Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 17, 2017

Because a subcontractor, supplier, or worker can file a claim against the retainage up to 45 days following final acceptance, an agency that releases the retainage before 45 days following final acceptance is at risk for paying court ordered claims filed between day 31 and 45 following final acceptance.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

New guidance, developed to assist buyers and suppliers has now been published on both the Procurement Journey and Supplier Journey websites: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Procurement Journey What do Buyers Need to Know About AI? If you require additional information, please email scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

Slowing Down Public Sector AI adoption PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE DAY I am at an industry conference day, there are rows upon rows of supplier stands, and tables covered with branded pens and tote bags. 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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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

ePS is a platform providing access to small business suppliers. “Being part of the Commercial Platform program will also help increase the growth our small business suppliers are currently experiencing through the Army and Air Force ePS e-marketplaces.”

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Exclusions - The rule on excluding suppliers is one of the most significant areas of reform with the introduction of the debarment list and widened grounds for exclusion. Please note that for contracting authorities and suppliers in Wales, the Welsh Government is publishing its own guidance separately, which can be found here.

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Procureware

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My favorite new features for 2017 include: • API • Approval workflows • Certifications • Connected bid events • Invite unregistered bidders • My Dashboard • PDF reports • Ranked reverse auction • Supplier view of contracts API Long before ProcureWare was developed, we envisioned an application that would easily connect to other business systems.

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VWV

APRIL 23, 2024

The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. It clarifies that if a supplier is organised under the law of Russia or Belarus or their Person of Significant Control (PSC) lists either country as their place of residency, contracting authorities are able to decline to consider their bids.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Importance of Competition in Public Procurement The essence of competition is to allow multiple suppliers to compete for a government contract under the same conditions so that the best value is achieved. Additionally, this lack of diversity in supply chains can lead to overreliance on a few select suppliers.

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

Contract Management is not a ‘one and done’ but a continuous process that if structured correctly can lead to strong supplier relationships and better procurement outcomes. Compliance Including performance metrics and penalties for non-compliance promotes accountability and incentivizes suppliers to meet their obligations.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Effective procurement practices allow the establishment of a closed-loop circular supply chain that helps deliver more efficiency, from end-to-end and supports the formalisation of different services, including e-waste management, recycling, resource sharing, and supplier regulatory development.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Upgrades to the DNCP’s open data incorporating this MSME classification have allowed third-party services to emerge, like the platform VIGIA, which suppliers can use to monitor tenders in real-time and report any concerns or anti-competitive behavior to authorities. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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VWV

MARCH 1, 2024

The new SQ provides important guidance on considering bids from Russian/ Belarusian suppliers. It clarifies that if a supplier is organised under the law of Russia or Belarus or their Person of Significant Control (PSC) lists either country as their place of residency, contracting authorities are able to decline to consider their bids.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Whether you’re a supplier trying to land your first contract, a business just getting into understanding government procurement, or a pro looking to stay on top of compliance, this glossary is your go-to guide. The contracting authority or government agency sets the rules, picks the best supplier, and ensures everything runs smoothly.

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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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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Having a solid understanding of public procurement principles enables procurement professionals and suppliers to confidently navigate public sector procurement. A transparent approach lowers procurement risk, prevents corruption, and fosters confidence between suppliers and public sector organisations.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list. To give vendors the control that they expect, you need an online vendor registration that creates a self-managed supplier profile. This practice ensures that information is up to date and shifts responsibility to suppliers. Below is an example from the Chicago RTA.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

So how do you keep that current going long way without discriminating against some bidders or in favor of other bidders. That way people know what’s going on in the latest bidders and the newest companies and those innovators can know what’s going on in bid. Tom Temin Yeah. David Berteau Absolutely.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

And then just this month, Meet Buyer North took place in Aberdeen where the Supplier Development Programme and headline partners, Scotland Excel, hosted the seventh annual Meet the Buyer North. We will be running a tender later in the year, and there is plenty of opportunity for buyers and suppliers to input into the specification.

