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10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. I have had opportunities to support more than 60 countries across the globe in reviewing and advising their e-procurement (e-GP) initiatives.

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Federal News Network

And the oversight and accountability of subcontracting efforts by prime contractors is getting more scrutiny. The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress on the state of bid protests always is fascinating. These are the latest among a host of story lines in the federal acquisition community.

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GSA’s commercial platforms program to grow by five providers

Federal News Network

The House Armed Services Committee’s initial goal was to make federal procurement less complex and more competitive through the use of commercial platforms. GSA is expanding the number of providers from three to eight, including six new ones. GSA says for 2023 , 34 agencies spent $80 million, which is double the amount of money spent in 2022.

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Excitement growing over GSA’s COMET II program

Federal News Network

The pool of bidders is going to be huge. COMET replaced the CIO Application Maintenance, Enhancements, and Operations (CAMEO) procurement that GSA awarded in 2014 to a host of large and small businesses with a total ceiling of $400 million. GSA has their whole IT playbook and it has been developing the document over last five years.

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Three new story arcs of ‘As GSA’s Acquisition World Turns’

Federal News Network

Thus is the always entertaining world of federal procurement — on step forward, one step back. Foes are vanquished, in this case Boston Consulting Group, losing its OASIS+ bid protest at the Government Accountability Office. Along with ePS-NDVSB, other bidders may have included Amazon and Granger.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. Procurement was long seen as a clerical administrative function, rather than a strategic lever. This was not always the case.

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Converting a Procurement from Sealed Bidding to Competitive Proposals

Public Contracting Institute

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) gives contracting officers significant flexibility in selecting the procurement method they choose to use. Five days later, the Corps advised Great Lakes that it was changing the method of procurement from IFB to RFP (negotiated procurement). In Great Lakes Dredge & Drydock Co.,

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