Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. The system works by collecting public procurement data and structuring it in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) format. Diegues says.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

MUTUAL NIGHTMARE I suppose the bidder’s response would be that as much as the buyer wants to avoid contracting on scope which does not meet their requirements and still less with a supplier who does not meet the scope, the bidder also does not wish to be tied to contractual commitments as part of their bid that they cannot deliver.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

The second is, we want to know is the data modified? 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. Is it the completeness of the data in detail?

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

GSA created the CPI program under a proof-of-concept moniker with awards to Amazon, Fischer and Overstock Government in 2020 under direction from Congress with a goal of capturing data on and managing products under the micro purchase threshold of $10,000.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Inefficiencies, data duplication, and reduced transparency often result. Technical infrastructure and SaaS-based e-GP systems Technical infrastructure, including cloud policies and data centers, plays a significant role in successful e-GP implementation.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million. Invalid Input Send my message

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million. Invalid Input Send my message

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

The datasets republish structured data gathered from official source websites and also contain corruption risk indicators developed by the research team. This methodology is based on large-scale datasets of procurement tenders and contracts collected from official government publication portals or data repositories.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With the help of automated analytical tools, the agency has been able to focus its prevention and control efforts on transactions with the highest risk, and in turn, harness the power of data to institutionalize better purchasing practices among government entities that conduct procurement through the Mercado Publico online platform.

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

For example, assessment summaries must be provided before the contract award notice is published and unsuccessful bidders will receive assessment summaries for both their tender and the successful bidder. Assessment Summaries - These are similar to standstill letters in the current regime but there are some key differences.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

They were selected based on the implementation of recent open contracting reforms and the availability of procurement data for both before and after the reforms. By implication, each of these cases represent a data rich environment to start with.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As for the security incident, which potentially affected both vendors on OASIS and bidders on OASIS+, Hixson said a vendor came to GSA and pointed out a potential vulnerability in the tool. We actually just finished the final review and didn’t see any breach of data at all based on logs and records.

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

One of the biggest changes to the transparency provisions, following consultation, is that the requirement to identify unsuccessful bidders in the Contract Award Notice will now only apply where the value of the contract is over £5 million. Invalid Input Send my message

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Along with ePS-NDVSB, other bidders may have included Amazon and Granger. The three deficiencies were: GSA said ePS-NDVSB didn’t provide the ability to have a minimum order quantity; didn’t demonstrate a data dashboard; and didn’t have a marketplace unique for government use. GSA is expected to make anywhere between 6 and 8 awards.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Market intelligence tools like GovWin IQ and the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) can streamline this process and provide key insights into public sector sales opportunities. Interested parties, including losing bidders, can appeal the SBAs size determination to the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 30, 2024

The basics of fuel management Effective fuel management requires robust and accurate data, the analysis of which gives fleets specific insights they can use to implement strategies to help control fuel spend. Normally, when working in a municipality, the purchase would go to the lowest bidder. There was never a way to capture that.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

s (Percipient) protest arising out of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) SAFFIRE procurement, for the improvement of the agency’s production, storage, and integration of geospatial intelligence data. United States , the Federal Circuit considered Percipient.ai

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Contracts Finder ​ ​ The NAO found that Central Government does not take advantage of the data it collects to understand more about competition and gain further benefits. The expected level of single bidders within UK government’s major markets was not assessed.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These notable pre-award victories are broken down into three basic categories: (1) unreasonable bidder qualification requirements; (2) unreasonable elimination from competition; and (3) improper solicitation requirements. Notably, half of the successful protests before the COFC in FY23 were pre-award protests.

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LexBlog: Contracts & Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

However, disappointed bidders have multiple options for bringing bid protests, and that includes the Court of Federal Claims (COFC). In Federal Acquisitions , the bidder was notified six minutes after its submission that the first server rejected the email, allegedly because it was larger than the Solicitation limit. US , 154 Fed.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

It is important to note that suppliers’ use of AI is not prohibited during the commercial process but steps should be taken to understand the risks associated with the use of AI tools in this context, as would be the case if a bid writer has been used by the bidder.’ And, in any case, this is not only an issue for future contracts.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency. E-procurement platforms: E-procurement platforms such as GovSpend, provide businesses with access to government procurement data, bid notification services, and bid tracking tools.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Award of contracts: The winning bidder(s) will be awarded a contract to provide the goods or services required by the government agency. E-procurement platforms: E-procurement platforms such as GovSpend, provide businesses with access to government procurement data, bid notification services, and bid tracking tools.

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Bonfire

MARCH 28, 2023

Unqualified vendors are allowed to bid because there isn’t a system in place to screen bidders for necessary qualifications and certifications. That means you waste time sorting through bids that can’t be considered or, worse, you get all the way through the evaluation stage before realizing not all bidders meet the qualifications.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A tick the box exercise Current AI technology harvests (or is fed) substantial amounts of data, with the ability to process and regenerate the requested output. For any AI software, this relevant data (ironically) may not be fully automated. However, adherence to standardised templates can only lead one so far.

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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. Open dashboards mean that everyone can now assess who submits bids and who is awarded contracts, as well as track and run reports using historical data.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

While these frameworks simplify procurement and reduce administrative burdens, their extensive use has inadvertently limited the scope of competition, reducing the pool of prospective bidders and leaving new suppliers unable to access opportunities.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. It is substantiated and grounded by historical data combined with the reality, context, and specific circumstances of the project being delivered. This risk absorption is directly reflected in bid prices.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s going to be a tight turnaround for potential bidders to submit their comments on the Army’s latest draft, issued on Oct. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Data, Engineering and Software] Jennifer Swanson texted me five seconds later, and I said, ‘Well, let’s do it.’ 11; the deadline is this Friday. We had an RFI a couple days later.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Aggrieved bidders also had a right of appeal through administrative reviews mechanisms, something that was previously lacking. The second revolution: increasing independence, data collection and participation These limitations led to a subsequent second wave of reforms.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

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Procurement Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) the EEO-1 snapshot demographic data (Component 1) report for both 2019 and 2020 is currently August 23, 2021. [1] Jay Blindauer For a Federal prime or first-tier subcontractor who has at least 50 employees and an agreement valued at $50,000 or more, the deadline for submitting to the U.S.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The aim of the platform is to support data-driven procurement decisions. We are keen to promote the benefits of the platform across more public bodies and to get everyone’s data on board, so please get in touch if you would like to find out more. The guidance focuses on the use of AI for bidders.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Bidders provide information on costs, timeframes and plans of how they intend to execute the project. Top Construction Tenders Currently Available Insert Data here Small Construction Tenders in the UK: Opportunities for SMEs Insert Data here Tips to Find the Right Tenders for Your business using Tracker Intelligence 1.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

The report provides insights into the Federal market, including sales data on the GSA and VA Schedules, government-wide contract vehicles, Federal healthcare contracts, and more. If you have any questions or topics for future reports, please contact Michael Hanafin at mhanafin@thecgp.org.

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Tracker Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2024

By using a data-driven strategy, companies can remain ahead of the competition, make well-informed decisions, and improve their offers, which increases their chances of getting contracts and winning bids.

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