Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

Private sector tender platforms and tender databases are specialised digital systems that provide businesses with a wide range of access to tender opportunities within the private sector. These platforms then collate all industry tenders to enable companies to search, filter, and track relevant contracts quickly.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

New opportunities in the public sector contracts and procurement process begin with finding the right tender opportunities. Public sector procurement information and contracts are available through both free and paid tender search engines. Thousands of contract notices are posted every week on different platforms in the UK.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Construction Tenders Securing lucrative contracts in the dynamic engineering and construction industry requires an understanding of the tendering process. A formal call for bids on a project, known as a tender, initiates the bidding process among prospective contractors.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Second, there is the issue of tenderers using (generative) AI to write or design their tenders. This will enable commercial teams to consider any additional due diligence or contractual amendments to manage the impact of AI as part of the service delivery.’ First, there is the issue of buying AI-based solutions or services.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I says a buyer.

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Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) is the measure for selecting the best out of the incoming bids based on factors that are related to the subject matter of the contract. This criterion of selecting the tender was announced by European Parliament in January 2014. Tender Evaluation is done as an aggregate of both aspects.

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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. In instances, such as a limited number of potential bidders, a complex procurement or a new or innovative concept a procurement may be posted longer to attract more bidders.

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

The guidance documents have been split into the four key stages of a procurement - Plan, Define, Procure and Manage - to reflect the procurement lifecycle. While the guidance is not statutory and thus non-binding, it offers a valuable understanding of the key changes and practical implications of the new provisions.

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VWV

APRIL 23, 2024

You are able to use the new Selection Questionnaire (SQ) straight away but the deadline to implement it into tenders is 27 June 2024. The updated questions will allow contracting authorities to assess the bidder's ability to manage the supply chain, deliver steel safely and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The team developed a three-pronged strategy: talk to MSMEs and build their capacity to bid on contracts; simplify the bidding process for smaller businesses; and use innovative technology to better measure and manage opportunities for small business vendors. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

How Transparency is Ensured in Procurement Transparency is achieved through open contract notices, public tenders, and clear evaluation criteria. A well-managed procurement project ensures long-term efficiency and benefits for the community served, preventing unnecessary expenses over a contracts lifecycle.

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

You are able to use the new Selection Questionnaire (SQ) straight away but the deadline to implement it into tenders is 27 June 2024. The updated questions will allow contracting authorities to assess the bidder's ability to manage the supply chain, deliver steel safely and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Solicitations can be published on websites using basic content management software while e-procurement platforms, such as ProcureWare, make the process much easier. Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list. Below is an example of public solicitations from the City of Vancouver, Washington.

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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. Tendering and Bidding A contract notice is published, inviting suppliers to submit bids. Contract Management Once the deal is signed, contract management ensures the supplier delivers as promised.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

This includes integrating e-GP with other government functions, such as financial management systems, to streamline operations and reduce redundancy. Implementing e-GP requires training and capacity building for procuring entity officials and suppliers, auditors, evaluators, contract managers, and oversight bodies.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The first revolution: Decentralization and professionalization The 1990s saw major economic reforms across Africa under the structural adjustment program, including a major overhaul of the public financial management systems.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the public procurement system.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

I’m really pleased as well that the Management Information Platform Scotland is now live, and a number of public body organisations are already onboarded. The plan is to replace the current pre award systems (PCS and PCS-t), innovation notices and contract and supplier management, with a single system.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Collective agreements offer some predictability, but lump sum tendered bids often must guess the future and buffer to avoid loss. Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. It involves honest discussions about what can happen when things go wrong and developing processes to manage those things.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Of the 235 large contracts recorded on the public contracts database ' Find a Tender ' between January 2021 and January 2023, 20% of contracts that used open competition only received one bid. The expected level of single bidders within UK government’s major markets was not assessed. Find out more here.

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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. The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities. Moreover, of the 16 bidders, 82% were based in Des Moines, and 94% were local to Iowa.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. They host requests for bids and tenders from buyers and allow vendors to submit bids to multiple organizations. Long before you make a purchase decision, you must create the right structure for vendor relationships with your procurement organization.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Accordingly, he managed to transfer control over Pantel to his children, Mr. Ernest Schütz Freundt, Ms. Because part of the interim measures was granted, Mr. Parker became Pantel’s administrator, but his management worsened Pantel’s financial stability, resulting in the company’s inability to pay taxes and other obligations.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED]. This largely maps onto my analysis of likely applications of digital technologies for procurement management, assuming the data is there (see here ). This is the correct approach.

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Tracker Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2024

Introduction to Healthcare Tenders In today’s competitive healthcare environment, the ability to win and obtain large contracts through health tenders is crucial to the development of the industry. Understanding Health Tenders UK What Are Health Tenders?

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Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The first place to start is by registering your business on the System for Award Management (SAM) database , where you can create a profile making it easier for government procurement officers to find your business. Then, get on the pre-approved bidder list on the General Services Administration (GSA).

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The Procurement School

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Contract Management is an essential element of the procurement lifecycle as it helps to mitigate risks, ensure compliance and achieve desired outcomes. It is an important process whether one is managing a low value short term single vendor agreement or a complex multi-vendor long term contact.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Many public reports have stalled or been rejected by LKPP because the evidence was considered incomplete, according to ICW Knowledge Management Division Coordinator Wana Alamsyah. The following year, 13 out of 33 reported cases were rejected.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

It is mostly impossible to manage an award procedure following two discrete sets of rules depending on who is the tenderer. In the meantime, a revision of the Guidance on the participation of third-country bidders and goods in the EU procurement market would be welcome to help struggling contracting authorities and entities.

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The Procurement School

MARCH 27, 2025

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). This means selecting the right procurement tool. Here is how I determine the right one.

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