Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We want to unlock its power to improve economic inclusion and sustainability, rebuild integrity and trust, and deliver the quality public services that we all deserve. Our bold new target firmly centers our work on this theme for the next six years. Open contracting has been the gift that keeps giving.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 88

ivalua

MAY 7, 2019

With resources flat or declining, the only way to accomplish more is to free capacity through automation and improve the quality and accessibility of information for faster, better decision-making. It sets the foundation, reducing operating costs and freeing capacity. Far too many organizations view digitization as an end goal.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

“HomeSafe’s pricing was bid in 2019, and we’ve seen a lot of inflation in our industry. We’d be paid less than we were being paid in 2019, and then you add on all these costs, and there’s just not enough dollars.” “TRANSCOM takes that as a threat, but it’s not as though we don’t want to do the work. I’m a military mover.

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Contract Transportation Transportation Price 119

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Enhancing the transparency of government in general and of public procurement processes in particular has been increasingly on the agenda of governments, civil societies and businesses as evidenced by initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership which has seen 70 OGP members making 189 open contracting commitments by March 2019 [1].

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ivalua

MARCH 11, 2020

It frees capacity for being more strategic, improves decision-making, and in some cases can drive meaningful social benefit. . The massive paperwork and inefficiency also reduces the time staff has to treat patients, impacting the quality and availability of care. But it is a critical foundation. Take the U.S. Embrace the Business .

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Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Innovation 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

” [5] Iron ore prices are down from 2021, but still above 2015-2019 averages. “In Ultimately, DoD adding EPA clauses to already-existing fixed-price contracts really should be focused on the preservation of important capabilities and capacity in the defense industrial base. B-417796, 2019 CPD ¶ 397 (Oct. Wiltel, Inc.,

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Government Government Price Contract 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

Discussions took place regarding the need to increase Congressional capacity. Increase capacity of current Congressional committees, as they already have subject-matter expertise. The five witnesses agreed that Congress’ current structure is not set up to review the rules coming out of the Executive branch. 24-160 (July 16, 2024).

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Supply Chain Bidding E-procurement Risk Management 52

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

bankruptcy filings surged by 18% in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards[,] and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops,” although the number of 445,186 filings was still below “the 757,816 bankruptcies filed in 2019[.]” [39] Again, negative trending, but not terrible. Idle Capacity).

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

Procurement Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tanvir , the Supreme Court made clear that, under RFRA, a government official can be sued in his/her individual capacity. [48] Turning to the weekly testing option, the effectiveness of the measure depends upon the quality of the test. And it does not end there. In FNU Tanzin v. 48] S/he is not shielded by the Westfall Act. [49]

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Government Government Contract 40

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Yet, it is not as simple as simply implementing any quality spend management software. In 12 months, Baylor Scott & White was able to establish a single, integrated platform for all direct and indirect spending, enhancing productivity by using automation to free staff capacity. percent in 2017 to 7.2

Transparency 52

Transparency Price Procurement Supply Chain 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Yet, it is not as simple as simply implementing any quality spend management software. In 12 months, Baylor Scott & White was able to establish a single, integrated platform for all direct and indirect spending, enhancing productivity by using automation to free staff capacity. percent in 2017 to 7.2

Transparency 52

Transparency Price Procurement Supply Chain 52