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

The Procurement ClassRoom

Throughout the evolution of project and public procurement management, terms and expressions in the field have increasingly been used interchangeably. Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Around the world, governments are embracing “green procurement” – environmentally sustainable strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. A ” catalogue ” of green procurement strategies in the European Union and the United States, prepared by the European Commission and the Office of the U.S.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% The average number of bidders per lot rose from 3.16

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Throughout my career as a procurement practitioner, I have never seen bids submitted that are perfectly responsive to the evaluation criteria or requirements specified in the solicitation documents. Also, such a decision must not create an unfair advantage of one bidder against the others in the competition.

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DoD’s multi-billion dollar moving contract faces another legal challenge

Federal News Network

The lawsuit claims DoD made significant changes involving both time and money that prospective bidders couldnt have factored into their bid-no bid decisions. Two other moving companies joined the lawsuit this month: Total Military Management on Dec. 13 and National Van Lines on Dec. 13 complaint.

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Understanding Standard Bidding Documents in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana.

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Public Contracts Scotland: SPD module workshop sessions

Scottish Government Procurement

This year, we hosted a large number of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. The event duration will last 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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