Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less. Strengthen rated criteria , and ensure these are clearly communicated and used in procurement, to account for factors beyond lowest cost alone.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

They also put competitive pressure on the Schedules program to improve its administrative efficiency, which is a positive result that will help buyers and sellers in the market.” GSA also says total orders also increased to 305,000 from 105,000 in 2022, and 52% of all users were repeat buyers and agencies spent on average between $250-$350.

E-procurement 101

E-procurement Buyers Procurement Purchasing 101

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

AUGUST 5, 2024

If federal buyers find enough qualified businesses in their own directory, they won't look anywhere else! Register in the HHS Vendor Supplier Portal to rise above your competition. You need to get inside HHS!

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

They are encouraging dialogue about who bought what from whom to improve visibility and accountability over the spending and the improved outcomes seen in the examples provided. From there, the buyer can define the specific requirements for the solution and move to a request for a quotation to build the solution.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This regulatory technique simply seeks to allow public buyers to ensure compliance with the EU AI Act by cascading the relevant obligations and requirements down to tech providers (largely on a back to back basis). Much more is needed than mere reliance on the model AI clauses.

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Buyers E-procurement Transparency Procurement 88

Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

GSA Schedules, also known as Multiple Award Schedules (MAS), provide pre-negotiated prices for millions of commercial products and services, making procurement more efficient for federal, state, and local government buyers. Failing to comply can result in losing contracts, unfavorable ratings, or even suspension from future contracts.

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Government Government Government Contracts Negotiation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The system is a secure and efficient way for Buyers and Suppliers to manage tender exercises online. The standard templates enable Buyers to easily create consistent tender documentation and allows Suppliers to save and reuse tender responses. All opportunities are first advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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Tender Buyers Supplier Public Procurement 62

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 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. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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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. percentage points more than the average success rate for appeals in Prozorro (72%), excluding Clarity App buyers.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This does not appear to be a case of the most senior people likely to have been aware of the behavior being held accountable. So it looks like this didn’t rise to the executive suite, so far as we can tell, that was something initiated by individuals. Greg Williams Yeah.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

We’re responsible for the marketplace’s functionality for both the seller and the buyer. The buyer is a customer of the reseller or software vendor for the SaaS product, as well as of AWS for use of our marketplace. With this construct in mind, here are the roles of each party in AWS Marketplace: AWS is the marketplace provider.

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IT Buyers Contract Procurement Team 78

Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

How to Search Public Contracts Scotland for Opportunities You do not need an account to search for opportunities on PCS. The Search Notices area allows you to search for Notices based on the information which Buyers provide when they publish a Notice. Buyers can select multiple locations including All of Scotland.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Ensures accountability, compliance and consistent interpretation and application with all current and applicable state and federal laws, agency policies and procedures, rules and regulations. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Seasoned practitioners in public procurement can be jaded from situations that have gone wrong, and it is common for inexperienced public buyers to experience risk aversion and fear of the unknown. Relationships will benefit when buyers promptly respond to SMEs’ queries and consider them as a valuable and positive part of the job.

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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 3, 2024

What are the various price analysis techniques available to the world’s largest buyer of goods and services? “It It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments.

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IT Buyers Price Government Contracts 52

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa. The Buyer received a frantic call from their onsite contact that they needed an additional $2000 CDN for the truck driver to unload the crate from the plane. On a global perspective, ethics may be different.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Select GCR

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Gov has thousands of Gov buyers or procurement officers that work for different departments or branches of the gov, they post the award, and then chose the right business for the contract. Now on the other hand, businesses must register their business with the Gov so they can be seen by these buyers.

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Networking Government Contracts Buyers Contract 104

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Benefits of Framework Agreements Framework agreements offer a streamlined procurement process that benefits both buyers and suppliers by simplifying the qualification and tendering stages, ultimately saving time and money. This increased accountability results in fairness, mutual trust and competition among the suppliers.

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Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Buyers are expected to scrutinize every aspect of the purchasing process to identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint, source sustainable materials, and promote diversity. As the sourcing function evolves, digital procurement technologies have become crucial tools for buyers to capture and report their sustainability achievements.

