Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Two (2) years experience as a Purchasing Manager or five (5) years as a Senior Buyer with responsibility for a wide range of buying, including consumable supplies, commodity and/or heavy equipment acquisition. Experience with budgeting preferred. Three (3) years supervisory experience.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

NASPO

JULY 31, 2023

As local governments look for ways to stretch their budgets, many are turning to cooperative purchasing, where they can take advantage of the volume discounts states negotiate for office supplies, laptops and even specialized applications.

Government 52

Government Government Buyers Procurement Team 52

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Allows government buyer to consider vendor feedback and make changes before issuing the solicitation. Solicitation Processes Once a government buyer has issued a solicitation, they must balance meeting the government’s needs with maintaining the interest of quality vendors. Do not disclose the budget in the solicitation.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Line level multi-tax treatment and budget allocation templates that reduce effort. The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order. Improves efficiency by allowing the Supplier to flag the buyer.

Supplier 52

Supplier Buyers Budget E-procurement 52

Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is actively introducing strategies to encourage federal agencies to work with these businesses, ensuring that they have a fair shot at securing valuable contracts. Securing even a fraction of these federal contracting dollars can catalyze substantial growth and expansion for many small businesses.

Government 52

Government Government Government Contracts Negotiation 52

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Where once both hardware and software could be budgeted as one-time purchases, cloud-based solutions require ongoing contracts that need a maintenance-style budget. You pay for what you use, but it’s budgeted as a utilization product,” Helou said. From a budgeting standpoint, how do we anticipate it?”

Procurement 52

Procurement Budget Purchasing Buyers 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Corruption in public procurement can lead to: 1) Overpriced public procurement contracts contributing to larger budget deficits. Each of the dashboards allows users to undertake their own analysis in these areas by comparing sectors, regions, years, and buyer types.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Additionally, a purpose-built solution will enable you to measure and monitor buyer adherence to compliance purchasing, ensuring your team is taking advantage of preferred items and reaping the rewards of the contracts you have in place. In fact, 74% of ERP implementations go Over Budget and they take longer to roll out.

Supply Chain 88

Supply Chain Management Total Cost of Ownership Warehouse 88

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement. But most of the initiatives that have real value require collaboration between buyer and supplier (or supply chain ).

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Step 2: Budget ​ It's important to establish your budget. This can include a monetary budget, time budget and resource budget. Buyers who insist that ISO is a pass/fail criteria are creating a barrier to entry for small business owners. Instead, they treat ISO as a badge to pass tenders.

Budget 52

Budget Consulting Efficiency Import 52

NIH NITAAC

JUNE 1, 2021

The Act was created with one mission in mind: To speed up IT purchasing so that by the time technology got to the buyer, it wasn’t obsolete. These were to be administered by Executive Agencies that met rigorous standards set by the Office of Management and Budget. There are two good reasons for an agency to exercise fair opportunity.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Purchasing Buyers Electronics 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Use unique standardised IDs for organisations—both buyers and suppliers—in addition to their names. it should be possible to match procurement data with budgets or other public financial management data, company registry data, court rulings). Users should also be able to download data in bulk either as CSV or through an API.

Data 52

Data Procurement Tender Public Procurement 52

Select GCR

APRIL 26, 2024

One key aspect of our program is teaching you how to effectively nurture relationships with government buyers and prime contractors. This program is designed to optimize your marketing budget while maximizing your sales, ultimately positioning you for long-term success and growth in the government sector.

Government 102

Government Government Government Contracts Media 102

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

The platform provides real-time alerts, detailed project insights, customised dashboards, and tailored support for buyers, making it one of the best tools for companies seeking to stay ahead in their business proposals. A good profile makes it easier for your clients to trust you, which will likely attract more buyers.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Competitive Bidding Buyers 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. One key recommendation was to require government buyers to pay advances to MSME suppliers at 20% of the full contract value.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Introduction to Sustainable Public Procurement This eLearning is intended for all those involved in commissioning and procurement, for example: internal customers; budget holders; specifiers; procurers; subject matter experts; and contract managers, etc. eLearning is available from the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform.

Public Procurement 40

Public Procurement Sustainability Procurement Buyers 40

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

Nitor, the leader in source-to-pay transformation, and Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud Solutions , announced the successful launch of the Maryland Department of General Services’ new e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which deployed on schedule and on budget.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Transparency Quality Buyers 40

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Since launching their platform in 2020, Diegues and Blanco have built a set of digital tools and data analytics services that have bridged the gap between more than 250 private sector users and public procurement buyers in six countries across Latin America. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

The Procurement School

JANUARY 12, 2023

An internal communications plan will also be needed to inform buyers of the existing arrangements they should use. Almost all public sector entities want to maximize budgets and receive value for money, but many are now adding social and environmental goals. legacy computer system support).

