Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Businesses must understand the key differences between the public and private procurement methods, regulations, and goals when c onsidering tender opportunities in either sector. Furthermore, private businesses have more flexibility in pursuing informal tendering procedures or direct negotiation with suppliers.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability. These agreements define terms, conditions and price for goods and services and allow authorities to procure without having to re-run lengthy tender processes.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Without competitive bidding, prices go up, and the quality of goods and services languishes. This is particularly problematic for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), which often need more resources to participate in complex, bureaucratic tender processes dominated by a few more prominent competitors.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sustainability Focus: Many social value frameworks incorporate environmental sustainability, such as reducing carbon footprints or promoting green practices through supply chains. It also aligns with global goals like reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable development.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In addition, a dedicated Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Competence Center was established in the LPPO to lead implementation and to support contracting authorities and suppliers in their adoption of green criteria. In 2023, the LPPO added a set of key sustainability performance indicators to its procurement dashboard.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process. What a barrier that was for so many people!”

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The team developed a three-pronged strategy: talk to MSMEs and build their capacity to bid on contracts; simplify the bidding process for smaller businesses; and use innovative technology to better measure and manage opportunities for small business vendors. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Public procurement, one-third of spending or more of every country, is critical to economic development and sustainability. Sustainability needs to be seen as a wider issue, not just green purchasing and the environment, but also supporting women businesses and local economic development.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

These critical steps can streamline the tender process, and position your business for success in the public sector market. The platform is free to use and offers a clear view of available tenders across various sectors, making it an essential and accessible tool for suppliers seeking public sector opportunities.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

Although we have come a long way, the gaps still exist and to realize inclusive economies and sustainable development globally, we must #InspireInclusion. Open data solutions such as CREDERE can help these businesses access the financial services they need in order to confidently bid on and deliver government contracts.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. Vendors can see each other’s pricing (usually in real time) and try to beat those bids by going lower. The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

the quantity and depth of new information) and whether new information is actionable for key stakeholders such as bidding firms; and (ii) the nature of demand for transparency, that is the existence of data users who are willing and able to act upon the information published. However, the average number of received bids increases by 0.5

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A good example of this is the use of public procurement to contribute to the promotion of sustainability objectives, even to the detriment of traditional aims such as ensuring the best value for money in a strict, financial sense. However, it might also be used to steer it towards complementary dimensions. If so, what is to be done?

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Understanding the procurement act 2023 reform allows public sector customers to mitigate risks, implement accountability, and sustain compliance. Impact On Suppliers Risk of Exclusion from Future Contracts A supplier terminated onpublic contract groundsmay turn into anexcluded or excludable supplier, limiting future bidding options.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Section 826 also requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to issue implementing guidance no later than thirty days after the NDAA’s enactment.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There are gains that you can make here, both for the sake of ethics and to make strides in sustainability in business. At first glance, diversity and sustainability might not seem connected – this is not the case. What Do We Mean by Sustainability? Sustainability. If not, they are otherwise disadvantaged minorities.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

For instance, a lack of clear, coherent tendering procedures or regulatory violations in the tender advertisement may affect the execution of government projects. Fraud and Corruption Risks Bid rigging, favouritism, and a lack of transparency in processes undermine public confidence and effectiveness.

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