Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Traditional public procurement is often adversarial between public buyers and suppliers, with each side aiming to maximize its own benefit through strict rules for protection. In public procurement, universal solutions are inadequate due to the diverse range of challenges public buyers face. The Government Outcomes lab.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

London, UK – 18 th November 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed that very few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) being measured routinely on carbon emissions. Notes to the editor. About Ivalua.

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Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For example, the top products were considered those that had the highest demand among buyers, the highest supply and the greatest environmental importance (as quantified by the number of applicable certifications) ( see Table 11 ). Since 2014, the proportion has remained stable, as the latest KIP analysis shows.

Green Public Procurement 78

Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 78

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Massy, France 18 March , 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, and CKS BeNeLux today announced that Punch Powertrain has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to support the digital transformation of the strategic sourcing process.

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive E-procurement 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

So looking back, we’ve published our Annual Ministerial Report on Procurement Activity in Scotland for 2021-2022, again, demonstrating the power of procurement. These are a rich source of information for buyers and suppliers and provide valuable information which enables us to produce the Annual Ministerial Report.

Procurement 57

Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Strategies Buyers 57

ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

London, UK – 29 th June 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed almost two thirds (65%) of suppliers feel late payments are putting their company at financial risk. The findings show late payments are having a knock-on effect across the supply chain. Notes to the editor. About the study.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Collaboration 52

ivalua

AUGUST 26, 2021

Redwood City, CA – 26th August 2021 – Research from Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, has revealed more than half (58%) of European suppliers said buyers rarely or never include responsible labour practices in contracts or agreements. To make this a reality, procurement must get smarter.

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Procurement Team Supplier Supply Chain Buyers 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

London, UK – 18 th November 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed that very few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) being measured routinely on carbon emissions. Notes to the editor. About Ivalua.

Supplier 40

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 40

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

The UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 (COP26) resulted in another wave of agreements and net zero commitments. The new Ivalua 2021 Supplier Sustainability Report surveys suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, examining how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 (COP26) resulted in another wave of agreements and net zero commitments. The new Ivalua 2021 Supplier Sustainability Report surveys suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, examining how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing , sets forth “comprehensive guidance regarding the evaluation of pricing throughout the life of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program contract.” The PAP was not subject to public comment or rulemaking prior to its issuance in March of 2021.

Price 49

Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 49

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 31, 2024

71,508-2022; CS of January 16, 2023, Rol 3,545-2022; CS of July 29, 2021, Rol 104,262-2020). On February 6, 2020, the Buyer paid the Seller – as an advance payment and against the fixed price – the total amount of USD 101,250. The tribunal issued a default award.

Buyers 52

Buyers Balance Price Contract 52

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

The simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology. ChileCompra expected savings of 10 percent : As of 2021, the new framework led to average savings of 28 percent compared to market prices. They reduced contracts from six years to nine months.

Innovation 78

Innovation Procurement Government Government 78

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. One key recommendation was to require government buyers to pay advances to MSME suppliers at 20% of the full contract value.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

ivalua

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Redwood City, CA – October 7, 2021 – Ivalua , a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader by Forrester Research Inc. in “ The Forrester Wave : Contract Lifecycle Management for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021.” . About Ivalua.

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Management Contract Supplier Evaluation 40

How to Crack a Nut

MAY 8, 2024

©Ausrine Kuze, Distorted Reality , 2021. This is important, for example, in relation to the fascination that AI ‘business insights’ seems to be triggering amongst public buyers. The opposite does not apply from the perspective of the public buyer. The case at hand was that of identifying ‘business opportunities’.

Procurement 75

Procurement Tender Import Public Procurement 75

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Sometime in 2021, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued “FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing.” Contracts include terms that promise the buyer will purchase from the contractor for all items within the scope of the contract. See FAR 8.001.

Negotiation 59

Negotiation Price Government Government 59

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2022

The question is, however: can business owners really give the go-ahead for shorter working weeks, what impact will it have on their operations, and will their buyers and customers choose to jump ship if they do? Despite the fact your staff are there for eight hours, it doesn’t mean they are working.

Buyers 52

Buyers Balance Tender Transportation 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

In 2021, The Hackett Group found in their Supplier Diversity Study that 69% of respondents had global supplier diversity programs with intentions to expand that program over the next several years. Today, many US businesses proudly maintain robust supplier diversity programs. .

