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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. However, while some of these terms are often labeled as procurement methods, they should be more accurately categorized as solicitation tools.

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Own’s Eoghan Casey: Seeding Quality Data Into Sandbox Environments Could Help Agencies Deliver Secure Digital Services

GovCon Wire

Eoghan Casey, vice president of cybersecurity strategy and product development at Own Company, said government agencies should understand the importance of seeding high-quality data into realistic production environments to facilitate the delivery of secure digital services to the public.

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Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Pragyansmita Nayak on AI’s Potential to Achieve Mission Objectives

ExecutiveBiz

Federal agencies must first establish a data management strategy, focusing on data provenance and lineage, to ensure data quality and prevent the infiltration of "poisoned" data that threat actors may exploit to disrupt AI systems, Nayak wrote in an opinion article Federal News Network published Friday.

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Cal Poly seeks to transform procurement process with generative AI-powered scope of work generation

AWS Public Sector

By streamlining the work scope development process, Scope Builder advances a broader initiative in university procurement: achieving consistency across all procurement documents while maintaining efficiency and quality.

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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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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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Embracing the Roles Your Agency Plays

GovLoop

In an article about rebuilding trust in government, Deloitte Insights broke down government work into six archetypes: retailer, retailer-like, innovator, educator, regulator and enforcer. Capability reflects the belief that the government can create high-quality programs and services and has the ability to meet expectations effectively.

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