The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

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. Thus, deviations from the evaluation requirement could either be material/major or immaterial/minor.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. Having a solid understanding of public procurement principles enables procurement professionals and suppliers to confidently navigate public sector procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Rwanda has useful experiences to share with the rest of the region.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

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% on average in 2021 to 10.23

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

However, one critical element often overlooked in these discussions is public procurement. Far from being a mere bureaucratic task, procurement is the mechanism through which governments acquire the infrastructure and technology needed for this transformation.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. Key Takeaways Aspect Impact of Blockchain Transparency Ensures real-time visibility and traceability of transactions.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Public Procurement Glossary Public procurement can feel like a maze of unfamiliar terms and endless abbreviations. Thats exactly why this Public procurement glossary existsto make things simple. What Is Public Procurement? Youre not alone! It is like shopping but on a bigger scale.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 19, 2024

Integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) into public procurement processes holds significant promise for enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency, potentially reducing corruption. AI’s Role in Public Procurement AI enhances procurement by improving decision-making and streamlining processes.

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Public Procurement Procurement Corruption Market Analysis 52

VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. The list will be managed by the Procurement Review Unit (PRU) and will contain the names of excluded and excludable suppliers.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

In the UK, public procurement is essential to providing high-quality public services. Companies wishing to work with public sector organisations must know who the key players in public procurement are. It is essential in maintaining the integrity of procurement processes.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Prebases module now simplifies the administrative tasks of the 90 spending units in Mexico City by strengthening market studies and obtaining direct information from suppliers, experts, and citizens.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As these systems begin to play a more important role, the government needs to uncover the risks associated with using artificial intelligence in procurement, and what steps need to be taken to manage these risks effectively. AI compliance in public procurement remains a developing process.

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Public Procurement Procurement Ethics Tender 52

Tendersinfo

MARCH 24, 2021

Ultimate Guide to the Insight of Public Procurement Professionals Public Procurement is a multi-staged activity and requires a thorough understanding of each process to be more successful with the bids. Procurement Professionals evaluate Tenders based on Price v/s Quality.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

But these businesses rarely take part in public procurement due to long-standing cultural barriers, overly bureaucratic processes and the sense that to win public contracts, they must have the right connections. The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When the government purchases goods and services from private businesses, the process is known as public procurement. Public procurement matters because it boosts growth, investment, and jobs. In short, public procurement allows local businesses to serve their communities and taxpayers well.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less. As theOpen Contracting Partnership, we support transformational procurement reforms in over 50 countries.

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Tendersinfo

DECEMBER 24, 2020

2020 comes to an end, and we take a look back at the bizarre range of events that the bidding community stood testimony to this year. With reports of the novel coronavirus appearing in several regions we could never imagine how it is going to impact our lives and the bidding community at large.

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Bidding Management Public Procurement Competitive Bidding 52

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

Differences Between Pre-Bid and Pre-Proposal Meetings Purpose of Clarification: Both pre-bid and pre-proposal meetings are held to explain the details of the solicitation documents to interested parties. Additionally, these minutes are posted on an official website to ensure broad accessibility and transparency.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’).

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Public procurement these days is not just about acquiring goods and public services at low costs. Social value is a transformative approach shaping how public contracts are awarded and executed. What Is Social Value In Public Procurement? Why Does Social Value Matter In Public Procurement?

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks Introduction In the past year, the growth in hype around AI and machine learning has been considerable. transparency for image manipulation), or substantial requirements (e.g. for law enforcement and essential public services), or not used at all (e.g.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

ACT and HAND have been strengthening Thailand’s anti-corruption network not just with large public organizations but also with local civil society groups. A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Most procurement software projects are focused on efficiency; however, transparency needs to have equal attention. Trust is the cornerstone of procurement and transparency builds trust. Below is an example of public solicitations from the City of Vancouver, Washington.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. in 2020 to 59.7%

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The National Institute for Government Procurement (NIGP) released their 2017 Public Procurement Benchmark Survey. This report provides metrics that can assist procurement professionals in everyday decision making. Our software, ProcureWare, brings time savings of 50-70 percent in the bid and tender management process.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This guest post by Dr Matthew Paris* and Dr Zack Esmail** complements some of the earlier guests posts on AI use in the public sector by focusing on the use in public procurement and, in particular, in the review of procurement decisions. However, no public procurement department operates in isolation.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. The writing was on the wall for the Director of Procurement. I cannot” replied the Director. “Why

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Last week in Rome, we brought together over 100 leaders from 26 European governments , EU institutions, global organizations like the World Bank, OECD, EBRD, and UNOPS, civil society, and the private sector for the 3rd International Open and Sustainable Public Procurement Conference 2024. This trend started long before Covid.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Transparency 67

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

Public sector agencies need to be able to access the cloud, and they do so through public procurement processes. Procurement’s role in supporting modern, digital services for governments is the subject of a report from the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP). Digital Marketplace.

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Government Construction Projects: Bidding and Winning Strategies for Success Government construction projects offer significant opportunities for businesses to grow and thrive. However, navigating the complex world of public sector contracting can be challenging.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Why Procurement Differs Between the Public and Private Sectors Procurement in the public and private sectors has very different goals and regulatory frameworks. The fundamental goals of public procurement are to get value for money, to be open and fair in procurement processes, and to use taxpayer funds effectively.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

As we celebrate, we find ourselves at the crossroads of progress and potential, confronting the myths holding women back from participating in public procurement and attaining certain heights in leadership. Happy International Women’s Day! According to the World Bank, women-owned SMEs contribute 20% to the global GDP.

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ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

LADWP had previously accepted all bids via paper. Within a single week, Ivalua delivered a streamlined supplier account request process, supported the creation of a solicitation bid / shell, and the ability to upload secure, sealed bid packages. In 1917, it started to deliver electricity. and the world.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

At some point, there was a need for this, a solicitation process to select a supplier, a competitive bidding process, a contract negotiation, transactions and so on. Being responsible for Procurement at the city, county or state level is a big deal and it directly impacts citizens. Ivalua, on the other hand, saw opportunity.

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The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

We can achieve cost confidence by utilizing progressive project delivery models that involve design and construction project partners very early, and by engaging in transparent collaboration. Collective agreements offer some predictability, but lump sum tendered bids often must guess the future and buffer to avoid loss.

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