PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Late last month, Senator Rand Paul, who is also the chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the Fall 2019 edition of " The Waste Report ".

Warehouse 40

Warehouse Distribution Quality Purchasing 40

Whistleblower Network News

JULY 17, 2024

The government alleges the Grand intentionally made false claims for rehabilitation therapy for residents at 12 establishments that Strauss Ventures owned and maintained between January 1, 2014, and September 30, 2019.

Integration 119

Integration Integrity Quality Demand 119

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The HR Line of Business and Quality Service Management Office completed this year-old effort earlier this summer to update the HR business reference architecture. GSA created the USSM, now the Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement (OSSPI) as part of the revamping of the shared services effort in 2019.

Management 111

Management Quality Data Import 111

ivalua

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

North Carolina State Poole College of Management recently produced this 28 page report entitled “ 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study ”. In the report 60% of CPOS select poor data quality, standardization and governance as being the biggest challenge in mastering digital complexity. But it’s not easy.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Data Quality Supplier 52

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

That adds up to the 18-percentage point increase between 2014 and 2019. Institutional Quality Matters Another important finding of our research is that the effect of public debt on growth depends on institutional quality. Panel A shows that this positive effect becomes larger in contexts of higher institutional quality.

Thresholds 105

Thresholds Quality Influencing Finance 105

Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

From late 2019 through 2022, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued twenty-one whistleblower awards to individuals who provided high-quality information about wildlife crime. From November 21, 2019 through August 12, 2022, FWS paid out twenty-one whistleblower awards.

Utilities 131

Utilities Accountability Quality Networking 131

FedScoop

MAY 1, 2024

But the agency is working on a strategy to also onboard commercial services and looking to ensure that information it provides is fresh so people will want to regularly return, Steve Krauss, a senior advisor for OPM’s HR Quality Services Management Office, or QSMO, told FedScoop.

Budget 115

Budget Management Finance Quality 115

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We have released an update in November 2019 on the datasets collected on development projects, public tenders, and contracts for three major donor agencies: the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and EuropeAid.

Data 40

Data Corruption Tender Contract 40

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Moreover, there are more than 5 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States that are able to provide valuable services to add enhanced quality and efficiency to the U.S. In fact, only 1.7% of the federal government’s overall annual contracting and buying goes to Hispanic-owned businesses. We have not solved these challenges.

Buyers 128

Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 128

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Ivalua prides itself on enabling customers to trust and control supplier data, improving quality of existing data and enabling 360-degree supplier visibility. With Tealbook, customers can now access an “always-on” source of quality supplier data.

Supplier 11

Supplier Eprocurement Quality Strategic Sourcing 11

ivalua

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Redwood City, CA – November 7, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced a range of new innovations that enable direct material procurement and supply chain leaders to launch more profitable, successful products. The new capabilities are available now as part of Ivalua’s latest platform release.

Innovation 9

Innovation Management Quality Manufacturing 9

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S. Buying supplies, equipment, low preference items and the latest innovations to support high-value care delivery is expensive and while it’s not an area where you want to skimp, there are certainly ways to reduce these expenses without impacting quality of care. Share on Twitter.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds. Although numerous services are available through the myBMV website, the kiosks provide state-of-the-art technology, including quality printing. Kiosks are located in branch office lobbies and at select Kroger grocery stores.

Retail 98

Retail Quality Price Management 98

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

From addressing disparities in access to quality healthcare, to fostering sustainability, our customers and partners are using technology to address some of the world’s biggest issues. Since our inception, AWS has helped MSMEs use cloud technologies to seize opportunities in the digital economy and transform their business models.

Education 94

Education Supply Chain Quality Sustainability 94

ivalua

JULY 10, 2019

Redwood City, CA July 10, 2019 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a pre-packaged suite of solutions for manufacturers. Supply chain leaders are able to deliver more profitable products to market faster, with less risk and higher quality.

Manufacturing 45

Manufacturing Supply Chain Supplier Quality 45

NIH NITAAC

MARCH 1, 2021

The 2019 Federal Cloud Computing Strategy — Cloud Smart — is a long-term, high-level strategy to drive cloud adoption in Federal agencies. All the while producing efficiencies and providing mission-driven high-quality experiences for end users.

Quality 52

Quality Inventory Purchasing Budget 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Ivalua’s rapid growth led to it achieving a “unicorn” valuation exceeding $1B in 2019. Ivalua has always been dedicated to listening to its customers, which means finding partners with local market expertise and high-quality delivery. We look forward to help our clients succeed with Ivalua.

