Bestek Procurement

JANUARY 6, 2025

We are pleased to welcome from 1st January 2025 Dr. Ezgi Uysal as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on our Purchase Power Sustainable Public Procurement through Private Law Enforcement (PurpLE) Project. As a Marie Curie PhD Fellow, her research was part of the SAPIENS Network, funded by the European Unions Horizon 2020 program.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The multi-award blanket purchase agreement from the GSA aims to provide services and IT products to support GSA IT transformation, modernization, creative and maintenance efforts, according to the post. The BPA will provide a streamlined process to support the purchase of IT products and agile delivery services.”

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Contracting Delaware

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Vendor Day part 1: November 17, 2020, 9:00 a.m. – Explanation of how the State purchases products and services • Identifying existing contracts and understanding who uses them • Where to find information on smaller purchases Register here for part 1 : [link] Vendor Day part 2: November 18, 2020, 9:00 a.m. –

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ivalua

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Redwood City, CA – October 21, 2020 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites.” Read a complimentary copy of the full October 2020 report to get an up-to-date view of the market and vendor offerings. .

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ivalua

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Redwood City, CA – October 21, 2020 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. ” P2P suites optimize the purchasing process, supporting improved financial controls, process compliance, cost savings and risk mitigation.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

According to data from the public procurement business intelligence (BI) module of Kazakhstan , the share of single-source purchases in the general government procurement market has steadily declined from 57% in 2021 to 23.5% The total value of purchases during this period increased by 160%, reaching 12.37 trillion tenge (US$25.1

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

awomir Peter is Solution Area Manager in the IKEA Supply Business Solution, responsible for the application landscape in the area of purchasing and supplier development. awomir has long and comprehensive experience in the purchasing / logistics business. The post Paris 2020 – EN – S?

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Contracting Delaware

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In this four hour workshop on March 11, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. 4, Dover, DE 19904 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED – to register click here: [link] The post Vendor Day – March 11, 2020 appeared first on Contracting Delaware - State of Delaware. In this four hour workshop on March 11, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Natacha Tréhan PhD – Professor in Purchasing Management – University of Grenoble Alpes. For 10 years, she has been in charge of the Purchasing Master’s degree at the University of Grenoble Alpes (DESMA Master’s degree). The post Paris 2020 – EN – Natacha Trehan appeared first on Ivalua.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Prior to joining Cogeco, Vincent accumulated over 11 years in various procurement positions such as category manager and purchasing manager in the food service industry both for Metro Inc, and Sysco Food Service. The post Washington 2020 – Vincent Laperriere appeared first on Ivalua.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This goes back to bid protests dating around 2020. Dan Ramish: So if it goes into effect, the rule would require that agencies, when they’re placing an order under an existing IDIQ contract, it would be mandatory for the contracting officer to set aside an award of an order that’s over the micro-purchase threshold.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 24, 2024

The BAA creates a preference for domestic products when the government purchases supplies. In 2020, a former employee of Instec Inc. The whistleblower’s suit resulted in a $625,000 False Claims Act settlement between Instec Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice in September of 2022.

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Belgium-based automotive supplier, specialising in sustainable and affordable propulsion system solutions, deployed Ivalua’s platform in September 2020 for the sourcing of components for the DT2 program, within the company’s Joint Venture operations: Punch Powertrain PSA e-transmissions.

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FedScoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

The move comes amid ongoing bipartisan concern about law enforcement agency purchases of peoples’ location data without obtaining a warrant. Notably, DHS OIG’s office found that ICE had nine contracts and access to two CTD databases during fiscal years 2019 and 2020, which they used to conduct more than 16,000 searches.

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FedScoop

APRIL 15, 2024

That practice has been frequently criticized by civil rights groups that argue that by purchasing the phone location data from third parties, the government is essentially side-stepping the Fourth Amendment and violating peoples’ privacy. Within DHS, the use of this data has raised alarm bells.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Initially, the reforms focused on two key actions: public institutions were required to create an annual GPP implementation plan with self-defined targets as well as a performance record of their green purchases. million and 4,415 new jobs created in the green economy, according to official figures.

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Federal News Network

JULY 12, 2024

Under the TAA, Chinese products are not eligible for purchase because China is not a signatory to the TAA. If the TAA applies, offerors generally must supply products made domestically or in allied countries. Most major acquisitions for commercial products, like the MAS program, are subject to the TAA.