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Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52

ivalua

MARCH 19, 2019

Ivalua remains committed to suppliers as well as buyers, never charging any fees, requiring acceptance of any vendor terms nor imposing any limitations to the type or volume of activity suppliers can undertake on the platform.

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Procurement Supplier Buyers Purchasing 58

American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

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Government Government Bidding Purchasing 98

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I says a buyer. AI might be fast, but buyers cannot rely on it to be a subject matter expert. If a bid is incorrectly evaluated, the buyer can hardly hold the AI response generator accountable.

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open data is often lauded as a magic pill for anti-corruption: reveal what’s going on, inform the public, and, presto, government will become more accountable. We have written elsewhere about the institutional and political challenges that can hinder the transparency –> accountability transformation.

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Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The system is a secure and efficient way for Buyers and Suppliers to manage tender exercises online. The standard templates enable Buyers to easily create consistent tender documentation and allows Suppliers to save and reuse tender responses. All opportunities are first advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

Tender 40

Tender Buyers Supplier IT 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As part of the UK’s 2050 net zero pledges, listed UK businesses must release detailed public plans to meet climate change targets by 2023 However, this shift towards accountability and transparency needs to include the supply chain. However, many feel they are not equipped with the right procurement tools to make this a reality. About Ivalua.

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Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 52

Select GCR

MARCH 4, 2025

A comprehensive and up-to-date profile increases your chances of being noticed by government buyers. Emphasize relevant certifications and past performance to attract government buyers. Defining clear objectives and requirements is crucial for effective government contract management, ensuring accountability and reducing disputes.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

However, to assess the (abstract) potential of procurement as a regulatory tool, it is worth distinguishing between practical and legal challenges, and to focus on legal challenges that would be present at all levels of public buyer capability. They are thus unlikely to operate as an adequate tool to support regulation by contract.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

At the heart of every procurement process is the Accounts Payable team and our AP Automation software module has been built to support these skilled workers. The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order.

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Supplier Buyers Budget E-procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to Forrester, “AWS continues to raise the bar for transacting and contracting, with real dollar benefits…[and] continues to work with procurement executives and other technology buyers to ensure its marketplace is solving their buying challenges.”

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Government Government Purchasing Negotiation 81

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

A great example of that is OCP is working with both civil society and the government to imagine how Ukraine’s wartime reconstruction can be digital, accountable and centered around local communities. Now we want to build on that momentum to jump scale again to a tipping point of global change in policy and practice by the start of 2030.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers. All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier. How does the solution remove friction in the supply chain?

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Additionally, SAM.gov provides your user account access to historical contract data based on the NAICS code, facilitating analysis of past procurement trends and supplier performance metrics, aiding in cost-saving opportunities and alignment with best practices.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 98

Select GCR

JULY 23, 2024

The SAM registration process involves creating an account on SAM.gov, obtaining a Unique Entity ID, and finalizing your SAM profile with accurate company information, which should be kept current through annual renewals and regular updates. What is SAM Registration?

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Accountability Government Contracts Contract Utilities 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Automated Invoice Processing to create a top performing Accounts Payable Team. The performance of your Accounts Payable department can have a significant impact on the organization. Recent trends have increased the strategic importance of effective, transparent Accounts Payable processes.

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Supplier Accountability Innovation Import 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Specifically, the PAP states that “[t]he term “fair and reasonable” is generally considered to mean a price that is fair to both parties in a transaction , not higher than what the competitive market would bear or a price that a prudent and competent buyer would pay for a product or service under competitive market conditions.”

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Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 68

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As part of the UK’s 2050 net zero pledges, listed UK businesses must release detailed public plans to meet climate change targets by 2023 However, this shift towards accountability and transparency needs to include the supply chain. However, many feel they are not equipped with the right procurement tools to make this a reality. About Ivalua.

Supplier 40

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 40

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Over a third of suppliers say that improving their ability to share information (35%) and collaborate with buyers on improvements (35%) would significantly increase their ability to deliver on climate-focused targets.

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