Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Approach : Lithuania launched an ambitious public procurement reform in 2021 to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and ensure every public procurement decision considers its environmental impact. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It also noted that recognizing popular private-sector certifications, such as the renewable energy initiative RE100 , could further incentivize suppliers. The highest performing green products were identified using a quantitative methodology that examined purchasing habits over the last three years.

Green Public Procurement 73

Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 73

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

The UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 (COP26) resulted in another wave of agreements and net zero commitments. With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Creating a dynamic marketplace that promotes transparency of pricing, services and supply contracts, allows suppliers to continually update their offerings and prices and enables public sector buyers easier access to the latest technology and services. Colombia Compra Eficiente also introduced a process for pre-market engagement.

Procurement 137

Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 137

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 (COP26) resulted in another wave of agreements and net zero commitments. With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

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.

Strategic Sourcing 52

Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive E-procurement 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. The partnership with TransferMate removes this friction, creating a transparent, rapid and low-cost solution to paying suppliers anywhere in the world. Notes to Editors.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 52

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.

Management 40

Management Contract Supplier Evaluation 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. The partnership with Transfermate removes this friction, creating a transparent, rapid and low-cost solution to paying suppliers anywhere in the world. Notes to Editors.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 40

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Organizational abilities to effectively assess risk and engage suppliers to mitigate it are woefully lacking in most cases. For example, nearly half (43.9%) of CPOs responding to a recent survey by Ardent Partners indicated that they do not know what percent of their suppliers are high risk. Has past performance exceeded a threshold?

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

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

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Results : About a year after the launch of the new strategies, vendor registration has tripled, with local businesses representing 21% of their suppliers, with 9% women-owned, and 6% minority-owned businesses (from 373 to 1113 registered vendors, as of 20 June).

Procurement 52

Procurement Sustainability IT Bidding 52

ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

Financial impact of COVID-19 has delayed payments and kept focus on cost, but research shows this is adversely affecting supplier relationships and access to innovation. The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, surveyed 300 suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, to examine supplier relationships with their buyers.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Collaboration 52

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.

Procurement 60

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 60

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 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

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

We needed specialist suppliers to help us develop new services and train people to deliver them. The simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology. In 2010, 80 percent of government IT work was undertaken by 18 suppliers.

Innovation 72

Innovation Procurement Government Government 72

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. HCR Ltd (the current framework supplier) has been informed of the decision not to re-let this Framework and may be in contact with those organisations who currently access their services to determine future needs.

Collaboration 57

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 57

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. The release includes a broad set of innovations to help organizations better manage their spend and suppliers. Sourcing Innovations: .

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40

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. HCR Ltd (the current framework supplier) has been informed of the decision not to re-let this Framework and may be in contact with those organisations who currently access their services to determine future needs.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

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%. As we’ll discuss, tender contracts are becoming an increasingly viable option for businesses to attract new suppliers and contracts. Yet, the extent of Brexit’s impact was ill-predicted.

Tender 52

Tender Demand Export Contract 52

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

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

FAR & Beyond: Thoughts on “What is Fair and Reasonable? 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.” Emphasis added.) See Section 2.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Price Contract E-procurement 52

University of Bristol

MAY 26, 2023

Given the large number of civil service data and data science unfilled vacancies, public buyers are inadequately staffed to confront and negotiate with much more knowledgeable and well-resourced tech companies—and at risk of being captured or deceived by companies selling snake oil. The answer is a resounding ‘no’.

Buyers 52

Buyers Government Government Procurement 52

Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Government projects rose 39% during 2021 as signs of an exit from the pandemic were felt across the globe. Today’s your lucky day because the team at Bonfire has pulled together four tips to help suppliers in the construction space win big when it comes to government contracts (and save costs while doing it!). And late last year, U.S.

Bidding 52

Bidding Tender Buyers Freight 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Since 2021, cases of corruption and other irregularities detected by the group Adildik Joly have led to fines worth KZT 244 million (~US$511,000), as well as 66 criminal cases, and 1100 administrative protocols (formal warnings to civil servants). million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget.

Procurement 117

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 117