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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. 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.”

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HHS Needs Small Business Government Contractors and Industry Partners

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

If federal buyers find enough qualified businesses in their own directory, they won't look anywhere else! The HHS Vendor Supplier Portal HHS awards approximately $30B to government contractors but there are 12 Operating Divisions in HHS and e ach procures their own goods and services independently. You need to get inside HHS!

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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How Ukraine’s procurement appeals tool Clarity App promotes fair competition

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. At the same time, the Antimonopoly Committee received more than 10,500 procurement complaints with a total value of UAH 70.1 of all procurement appeals in Ukraine.

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Our 2030 vision: Better procurement for people and planet

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments.

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Final EU model contractual AI Clauses available -- some thoughts on regulatory tunnelling

How to Crack a Nut

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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Invoice Hub – the Next Horizon for AP Automation

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My journey in Accounts Payable started back in 1998, when I worked on my first Accounts Payable automation solution combining scanning, OCR and workflow. Finally, the all powerful e-Invoice network emerged to magically automate all before it. It was a fun project and it felt like the first step towards something more powerful.