Procurement Strategies 52

Procurement Strategies Procurement Strategic Planning Supply Chain 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

ERP systems are requisite tools in a global market which enable more buyers and sellers to engage in contracting opportunities. Author: Larry Berglund As part of the assessment on the ability of a supply chain department to deliver value effectively , is its ability to do so efficiently.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Balance Procurement E-procurement 52

Federal News Network

JULY 8, 2024

The Office Of Management and Budget and General Services Administration have been fielding a data integration tool to help contracting officers. Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions.

Contract 98

Contract Data Price Procurement 98

Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2024

Both of those agencies received funding increases over what the president had originally requested in his FY 24 budget request, particularly in the Department of Defense. Larry Allen What happens now is the Office of Management and Budget takes all the appropriated money. technological edge across the board. Tom Temin Yeah.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers Accountability Budget 52

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 20, 2024

Your goal is to find the right opportunities that align with your business and the right agency buyer to connect with. Review any available website, budget and strategy documents for that office Create an outreach plan before you make your first call. Verify the program office where the work is really being done. Inform yourself first.

Budget 52

Budget Data Contract Procurement 52

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s the type of thing that’s immediately available to government buyers, too Tom. Congress put that 1% cut in the agreement that it reached when it passed the budget ceiling deal earlier this year. And all that pricing information was immediately available to me. Whereas 25 years ago really wasn’t.

Price 59

Price Buyers Contract Government 59

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The answer to the question posed above is that the public sector’s stakeholders – the general public and/or their constituents – have a different ‘right to service’ expectation than distributed buyers or budget owners in a corporation. Jurisdictions and agencies have unique needs that must be met by the technology they implement. .

End to End 45

End to End Supplier Bidding Buyers 45

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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. Among them are aggregators that bring together buyers and sellers. Aggregators Vendor networks come in several forms.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

ivalua

JULY 24, 2019

I am extremely proud of the team effort between the Departments of General Services, Information Technology, Budget and Management, and Transportation, as well as the guidance of Lt. eMMA will allow buyers to collaborate with vendors from the bidding and contracting process all the way through the purchasing process.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Procurement Bidding Buyers 40

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It confirms, I think, what we already knew, that Scotland has a long and effective history of supplier engagement and development and that our buyers are motivated by a real desire to support local economies and support the people of Scotland. And then, innovation has always been at the heart of what we do.

Public Procurement 62

Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability Logistics 62

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

With line level multi-tax treatment and budget allocation templates that reduce effort AP automation rates can reach way above 70%. Now selected suppliers can upload a PDF invoice in the free portal, check all the content is correct, append that missing PO or tag the buyer, before matching the invoice to the receipt or order.

Supplier 52

Supplier Accountability Innovation Import 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). Mirzo Subkhanov: “Only close attention and direct public participation will help to ensure efficient and targeted use of the budget.”

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

Larry Allen Tom, I think that the change coming from the Office of Management and Budget, where they are going to implement the rule of two for task orders against all multiple award IDIQ contracts except the GSA schedules, is potentially a big deal depending on the size of your company. What’s your take?

Price 59

Price Thresholds Buyers Data 59

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

If this is done in a coordinated way, Invoice to Pay is more powerful than the traditional silo’s of Invoice software management, budget allocation and payments. Once validated our embedded AI engine will automatically match the invoice to a contract, purchase order, or receipts before confirming tax treatment and budget allocations.

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

​I was responsible for my individual budget that included a Profit and Loss (P&L) account. I was considered one of the best singles buyers in the country, based on my P&L performance alone. I had to consider supply and demand fluctuations, as people's attitudes and music preferences change quickly.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain IT Warehouse Demand 52

The Procurement School

MAY 12, 2023

The answer is to develop a contract management plan that includes strategies for: Establishing a positive relationship between the owner (or buyer) and the contractor; Identifying problems early; and Adapting for unexpected. done regularly in the same way) and consider budgets and staff workloads.

Contract Management 52

Contract Management Management Contract Quality 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Inflation is a real concern for public sector budgets today. The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer. eProcurement is appealing because it can help agencies move the needle on strategic goals, including project efficiency, stakeholder collaboration, and vendor engagement.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Invoice-to-Pay is therefore an integral part of the whole procurement process, and typically includes the following tasks: Rather than the traditional silo’s of Invoice processing, budget allocation and payments, ensuring AP is not an isolated process but part of the whole procurement journey is important.

Supplier 40

Supplier Accountability Supply Chain End to End 40