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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

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The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. in 2020 to 59.7%

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What is a RFP?

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Organizations use RFPs to ensure a fair and competitive bidding process, allowing them to select the most qualified and cost-effective vendor or service provider for a particular project. The primary goal of issuing an RFP is to solicit competitive proposals from qualified vendors, service providers, or contractors.

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Remedies When The Government Ceases Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

Procurement Notes

75] Again, the purpose of a procurement contract is for an Agency to obtain the goods, services, intellectual property, and/or construction that the Agency needs to meet its mission to the American people. [76] In 2011, HUDD re-solicited and re-competed administrative services contracts, leading to multitude of bid protests.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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Circuit”) has stated that “a broad original competition may validate a broader range of later modifications without further bid procedures.” [62] Ultimately, DoD adding EPA clauses to already-existing fixed-price contracts really should be focused on the preservation of important capabilities and capacity in the defense industrial base.