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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

To make it easier to incorporate “green procurement” into procurement planning, the UNCITRAL model law might be amended to: Article 7 – Flexible Communications: Make it easier to change means of communication during the course of a procurement. system) hinge on vendors’ “green” initiatives has long been a very controversial approach.

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

A minor deviation would be declared on a requirement if it does not result in a disadvantage against the procurement entity such as reducing the quality of the required goods , works or service, or violate the rights of other bidders. phocadownload/Determination/pdf.

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Understanding Standard Bidding Documents in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana. These outline the terms and conditions of the contract.

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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

This article seeks to disentangle these overlapping terms by examining the tools and methods that are often used interchangeably. For more complex procurement requirements, the submission lead-time may be extended to allow bidders adequate time to prepare comprehensive bids.

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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. ABC’s was late and deemed non-compliant.

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Do electric ferries dream of batteries?

Telles.eu

This was correctly rejected by the Audit Court who applied the original 2018 version of Article 370 but I do not think they understood this amounted to fraud by Transtejo since the only reason for the attempts was to bring the new draft of Art 370 into play.

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Procurement Planning: Steps for Issuing a Solicitation

The Procurement School

The following article outlines the solicitation process and while not all steps have equal weight all steps should be considered. In the above example success is measured by the bidder meeting the technical specifications, including on time delivery at or below the approved procurement value.