Procurement 40

Procurement Eprocurement Consulting Risk Management 40

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Resource usefulness In OCP’s 2019-2023 strategy, we saw our resource usefulness scores peak during 2020, as our urgently needed resources for the pandemic response were well-received by the community. We have consistently improved the quality of our resources throughout this cycle, leading to a pickup in 2023 scores.

E-procurement 76

E-procurement Public Procurement Capacity Procurement 76

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 25, 2019

use of Quality-Based Selection to procure consultants), negotiations may be used to achieve a reasonable price. In the case of the MCC-PPG as provided for in the MCC-PPG Price Reasonableness Analysis 2019, Section 2, evidence of undertaking price reasonableness analysis must be documented for all procurements.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Price Bidding Procurement 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

E-procurement 53

E-procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 53

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. Intermediate departments struggled with supplier adoption, user adoption and data quality.

Supplier 58

Supplier Capacity Integrity Integration 58

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.

Contract 119

Contract Transportation Transportation Price 119

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2024

In another Medium post from 2019 , Graham MacDonald, Urban CIO, wrote, “Researchers should always choose the right programming language for the right job. Adopting the R programming language Urban also adopts new tools and methods when appropriate. Over the decades, Urban has used SAS and Stata and eventually adopted R.

Innovation 75

Innovation Data Education Quality 75

Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The 2023 Strategy builds upon and supersedes the DoD’s first AI Strategy published in 2019, reported on here , and the revised Data Strategy published in 2020 to continue the DoD’s digital transformation, unifying previous guidance and enabling stronger alignment and synchronization to scale advanced capabilities for use across the DoD.

Quality 40

Quality Data Government Contracts Budget 40

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.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In August 2019, 23 local governments, from one end of Texas to another, were hit by ransomware. The quality of data management staff is important, of course. Here are her suggestions to keep government agencies cyber-secure. Have a Plan, and Practice.

Data 52

Data Management Quality Import 52

ivalua

JULY 15, 2020

Following the global climate protests that swept the world in 2019, sustainability rose to become a business priority. Over a third (39%) say that the biggest challenge is poor data quality, leaving them unable to draw on reliable data from which they can evaluate sustainability.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 52

FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Now the lab that began in 2019 has transformed into the GAO component responsible for projects including a prototype generative artificial intelligence solution, which is getting close to its user testing phase, and a recent data-science-driven report that found quality issues with audits of non-federal entities that receive federal awards.

Innovation 73

Innovation Data Management Accountability 73

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].

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

Being a superb marketing organisation, it is perhaps no surprise that the programme was professionally branded as “MySourcing” and we saw a very high-quality video made to promote the programme internally. The aims were; Sourcing process harmonization and best practice sharing. Transparency and legibility towards suppliers.

Purchasing 60

Purchasing Supplier Procurement Automotive 60

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 14, 2024

Once fully trained, service dogs play a crucial role in improving the quality of life for veterans by performing tasks for those with physical impairments, promoting social interaction, providing companionship and a calming presence throughout the day, and detecting oncoming medical episodes.

Innovation 52

Innovation Quality Participation IT 52

ivalua

APRIL 11, 2019

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , April 11, 2019 — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced a broad range of new capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at its Ivalua NOW Paris conference. ” About Ivalua Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform.

Procurement 40

Procurement Media Data Quality 40

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

For manufacturers, the Direct Procurement process typically begins with the new product introduction (NPI) process which includes product design, product sourcing, quality and product launch and continues through production all the way to the product’s end-of-life. Direct vs Indirect Procurement.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

These strategies are integral to both the extraction and summarization processes, ensuring the solution consistently delivers high-quality outputs tailored to the task at hand. Figure 7 illustrates the architectural design of the solution. Architectural diagram of the solution described in this post. .

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Data Import Utilities 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

Kevin Lynch, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Industries for the Blind Kevin Lynch dedicated the last 44 years of his outstanding career to creating meaningful employment for people who are blind, and, at the same time, provided Federal customers with reliable, high-quality, competitively priced products and services.

E-procurement 64

E-procurement Sustainability Procurement Collaboration 64

GovLoop

MAY 22, 2023

First, CECIDS builds on what’s known as the Chicago Early Childhood Data Infrastructure Project, launched in 2019. The new data collaborative ties in with two other cloud-based Chicago initiatives. The new data collaborative ties in with two other cloud-based Chicago initiatives.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

First, CECIDS builds on what’s known as the Chicago Early Childhood Data Infrastructure Project, launched in 2019. This summer, CECIDS will begin including program-specific dashboards specially designed for various audiences, from families to educators to policymakers.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52