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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

Tracker Intelligence

Without competitive bidding, prices go up, and the quality of goods and services languishes. For instance, when multiple bids are not encouraged, or frameworks are overused, the central government works with limited suppliers, leading to a lack of innovation and stagnant service delivery.

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

How to Crack a Nut

Following the same rhetoric of transformation, the PPDS Communication now stresses that ‘ Integrated data combined with the use of state-of the-art and emerging analytics technologies will not only transform public procurement, but also give new and valuable insights to public buyers, policy-makers, businesses and interested citizens alike ‘ (at 2).