The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 11, 2024

The interplay between these principles ensures the responsible and transparent management of public funds, crucial for meeting community needs while optimizing economic benefits. It aims to achieve best value for money by balancing life-cycle costs and quality to meet user needs beyond just the lowest initial price.

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Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Management 98

Extract Systems

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In an era dominated by technology, it's important that government offices keep up with the times to better serve their constituents. As the list of data or terms you need to redact grows, adjustments to auto redaction software will ensure your government office will stay up to date without spending countless hours manually redacting.

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Government Government Transparency Efficiency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

Take a look at insights from incredible women who are breaking barriers, defying expectations, and reshaping the landscape of governance, public procurement, and leadership. Myth 1: Women-led and -owned businesses cannot successfully deliver government contracts Women are excelling in business.

Government Contracts 79

Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 79

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In the following paragraphs, we will explore the key elements of this transformative agenda and the opportunities for action available to governments in the region. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability. Reducing waste in procurement requires a balanced focus on both active and passive waste.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JANUARY 12, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical role of flexibility in fiscal governance. These clauses, designed to provide temporary flexibility from strict fiscal targets during crises, aim to strike a balance between upholding fiscal rules and effectively responding to unexpected circumstances.

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Government Government Balance Quality 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. But governments’ digital transformation of their systems to better achieve these goals are at varying stages of development and maturity.

E-procurement 81

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 81

Select GCR

JUNE 11, 2024

If you’re exploring contract types that any government agency uses, understanding the distinctions between fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, and other specialized contracts is paramount. The two main categories of government contracts are fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursement contracts.

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Government Government Contract Government Contracts 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There is growing recognition that the public procurement system can be a strong force for policy implementation, helping to tackle major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the region. The reforms also created a procurement cadre across government that had specialized training – the most common of which was the CIPS-UK.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 69

Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 3, 2024

The Hatch Act, passed in 1939, limits the political activity of government workers. Additionally, the OSC clarified that the Hatch Act does not bar enforcement against former government employees. Therefore, it is within OSC’s jurisdiction to bring appropriate Hatch Act violations by former government employees to the MSPB.

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Balance Transparency Government Government 91

Federal News Network

APRIL 19, 2024

The government expects, in the normal course of business, that prime contractors and subcontractors effectively address flow-down requirements to ensure contract compliance. The government rightly expects compliance from its industry partners regarding contract clause flow-down requirements. It does not.

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Procurement Negotiation Price Transparency 93

FedInsider

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When thinking about the use of artificial intelligence in government, it is important to consider its tactical and strategic impacts, together and separately. In the government space, Kurt served as the Chief Enterprise Architect at the FBI.

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Ethics Participation Finance Leadership 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | 1 CPE When thinking about the use of artificial intelligence in government, it is important to consider its tactical and strategic impacts, together and separately. In the government space, Kurt served as the Chief Enterprise Architect at the FBI.

Ethics 52

Ethics Participation Finance Leadership 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it. Where will your data scientists perform their ML–based experimentation?

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Data Import Efficiency Balance 134

Extract Systems

MARCH 26, 2024

Balancing transparency and privacy is always a tricky challenge, particularly with records that are made available to the general public. Louis’ NPR affiliate looked into the redaction processes of Missouri courts , which have been called the, “least transparent in the nation.”

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Transparency Balance Data Accountability 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. For example, the PAP directs FSS contracting officers to “leverage the collective buying power of the government to obtain competitive, market-based pricing.”

Price 90

Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 90

ivalua

JUNE 11, 2023

It introduces several amendments to the NFRD and expands the scope of reporting obligations to foster greater transparency and comparability. Balance sheet assets greater than €20 million More than 250 employees Even though the UK is not part of the EU, CSRD will impact some UK-incorporated companies.

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Finance Procurement Sustainability 98

Extract Systems

JANUARY 30, 2024

Court records, however, are often governed by the state so there is much more consistency of approach amongst counties. The big benefits that the state will see from this switch include greater access, transparency, and efficiency. North Carolina is one state currently amidst an overhaul of their court records.

