The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

The following article outlines nine points to consider as part of the procurement planning process which will help to reduce procurement risk, increase confidence in the procurement document and avoid a potential bid dispute. This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Without competitive bidding, prices go up, and the quality of goods and services languishes. Additionally, this lack of diversity in supply chains can lead to overreliance on a few select suppliers. Yet, limited competition in the procurement landscape can be disastrous.

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Much has been written about mandatories, but they are to be evaluated on a pass (yes) or fail (no) basis and must relate to the bidders’ ability to provide the requested goods / services. A mandatory is a mandatory and if a bidder fails it generally cannot proceed further. which provides a high level procurement overview.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It is all a part of supply chain management, making sure the right products and services get to the right place at the right time. A contract notice makes sure everyone knows what’s up for grabs, who’s bidding, and how decisions are made. It covers everything from tendering and bidding to contract management.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid. The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid. The bidder has the opportunity and the obligation to review the proposed contract before submitting a bid.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

It recognises that there ‘are potential benefits to suppliers using AI to develop their bids, enabling them to bid for a greater number of public contracts. While the AI PPN seems to try not to single out the use of generative AI as potentially problematic by equating it to the possible use of (human) bid writers, this is unconvincing.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Supply chain issues” has become an accepted catch-all term to explain a range of circumstances. Collective agreements offer some predictability, but lump sum tendered bids often must guess the future and buffer to avoid loss. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Circuit”) has stated that “a broad original competition may validate a broader range of later modifications without further bid procedures.” [62] 63] In that case, the Army awarded a supply contract for transparent armor pieces, and afterwards the Army found the contractor’s recipe for transparent armor to be non-conforming. [64]

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement is also increasingly identified as a tool to foster compliance with human rights along increasingly complex supply chains, or to address social inequality, such as through gender responsive procurement.

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