Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. Having a solid understanding of public procurement principles enables procurement professionals and suppliers to confidently navigate public sector procurement.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This guest post by Dr Matthew Paris* and Dr Zack Esmail** complements some of the earlier guests posts on AI use in the public sector by focusing on the use in public procurement and, in particular, in the review of procurement decisions. However, no public procurement department operates in isolation.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FCDO-funded (formerly DFID) project “ Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting ” releases the contracting datasets collected from national public procurement portals in 10 low and middle income countries: Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Uganda and Uruguay. tax haven registration).

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Corruption 52

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I The writing was on the wall for the Director of Procurement. ABC’s was late and deemed non-compliant. I don’t believe you.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Eager to see how the budgeted funds were spent, the coalition began tracking the bike lanes’ procurement processes. “ All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders. million by having multiple bidders. We as citizens have the right to know how the government spends our taxes. We owned this budget.

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Telles.eu

JULY 3, 2023

A couple of caveats here though: I'm a lot less comfortable discussing state aid than I am public procurement since my expertise is in the latter. As it happens, as far as I know, the preferred bidder is going to use the shed for manufacturing the trains. So far, so good. Or so it would seem at first glance.

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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. I have had opportunities to support more than 60 countries across the globe in reviewing and advising their e-procurement (e-GP) initiatives.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

The Procurement ClassRoom

AUGUST 2, 2014

Given that procurement is a step by step process, it is better to use checklists rather than rely on your memory to ensure all the steps are covered. Developing and using checklists can be a great help to increase your understanding of the procurement process and to lessen mistakes you could make if you forget certain important steps.

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Public Procurement Import Procurement Contract Administration 40

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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Telles.eu

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It is likely the train operator will ask for the case not to have suspensive effect, that is, for the award to go ahead under the guise of public interest that the trains are desperately needed. What happens next though depends on a number of variables. What happens next though depends on a number of variables. We shall see.

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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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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. The posting time is determined primarily by the procurement’s estimated value. During posting there is an opportunity for bidders to submit questions. The RFx may include a bidder information session.

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Bidder Procurement Evaluation Bidding 52

European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’).

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Telles.eu

JUNE 14, 2023

It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. First, it breaches art 34 TFEU.

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The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

In the above example success is measured by the bidder meeting the technical specifications, including on time delivery at or below the approved procurement value. If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis.

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Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

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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Telles.eu

MARCH 23, 2023

I was in Portugal for the last few days and the talk of town for the last week or so is yet another procurement case gone horribly wrong. This is where things get interesting from a procurement perspective since it is this amendment which was rejected by the Audit Court in a scathing judgment.

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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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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

Author: Graham Allen It is often said, “… working in public procurement is akin to being in a fish bowl with the cat watching.” This is an indication of the level of transparency and accountability required by public procurement professionals. Preparation Each procurement is technically a legal case waiting to happen.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise. It contains questions on both exclusion and selection criteria.

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Buyers Procurement Bidder Public Procurement 44

Telles.eu

JULY 14, 2023

This was due to the issue of the economic advantage gained by the preferred bidder (consortium led by Alstom) where all other tender participants could have obtained the same benefit. Nomad Tech's general manager is Nuno Freitas , who between 2019 and September 2021 was CP's President (or CEO in international parlance).

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VWV

MAY 23, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. The Cabinet Office has now confirmed the 'go-live' date of 28 October 2024.

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Procurement Bidder E-procurement Transparency 52

VWV

MAY 23, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. The Cabinet Office has now confirmed the 'go-live' date of 28 October 2024.

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Procurement Bidder E-procurement Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Paola Diegues is a self-proclaimed public procurement enthusiast. Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders. They currently service 30 clients in Latin America.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Public Procurement Report The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report provides detailed recommendations for UK Government departments’ to maximise the benefits of effective competition when they run public procurement processes.

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Framework Agreement Public Procurement Supplier Bidding 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: Single speaker transcript, Nick Ford: Hi everyone. The framework is used across the Scottish public sector, generating impressive savings of £7.5

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Procurement Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 57

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

The procurement world around us is changing rapidly. Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. Responsibility Owners have an important role in the construction marketplace to be progressive and demonstrate a growth mindset while also demonstrating a duty of fairness to bidders.

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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. It’s not an easy task,” says Moreno.

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Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. City employees are now able to collaborate on procurement more efficiently, and better plan and track their aspirations around equity and sustainability.

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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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Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise. It contains questions on both exclusion and selection criteria.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

As the field of Procurement is still evolving and scholars don’t seem to subscribe to universal definition of concepts such as what constitute the procurement cycle, this article does not make reference to any textbook or academic publication. It may also be called the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Author: Graham Allen There are many similarities and differences between public and private procurement. However, the greatest overlap is the procurement life cycle or as some refer to it as the Procurement Journey. Here is a link to the Federal Government’s website explaining its procurement process.

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Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

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.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

VWV

MAY 23, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) receiving Royal Assent in October of last year was the first step in the long-awaited implementation of the public procurement reforms. The Cabinet Office has now confirmed the 'go-live' date of 28 October 2024.

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Procurement Bidder E-procurement Transparency 40

Bonfire

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The pandemic put a strain on already tight public sector budgets and demand for new projects only continues to climb. As an international leader in procurement, Craig has executed major procurement reforms and brought innovative methods to the organizations he’s worked at, including the City of Lethbridge and the Cayman Islands government.

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