Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

It was impossible to analyze the decisions of Ukraine’s procurement review body, the Antimonopoly Committee, in a comprehensive way to understand when the outcome favored the buyer and when it favored the vendor. In 2023, Ukraine awarded 270,000 public contracts through competitive procedures , worth 555 billion UAH ($15.2

Procurement 67

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. in 2020 to 59.7% Efficiency is key.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

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. Due to market conditions and a need to cover huge increases in costs, Ofcom, who regulate Royal Mail, endorsed bringing this year’s price increase forward to October 2023.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 44

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

3] TINA defines cost or pricing data to mean all facts that, as of the relevant date, a prudent buyer or seller would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly. [4] 42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.)

Negotiation 98

Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

On 1 November 2023, the Grand Chamber of the Ukrainian Supreme Court – the highest judicial body in the country – opined on the extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories in its judgement in case No. After receiving the goods under the Contract, the Buyer failed to pay the price.

Buyers 98

Buyers Contract Purchasing Price 98

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Justice Department filed, I think, 500 false claims Act cases in 2023. You need to look at every single purchase and make sure you’re getting the best deal possible. Greg Williams, from the Project on Government Oversight, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss more. What’s going on?

Price 59

Price Export Buyers Government 59

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. Due to market conditions and a need to cover huge increases in costs, Ofcom, who regulate Royal Mail, endorsed bringing this year’s price increase forward to October 2023.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With the help of automated analytical tools, the agency has been able to focus its prevention and control efforts on transactions with the highest risk, and in turn, harness the power of data to institutionalize better purchasing practices among government entities that conduct procurement through the Mercado Publico online platform.

Procurement 62

Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Meet the Buyer North, Meet the Buyer South, ProcureX and the National Procurement Conference, along with the GO Awards! And then looking further ahead, early next year we’ll be launching the new civil engineering framework, along with a dynamic purchasing system framework which will really support the construction sectors.

Procurement 40

Procurement Eprocurement Buyers Framework Agreement 40

GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In June 2023, Nate Haskins was named CEO of GovSpend. I fell in love with their mission to arm buyers and sellers in the public sector with intelligence, enabling them to be more proactive and competitive in their markets and in their spending. One specific example is classifying purchase order records.

Data 105

Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

With a 2+ year delay, details for the creation of the public procurement data space ( PPDS ) were disclosed by the European Commission on 16 March 2023 in the PPDS Communication. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On 14 September 2023, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) held its Annual General Meeting at the Peace Palace in The Hague, attracting over 160 participants from the Netherlands and beyond. Trying to secure the deal, buyers and sellers play a cat-and-mouse game when it comes to information disclosure about the target.

Ethics 52

Ethics Buyers Participation Efficiency 52

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.

Collaboration 67

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

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 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 31, 2024

The Decision joins many other decisions recently issued by Chile’s highest Court that confirm solid and well-founded jurisprudence (see, for example, CS of July 27, 2023, Rol 133.313-2022; CS of October 5 of 2023, Rol No. 71,508-2022; CS of January 16, 2023, Rol 3,545-2022; CS of July 29, 2021, Rol 104,262-2020).

Buyers 52

Buyers Balance Price Contract 52

Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 4, 2024

Framework documents and a supplier catalogue will be available via the Procurement Information Network on Knowledge Hub in March 2023. XMA Limited are currently updating their eCommerce system but will also accept Purchase Orders by email.

Framework Agreement 57

Framework Agreement Supplier Public Procurement Procurement 57

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Create speed and transparency.

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Yet, many governments have not introduced policies and procedures for buying greener and even where it is possible to use green criteria for purchasing, many procurement officers are unsure of how to include them. In the Dominican Republic, only 290 purchases could be analyzed.

Procurement 62

Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

New strategies included implementing an electronic bidding platform, piloting approaches to vendor outreach for high-priority purchases, and incorporating bonus point questions for sustainability and equity in all their requests for proposals (RFPs). For example, the city fleet was able to streamline and standardize their purchasing process.

Procurement 52

Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Downstream activities include e-procurement , purchase orders, invoice automation and accounts payable and payment processes. The contracts govern the relationship between the buyer and supplier, an essential process to inform Procure-to-Pay. Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e.,

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Since launching their platform in 2020, Diegues and Blanco have built a set of digital tools and data analytics services that have bridged the gap between more than 250 private sector users and public procurement buyers in six countries across Latin America. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

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. July 13, 2023); SEC v.

Tender 52

Tender Buyers Contract Corruption 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. Oklahoma – House Bill 2288 : Homeowners and purchasers can request that a discriminatory restrictive covenant is removed.

Management 52

Management Purchasing Buyers Media 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

On TenderNed’s website, they regularly publish insights into key issues, such as the top 10 innovation-friendly public buyers , most common purchases (using CPV codes) , and the substantial increase in hiring of consultancy firms. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). Subkhanov discovered more than 300 government agencies had recently purchased a book by the President of Uzbekistan that cost more than $650 a copy. Are the goals being achieved?

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Future Trends and Policy Implications The Procurement Act 2023 , which will come into effect in February 2025, is poised to bring much-needed changes to the landscape of UK public sector procurement. Such platforms also help embed transparency by ensuring relevant information about each supplier is readily available to other buyers.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 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 ).

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Negotiation Buyers Price 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Last month, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a draft Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the proposed governmentwide ASCEND Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for cloud services. Thanks to the outstanding generosity of our sponsors and members, we raised $11,000 for this wonderful cause in 2023. Secure Your Sponsorship Today!

Procurement 52

Procurement Data Strategic Planning Management 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

On September 20, 2023, the Army awarded the follow-on production contract to Taylor Defense Products, LLC. While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Bidding Procurement Consulting 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 1, 2024

OFPP updated the federal contracting officer training requirements in January 2023 with the goal of solving two big problems: bringing all contracting officers under one training program, and creating a standardized, independently administered assessment of contracting professionals’ competencies, which validates their initial readiness. .

Category Management 78

Category Management Innovation Budget Management 78

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Using data collected between 2019 and 2023, this survey measures mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. 26, 2023, and the U.S. The only exceptions are for contracts solely for the purchase of Commercial Off-the-Shelf items or contracts under the $10,000 micro-purchase threshold.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Networking Budget 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

26, 2023, and the U.S. The only exceptions are for contracts solely for the purchase of Commercial Off-the-Shelf items or contracts under the $10,000 micro-purchase threshold. There are two sets of rules that will be utilized when the CMMC program is fully formed. These were initially proposed on Dec.

Procurement 52

Procurement Thresholds Contract Consulting 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The AI used by federal agencies will likely either be built by a contractor on behalf of an agency or purchased by a federal agency for use,” Jason Miller, deputy director for OMB and COO of the federal government, said during a press call. government is the largest single buyer in the country with an annual spend of over $750 billion.

Purchasing 141

Purchasing Inventory Buyers Budget 141

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

On September 20, 2023, the Army awarded the follow-on production contract to Taylor Defense Products, LLC. billion in Part D gross covered prescription drug costs, or about 20% of total Part D gross covered prescription drug costs during 2023.” The new prices will be effective Jan 1, 2026.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement Price 52

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.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120