VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. Connected persons include individuals who have significant influence or control over the supplier. How will the increased transparency impact suppliers?

Supplier 52

Supplier Procurement Tender Award Criteria 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and improving efficiency, but few independent civil society organizations and individuals had the information, skills and influence to track contracting effectively. Increasing transparency of the quasi-governmental sector.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

These players administer public contracts, establish procurement regulations, and influence the procurement environment. Procurement laws in the United Kingdom are intended to guarantee value for money, competition, and transparency.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

They are also working on tools to help contracting authorities to analyze their own data, for example, to monitor the average lead time of their tenders, or decide which award criteria to use when preparing a tender. Transparency is key. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

This is information that will either relate to the technical specifications, award criteria or performance clauses (or all of them) and there is no meaningful way in which AI could be used to deliver the contract without this having an impact on the assessment and evaluation of the tender. 57(8)(i)(ii) PCR2015 and sch.7

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Tender Contract Bidding Supplier 72