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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society. We owe it to our broad coalition who fought for this budget, and the many advocates who came before us.

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

The Procurement ClassRoom

For more complex procurement requirements, the submission lead-time may be extended to allow bidders adequate time to prepare comprehensive bids. QBS : Used for more complex consultancy services where the scope of work cannot be accurately or fully defined at the outset.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The average number of bidders per lot rose from 3.16 Single-source procurement is also allowed when a competitive tender fails to attract two or more qualified bidders, and it is often used for school meals (which are governed by separate legislation that accounts for government-owned canteens that are a legacy from the Soviet era).

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Top Strategies for Successfully Selling to the Government

Select GCR

This person can advocate for your solution, help uncover budget sources, and guide you through the procurement process. Each level has its specific needs, procurement processes, and budget constraints. Interested parties, including losing bidders, can appeal the SBAs size determination to the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

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New year, new opportunities for contracting protests

Federal News Network

Whether Congress passes a 2024 budget or not, federal agencies will continue to engage in contracting. That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. And after amending the solicitation 16 times, the agency received proposals from 1,150 bidders. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled.

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Contractors find some ‘buying forecasts’ better than others

Federal News Network

I think that’s a good point, the data available actually from the budget side of the house, and from the White House, and OMB and the agencies, as well as from the appropriations committees of what they’re doing. And of course, those were never searchable. So your market research is kind of stale by the time you get to the award.

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Evolution of the Status Quo

The Procurement School

Author : Chris Sheel Delivering major capital projects on time and on budget has always been a challenging and elusive goal. Budgets previously developed require reactive revisitation as estimates balloon. Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.