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Mercell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Simulate (before engaging with bidders) 8. As discussed in the webinar, Best Value Procurement is effective and efficient, while helping find the best supplier for any solicitation. Importance of early procurement involvement 3. How to determine criteria 4. Importance of scale 5. Assigning weights 6. Don’t be scared paying too much 9.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Where AI is likely to be used in the delivery of a service, commercial teams may wish to require suppliers to declare this, and provide further details. It recognises that there ‘are potential benefits to suppliers using AI to develop their bids, enabling them to bid for a greater number of public contracts.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

By engaging all of the market, sharing information (in a way that does not favour particular suppliers) and asking the market for feedback, the NAO believe that UK Government departments can increase levels of competition in future procurements. The expected level of single bidders within UK government’s major markets was not assessed.

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Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

It is well updated in the Tender Document about the above metrics based on which the successful bidder will be announced and also the weightage that each one of the criteria holds. Hence, It is crucial for Bid Managers, Suppliers, and Contractors to understand all basis of assessment and then go forward with the submission.

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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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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

These websites are designed to comply with transparency and legal publication requirements, ensuring that opportunities are available to all interested suppliers. Additionally, suppliers must consider the submission requirements, which include specific documents and information that need to be provided when participating in a tender process.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

Delay in Preparing Technical Specifications, Scope of Work or Terms of Reference Technical specifications , scope of work , and terms of reference are documents that describe what is needed, and should be clear enough to avoid confusing suppliers, contractors, service providers or the evaluation panel.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

ChileCompra has not only established a formal channel for bidders and citizens to report questionable contracts to authorities for the first time, it has also published the Observatory’s investigation reports and statistics on complaints from the public, making oversight of the procurement system fully transparent.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process includes several crucial steps: tendering by the bidders, bid evaluation by the client and award of the contract to the successful bidder. The bid is the response given by the contractors or suppliers to this request. Awarding of Contract – The successful bidder is selected and the contract is awarded.

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Procureware

MAY 3, 2018

But if they aren’t designed properly, RFPs can backfire, leading to low response rates, poor bidder fit or proposals that are time consuming to evaluate. Buyers sometimes feel tempted to be vague in RFPs in the hope it will draw varied and innovative solutions from bidders. Avoid relying on generic boilerplate language.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Their performance is crucial to achieving your financial, performance and quality objectives, and a poor supplier creates risks for everything from budget overruns to missed schedules and liability lawsuits.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

This includes clients, current vendors and unsuccessful bidders of previous similar procurements. Time to Respond Bidders should be provided with sufficient time to review the procurement document, ask questions and submit a bid. Posting for complex, unique or highly technical procurements should be increased to attract more bidders.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Studying the market In January 2023, after working with public procurement data for a year and a half, B2Gov set out to conduct market studies that would serve to monitor key procurement indicators and prospective government suppliers. Suppliers often have a different perception of payment dates than governments.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The few suppliers who participated in the procurement system indicated a certain weariness because many of the problems they raised in the past were ignored by the authorities. The idea of having suppliers as an ally actively participating in tagging wrongdoing had an immediate appeal. And how could we reach those entrepreneurs?

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Federal News Network

APRIL 30, 2024

You might build up some suppliers for spare parts and components. It might be the work you’ve done to prepare for this opportunity to help the government have process improvements as part of that, and the people as well.

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Bonfire

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

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. By eliminating vendor paywalls, you lower barriers to entry and encourage more diverse suppliers to participate.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement. 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.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Implementing e-GP requires training and capacity building for procuring entity officials and suppliers, auditors, evaluators, contract managers, and oversight bodies. Comprehensive and ongoing training programs can be a game-changer in ensuring that users are well-equipped to use the system.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I mean, it says they want to help agencies promote both a diverse federal supplier base, which is defined in a lot of different ways, and advanced contract stewardship. We want more nontraditional suppliers. It’s not that there’s a lack of an understanding of the goal. They haven’t even submitted yet.

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