Supplier 98

Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. Redwood City, CA, October 25, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, announces a partnership with TransferMate, the leader in global B2B payments infrastructure as a service. “We

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 52

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As a result, by the end of 2021, despite positive growth indicators in the previous quarter, GDP growth slowed to less than 2%. However, the beginning of 2021 marked a sharp drop in this trade, falling by over 30%, so these figures are no surprise. The extended transition period caused severe delays, offset further by the pandemic.

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Tender Demand Export Contract 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Now is the time to rethink supplier relationships for 2021 and beyond. Of course, Buyers’ time is limited. Supplier Relationship Management has taken on new meaning in the unprecedented times in which we find ourselves living. Supplier Relationship Management – time to rewrite the rule-book?

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

To address those issues, the European Commission was planning to ‘ Elaborate a data initiative for public procurement data covering both the EU dimension (EU datasets, such as TED) and the national ones ’ by the end of 2020, which would be ‘ complemented by a procurement data governance framework ’ by mid 2021.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Trying to secure the deal, buyers and sellers play a cat-and-mouse game when it comes to information disclosure about the target. Conversely, when the deal goes sour, in the post-M&A scenario, the perception changes to very principled approaches regarding the duty to fair disclosure and the seller’s role to diligently inform the buyer.

Ethics 52

Ethics Buyers Participation Efficiency 52

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of New York where the court reached seemingly conflicting conclusions on whether buyers that purchased certain cryptocurrencies on secondary trading platforms had a reasonable expectation of profit, which would make the sales “investment contracts” subject to U.S. 2020Do9789 dated 16 December 2021.

Tender 52

Tender Buyers Contract Corruption 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021. It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). Are the goals being achieved?

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. Redwood City, CA, October 25, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, announces a partnership with TransferMate, the leader in global B2B payments infrastructure as a service. “We

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Sometime in 2021, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing. Contracts include terms that promise the buyer will purchase from the contractor for all items within the scope of the contract. See FAR 8.001.

Negotiation 40

Negotiation Price Government Government 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

” Scott Sanders Des Moines City Manager Open contracting approach In 2021, a team from the City Manager’s office and Division of Finance-Procurement began investigating how they might better fold equity and inclusion into Des Moines’ purchasing practices.

Procurement 52

Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

In Brazil, however, a study coordinated by Center for Access to Justice, Process and Dispute Resolution Means (Najupmesc) at Fundação Getúlio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School and Canal Arbitragem in 2023, showed that the use of mediation in Brazil has grown in the last 10 years, especially during the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 (see here ).

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Efficiency Negotiation Buyers Price 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Redwood City, CA – Feb 24, 2021 – Ivalua , a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions , today announced the general availability of its new platform release 168. New platform release features a broad set of enhancements across Ivalua’s complete Source-to-Pay suite, including deep integration with Amazon Business.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the relatively recent developments in the post-Brexit review of UK public procurement law is the February 2021 proposal for the replacement of the current rules on the commissioning of healthcare services for the purposes of the English NHS (for background, you can watch here ), with a new provider selection regime (‘the proposal’).

Tender 52

Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

Extract Systems

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For the most part, this means it will be up to homeowners and buyers to look for these discriminatory covenants and submit a form to remove them or repudiate them, if anything. New York – Assembly Bill 2021-A6152A : Would require the modification of discriminatory restrictive covenants prior to a home sale.

Management 52

Management Purchasing Buyers Media 52

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

They are a leader in 25 countries, with over 30 million customers every month, over 45,000 employees, and almost 2 billion in sales in 2021. However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects.

Finance 52

Finance Supply Chain Procurement Supplier 52

University of Bristol

JULY 15, 2018

The Web Accessibility Directive must be transposed into UK law by 23 September 2018 and will generate obligations for new websites from 2019, for pre-existing websites from 2020, and for all public sector apps from 2021. All apps will have to comply from 23 June 2021.

Education 52

Education Public Procurement Procurement Government 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 4, 2024

The DIS-TPNR are the work product of a DIS working group which was established in 2021. By way of example: General contractor B delivers to buyer A goods which B bought from C. The authors of this post have had a leading role in this project. B thereupon brings a claim for recourse against C.

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Participation Buyers Contract Negotiation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. Further information and a buyers guide can be found here. They are also responsible for the procurement of innovation. Further information on this framework can be found here.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 44