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State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes

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Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.

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Contract Management’s Impact on Procurement Efficiency

The Procurement School

Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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Thank You for a Successful Spring Training Conference!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Day One Speakers Keynote Speakers: Christine Harada , Senior Advisor, OFPP, OMB Moshe Schwartz , President, Etherton and Associates Panelists: Bonnie Evangelista , Acting Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for Acquisitions, DoD Polly Hall , Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, DHS Udaya Patnaik , Chief Innovation (..)

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Procurement & Contract Planning: Canadian Public Sector Guide

The Procurement School

This is an indication of the level of transparency and accountability required by public procurement professionals. Once a procurement is awarded it moves to contract management whose primary functions are implementation, compliance and issue management. The bidder is consenting to the KPIs when it submits its bid.

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What’s the Difference Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement?

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Identifying Value , is where procurement teams leverage spend data and spend analysis to understand trends in spend and identify opportunities and develop category management strategies. . There are, in fact different phases of procurement value creation that tie into the Source-to-Pay process: .

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

Areas to consider include objectives, background, scope, constraints, deliverables, timing, approvals, policy and legislative requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology and contract management including KPIs. Part 2 of The Procurement Journey will continue next month covering posting, evaluation and contract award.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 2

The Procurement School

Once the Procurement Journey is completed the procurement is passed to the contract manager for execution. The individuals in this field understand the significance of their roles and strive to uphold the highest standards of ethics and accountability. Fleet and Logistics Category Manager.

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