Balance 52

Balance Transparency Efficiency Integration 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This pro-supplier/pro-customer orientation prompted Gisele’s question/challenge, which is whether ‘there is EVER an opportunity for government (customer-buyer) to be better able to negotiate the final language with clauses like these in order to weigh the trade offs between interests?’, The SCL AI clause (C1.15) reads as follows: C1.15

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Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 75

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

Yaara Tam, head of multinational organizations, and Barbara Baeyens, head of Benelux, announced the launch of new AWS learning plans for civil servants , specifically designed for European Union (EU) government agencies to help government employees build cloud skills and accelerate digital transformation.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Data Innovation Transparency 78

GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

Local government services play a role in so much of our everyday lives that they become invisible. To achieve that, local governments must move away from budgeting for services in silos and come together to create a digital twin of the organization, Francis said. Rules-based software avoids these problems. “By

Budget 52

Budget Collaboration Finance Balance 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 19, 2024

The government expects, in the normal course of business, that prime contractors and subcontractors effectively address flow-down requirements to ensure contract compliance. The government rightly expects compliance from its industry partners regarding contract clause flow-down requirements. It does not.

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Procurement Negotiation Price Transparency 49

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2020

Companies will face a variety of short and long-term challenges, such as balancing the effects of downward prices, output cuts, movement of demand to alternative energy sources, heavy capital investment for new capacity, complex government regulations and rising operating costs.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 20, 2022

To achieve the best outcome in adjusting their fiscal commitments, governments in the region must first consider to what extent the initially established framework has contributed to this purpose, what has worked, and what has not. On one hand, the structural balance rule (SR) is the highest and stands at 79%.

Balance 52

Balance Sustainability Budget Influencing 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 13, 2024

Among attendants were academics, practitioners, government officials, and arbitrators, who were later joined by over 50 virtual attendants via Zoom. Mr. Prager noted that the high number of BITs coupled with systemic institutional problems and weak governments has resulted in more cases being brought against states in the region.

Balance 52

Balance Transparency Negotiation Government 52

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time? Gaps and dysfunction in the supply chains and a lack of visibility are making it difficult to support Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Those are three hot topics in the enterprise today.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Balance 52

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Last week, a guidance memo came out, having to do with small business participation in government-wide acquisition contract. So it seems like a kind of changing the rules for all contractors that one places on these particular government wide acquisition contracts. Their core business is government contracting. Tom Temin Right.

Professional Services 97

Professional Services Bidding Contract Balance 97

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Fortunately, Ukraine has a world-beating open government and open data infrastructure that can be leveraged to help address that challenge: we articulated a vision for how this can be done late last year. After the launch, the systems were transferred to the balance of the state in the form of a state-owned enterprise.

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Corporations have their own global private court system – called ISDS – which they use to bully governments. This process is governed by contracts that incorporate directly or indirectly most aspects of the host State’s regulatory framework, distinguishing it from other countries where these would be extracontractual matters.

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Corporations have their own global private court system – called ISDS – which they use to bully governments. This process is governed by contracts that incorporate directly or indirectly most aspects of the host State’s regulatory framework, distinguishing it from other countries where these would be extracontractual matters.

Balance 52

Balance Contract Transparency Tender 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For example, the PAP directs FSS contracting officers to “leverage the collective buying power of the government to obtain competitive, market-based pricing.” They do not require the government to purchase all its requirements from FSS program contracts. Yet, FSS contracts are not requirements contracts.

Price 49

Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 49

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I’ve had the privilege of working with dozens upon dozens of outstanding government contractors. In countless settings — be it in conference rooms, on Zoom, or otherwise — contractors and government employees work tirelessly together to serve the American people, regardless of their employment status. This needs to change.

Accountability 59

Accountability Contract Government Government 59

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 5, 2024

Ever since then, the Indian government has taken a more cautious approach with the 2016 India Model BIT (“India Model BIT”). In this regard, states and stakeholders would have to work on finding a more balanced approach which takes into account public participation, transparency and steps to make it more legitimate in the eyes of public.

Balance 52

Balance Negotiation Sustainability Accountability 52

SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, this time, it affected the award that had already been made, resulting in the court entering a preliminary injunction against the government continuing with its original award. I see you, COFC, using the Government’s own words against itself.) Looking for the latest government contracting legal news? FAR 52.204-7.

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Evaluation Bidding Negotiation Government Contracts 55

Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 25, 2024

These were the public interest in: (i) the operation and practice of arbitration; and (ii) the desirability of public scrutiny as a means by which confidence in the courts can be maintained and the administration of justice made transparent.

Transparency 59

Transparency Purchasing Balance Corruption 59

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Jay Blindauer A contractor takes on a Government contract to make money, and inflation is getting in the way. With inflation eroding value for this long, a Government contractor may need to obtain contract relief. Relief So, how does a contractor obtain inflation cost relief from the Government?

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Government Government Price Contract 40

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That is the vehicle for non-profit employers of people with disabilities to deliver goods and services to the government. I like to say that we help run the government. A new rule is expected any time now that will overhaul how the Defense Department buys from the Ability One program. And I’ll say, I know where those came from.

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Procurement Price Thresholds Contract 104

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89