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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

Over the course of several months, the ITVMO, the Office of Management and Budget and Microsofts federal division discussed the governments requests and proposed additional ways to establish a strategic partnership, Stanton wrote in the blog obtained by Federal News Network.

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Case study: Investigating suspected fraud with opentender.net

Open Contracting Partnership

Their search of the e-procurement database brought up records related to the faith-based community center development project and construction work dating back to 2016. The budget tended to increase over time. In 2016, the local government issued a continued construction tender with an estimated price of Rp. 34 billion.

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Price Reasonableness Analysis: A Bid Evaluation Stage in Public and Project Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Price analysis can be considered a stage of bid evaluation depending on the provisions of a legal and regulatory framework. It is an assessment of the evaluated price of a responsive bid to ascertain that it is not unreasonably high nor unreasonably low, but fair enough to the procuring entity and the supplier.

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Three ways World Bank procurement can drive collaboration for the SDGs

Open Contracting Partnership

As aid budgets shrink and the pressure to end aid dependency grows, governments are under growing pressure to maximize domestic resources and value for money. This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

This undermines business confidence, leading to low competition and higher prices for goods and services. Some buyers colluded with suppliers to procure goods with such pseudo-intellectual property through non-competitive procedures at inflated prices. million tenge ($24,000 USD) being returned to the budget. billion tenge ($28.5

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

Kicking off with a pilot in 2016, it built a pioneering e-procurement system and is now working on ensuring its adoption by all government agencies in the country. It also introduced a fine of 5% for the contract value or bidding price for violating procurement rules. It starts from the time you are planning for the budget.

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Is an earthquake ahead for a mainstay of federal procurement?

Federal News Network

The program is still an ordering contracting officer’s best friend, as it enables rapid fulfillment of mission needs at fair and reasonable prices. The next iteration, known as SEWP VI, aims to keep climbing by adding IT professional services at the contract level.