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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

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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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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

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The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED].