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

The Procurement ClassRoom

Procurement decisions may also be influenced by emergencies, such as the need for the prompt delivery of goods and services to address disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes. The level of competition in the market can also influence the choice of procurement method.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

These steps may not apply to every procurement but once completed they will inform the procurement strategy which then leads to development of procurement document. Needs analysis ensures an accurate understanding of the goods / services being procured.

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The risks of vendor-paid eProcurement

Bonfire

Paywalls can shrink your bidder pool. Organizations that charge for bid documents run the risk of appearing less attractive to the vendor community and reducing their bidder pool. Plus, catch his two pieces of advice for early career professionals looking to advance in the field of procurement.

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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

Tracker Intelligence

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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Centralised procurement for the health care sector -- bang for your pound or siphoning off scarce resources?

How to Crack a Nut

CTSPs have an active role in developing category management strategies (that is, the ‘go to market approach’ at product level) and heavily influence the procurement strategy for the relevant category, subject to SCCL approval. As part of the procurement, bidders were asked to provide contractual savings targets for each year.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

A number of webinars we have held at GW Law School, including a July 2024 series on emerging international best practices, confirmed that there are many parallels between these “green procurementstrategies. Strategies In “Green Procurement,” 66 Gov. Planning The first strategy looks to procurement planning.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

These reactions can lead to strict risk management and purchasing policies with overly complicated bid documents and onerous requirements that are imposing on potential SME bidders. Additionally, a simplistic risk transfer strategy may reduce market interest, and the number of bids submitted.