrangements - This sets out the transitional arrangements for existing procurements, framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems, which will generally continue under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and guidance for deciding when the Act applies to new procurements. The guidance note also covers notices.

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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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Innovation procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 -- changing procurement culture on the cheap?

How to Crack a Nut

Using product demonstrations alongside written tenders will help buyers get a proper appreciation of solutions being offered by suppliers. 48 and 46 PCR 2015). 48 and 46 PCR 2015). 30 PCR 2015). That is particularly impactful for newer, more innovative solutions which the authority may not be familiar with. 20 PA 2023).

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

The urgent need to stem these ills led to the first wave of reforms that saw an overhaul of colonial era and post-independence procurement structures in the form of Tender Boards that were characterized by centralized procurement, lack of transparency, outdated legal framework and weak dispute management mechanisms.

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Public Procurement Legal and Regulatory Framework

The Procurement ClassRoom

Example of national procurement laws include the Public Procurement and Concessions Act 2010 of Liberia , the Public Procurement Act (Amendment) 663 of Ghana , and the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015 of Kenya. Usually, the national procurement law of a country originates from the legislature.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate. 2015) and the Multi-Genre NLI (Williams et al., 2018) dataset.

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10 common myths holding women back in government contracting and leadership

Open Contracting Partnership

Resource: How to empower women-led businesses and make public procurement more inclusive Myth 3: Women can only lead small businesses and can only succeed in certain nontechnical or informal sectors In the Dominican Republic , in 2015, almost 40% of women-led suppliers were in construction.