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The House and Senate conference committee have agreed on a final version of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We also intend to highlight some of the provisions that were included in the respective Senate and House versions of the 2020 NDAA but did not make the final cut.

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SmallGovCon

JUNE 17, 2024

In a recent decision, the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) confirmed that even if a business changes size after being awarded a GSA schedule contract, it can still compete for small business task orders from a Blanket Purchase Agreement (“BPA”) awarded under it.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

“This is about meeting our customers where they are with a modernized user experience and streamlined process for government purchase cardholders,” said Tom Howder, the acting Federal Acquisition Service commissioner, in a release. Pacific Ink offers office supplies and Social Glass provides access to small purchases across 50,000 products.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. in 2020 to 96% and single-bid tenders decreased across all methods – from 62.5% in 2020 to 59.7% Open data has been available in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) since 2020.

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The artificial intelligence company said Friday Napoletano, as former vice president of special projects at BigBear.ai, played a major role in the strategic integration of key acquisitions, including the recent purchase of vision AI provider Pangiam. in 2020 following Napoletano joined BigBear.ai

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the Kun Jarygy coalition’s first year, they detected 270 purchases with violations, resulting in five criminal cases and KZT 11.38 And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. The media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Per the SEC , information is material “to which there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would attach importance in determining whether to purchase the security registered.” Investors should now be able to understand material cybersecurity risks and how companies manage and mitigate them.

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GovSpend

APRIL 17, 2024

School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a large increase in the number of districts purchasing subscriptions to learning management software, with Google, Canvas and Blackboard as the leading players, GovSpend data shows. Instructure is the publicly traded company that makes Canvas LMS.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

Redwood City/Warsaw/ Hamburg – March 17th, 2020 | Ivalua, a leading global provider of procurement management solutions, and OptiBuy, Ivalua’s long-standing implementation partner, announced their selection by Körber to enable a digital procurement transformation.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 12, 2024

When a cyberattack impacted the digital infrastructure of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) in November 2020, operations were disrupted for three days. With AWS Marketplace , the software procurement process is streamlined, making purchasing the security software you need more efficient and cost-effective.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

” As an example, if a firm was certified on May 1, 2020, and purchased a building on December 1, 2020, the 10-year clock would start when the firm recertifies prior to May 1, 2023.” ” This language brings some clarity on the 10-year period which we think was greatly needed.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Forming a coalition of 140 organizations called Move As One , these civic groups pushed for more than PHP one billion (~US$18 million) worth of protected bike lane infrastructure in the first Covid-19 emergency response budget passed in 2020. Around 500 kilometers of bike lanes were established in several major cities by 2021.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Vehicle hire contract 2020 to 2023 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Publishing, Print, Design and Associated Services (PPDAS) The existing Cat A Framework for Publishing, Print, Design and Associated Services (PPDAS) is due to expire on 30 September 2025.

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ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2021

Frédéric Lino EVP Purchasing and Supply Chain. He also holds an Executive Master in International Purchasing Management from ESSEC Business School (2012). He was then promoted to Purchasing Executive Manager at Renault-Nissan, where he will be in charge of seat and raw material amenities with the management of 25 buyers.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

If you look at it like if this were a contract for automobiles, it would be a contract today that would feature the very best automobiles from 2020 and 2021. Instead of doing standalone contracts, they did a series of blanket purchase agreements based off of GSA schedule contracts. So we’re talking about our contract awards.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere , a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 11, 2024

Manitou’s claims were that the government breached its contractual obligation by failing to ensure that the docks on both of the islands were accessible during the 2020 season. The two claims by Manitou were detrimental reliance and breach. The court therefore dismissed Manitou’s detrimental reliance claim. Takeaway.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

We are grateful to have the opportunity to showcase AFSA, one of Africa’s top five arbitral centres, as highlighted in the SOAS 2020 Arbitration in Africa Survey Report. In 2020, the SOAS 2020 Arbitration in Africa Survey Report identified 91 arbitral centres in Africa, although not all carry out the functions of an arbitral centre.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 23, 2024

In December 2020, the Claimants commenced ICSID arbitration against Canada, alleging that these matters “wip[ed] out KS&T’s carbon allowances trading business” in Ontario in breach of investment protections under NAFTA. According to the Tribunal, KS&T’s trading business in Ontario also did not satisfy Article 1139(h).

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