The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

The public procurement process is often delayed for different reasons. Such delays may damage the Procuring Entity ’s reputation and are a waste of scarce public resources; additionally, contracts are not awarded on time and this results in poor delivery of public goods and services.

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BLP

AUGUST 24, 2023

On August 17, 2023, CABEI issued public tender notice number 038/2023, entitled “Preparation of the Feasibility Study and Final Design for the Integrated Solid Waste Management System of Guatemala City.” You can find the Terms of Reference of the public tender at this link. appeared first on BLP Legal.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 1, 2016

Introduction Many of us begin working as newly appointed public procurement practitioners with no idea of what to do or where to start. Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that to quickly achieve proficiency in public procurement management, there are seven things you need to do.

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BLP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Government of Guatemala promotes two competitive public procurement events (tenders) for the construction or expansion of hospitals, with financing from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). Significantly, the winning bidders must ensure the availability of funds during the contract’s term.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

The goal is to clarify any technical or procurement-related aspects, ensuring that all potential participants have a comprehensive understanding of the requirements. Opportunity for Questions: These meetings provide a platform for prospective bidders or consultants to ask questions and seek clarifications.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Results: A year after the new procurement law was passed, the public procurement agency (DNCP) is using machine-learning to identify tenders that are most likely to be awarded to smaller businesses. Firstly, they gathered the three key public procurement actors in the same team and aligned on the same vision.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Benefits of Integrated Problem-Solving Teams When pricing and realistic delivery dates for some categories of construction are unstable, an effective way to decipher and accurately gauge impact to a project is to involve the designers and contractors who are intimate with the subjects, proactively.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Chile’s public procurement agency, ChileCompra, created its “ Public Contracting Observatory ” service in 2012 to detect, prevent, and fix irregularities in government contracting procedures. The cases initially highlighted on the campaign website met certain criteria, explains the head of the Observatory, Juan Cristóbal Moreno.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Enhancing the transparency of government in general and of public procurement processes in particular has been increasingly on the agenda of governments, civil societies and businesses as evidenced by initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership which has seen 70 OGP members making 189 open contracting commitments by March 2019 [1].

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. Furthermore, all bidders are required to provide a Carbon Reduction Plan.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. The platform was co-developed by OCP and the business community together with the government. For us, this was a discovery.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Step 1: Post Solicitations Online Public notification of bid opportunities is a cornerstone of public procurement in most developed countries. Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list. Many public agencies are required to publish planholder lists for construction projects.

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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. As the PPDS Communication stresses To unlock the full potential of public procurement, access to data and the ability to analyse it are essential.

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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. Moreover, of the 16 bidders, 82% were based in Des Moines, and 94% were local to Iowa. Each of the 16 bidders received a contract for a total of $105,000.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Kigali is the center of Africa’s public procurement community this week. In time for this year’s Africa Public Procurement Network conference, hosted by Rwanda’s Public Procurement Authority (RPPA), the agency has developed a new open contracting portal that allows anyone to access data on government contracts dating back to 2016.

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The Procurement School

MARCH 27, 2025

This means selecting the right procurement tool. If it is material or product, and I only want one evaluation criteria to be used, which is the lowest bidder, I issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) or Request for Tender (RFT). Functional Specs Defines the high-level task, function, system integrations and desired result of the service.

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