How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

Coupled with the current budget and expectations of public sector productivity gains, the action plan will put AI adoption top of the agenda for public sector organisations (if it wasnt there already). This would significantly raise participation costs and be prone to litigation and other problems. performance evaluations).

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

As aid budgets shrink and the pressure to end aid dependency grows, governments are under growing pressure to maximize domestic resources and value for money. Collect and analyse beneficial ownership data at the award stage, to ensure the Bank knows who it is doing business with, and that a true diversity of suppliers are participating.

Procurement 52

Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Capacity 52

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. In government co-ops, a lead government agency issues a solicitation for a good or service, evaluates proposals, and awards a contract.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

FedInsider

MARCH 25, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone. After opening CART link, resize and move the text box anywhere on the screen.

Participation 93

Participation Media Transparency Data 93

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 20, 2023

DoD developed a standard template for these reports earlier this year to ensure consistent evaluation criteria. GAO said IBM's claims that the solicitation's evaluation factors are unduly restrictive were not supported. GAO denied a pre-proposal protest by IBM over the terms of the solicitation for the estimated $5 billion contract.

Contract 110

Contract Supply Chain Evaluation Warehouse 110

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Experience with budgeting preferred.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

FedInsider

DECEMBER 22, 2023

It has been almost two years since the Office of Management and Budget issued its federal zero trust architecture strategy, which set out specific goals for agencies to achieve by the end of fiscal year 2024. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Networking 119

Networking Participation Telecommunication Leadership 119

FedInsider

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Evaluate the types of metrics that can be used to measure improvement in customer satisfaction. Complimentary Registration Accreditation: Participants can earn a Training Certificate in Business Management & Organization.* Review your agency’s digital transformation roadmap to identify how to move CX to the forefront.

Participation 98

Participation Telecommunication Networking Management 98

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone.

Accountability 142

Accountability Consulting Leadership Collaboration 142

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? Attendees will gain critical insights into: What’s next for the VA budget and healthcare investments? is less than one month away!

Logistics 52

Logistics E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 31, 2023

An army of data analysts wouldn’t be able to keep up with the volume of logs being generated (and no agency has sufficient budget to hire them). CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text.

Management 81

Management Participation Data Media 81

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Participants heard from industry experts, shared best practices, and forged new connections with their peers. Roundtable participants said under a certain threshold (around $100K for services and $25K for goods) their client departments have full discretion on how to source. Inflation is a real concern for public sector budgets today.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Navy ePS program is on track, on budget and hitting all of its milestones, and since the report came out, they’ve onboarded yet another tranche of users and migrated $1.6 It’s typically called out in the request for proposals that there will be a past performance, a technical assessment and evaluation of price and volume.

Procurement 119

Procurement Electronics Contract Evaluation 119

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

Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Because the line has been that small business participation is on the upswing in terms of the percentage of dollars from contracting, but the number of players is shrinking. So if you think about a cost cut or an expense cut on a budget that happens halfway through the year, you have to double down to make ends meet at the end of the year.

Government 132

Government Government Supply Chain Manufacturing 132

Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

Republic Moving and Storage’s Lovejoy said he’d recently tripled his marketing budget to search for leads on companies and individuals who need moving services so that Republic can reduce its reliance on the huge military moving market in San Diego, where his firm is based. We are a large part of the moving market and trying to drive that.

Contract 119

Contract Transportation Transportation Price 119

GovLoop

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Some counties can’t budget for the $30,000 or $40,000 or $50,000 for the assessment or the penetration test, so they might do it every other year,” she said. This is a continual, evaluative process.”. Eight pilot participants who increased from D to C reduced their risk of cyber breach by 140%, she said. It’s not every year.

Insurance 59

Insurance Participation Demand Budget 59

GovLoop

MAY 17, 2023

Some counties can’t budget for the $30,000 or $40,000 or $50,000 for the assessment or the penetration test, so they might do it every other year,” she said. This is a continual, evaluative process.” Eight pilot participants who increased from D to C reduced their risk of cyber breach by 140%, she said. It’s not every year.

Insurance 52

Insurance Participation Demand Budget 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. Diegues says.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

It typically involves the following steps: Identifying opportunities Reviewing solicitation documents Attending pre-bid meetings Preparing and submitting a responsive bid Participating in bid evaluation and negotiations To excel in the bidding process, consider enrolling in our Life Sciences Contracting 101 course.

Bidding 52

Bidding Government Government Negotiation 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Within six months, the Office of Management and Budget would have to require the implementation of the Framework by federal agencies. Agencies are directed to focus attention on maximizing small business participation below the simplified acquisition threshold. The guidance does not apply to the Federal Supply Schedule.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Negotiation Utilities Procurement 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

I think that’s a good point, the data available actually from the budget side of the house, and from the White House, and OMB and the agencies, as well as from the appropriations committees of what they’re doing. You do your market research, then you do your solicitation, your evaluation, your award.

Professional Services 91

Professional Services Bidder Procurement Bidding 91

Inter-American Development Bank

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Recently this instrument has been successfully applied in Belize (2021), Barbados (2022) and Ecuador (2023), with active IDB participation in the last two cases. Congressional Research Service reported more than 140 such transactions in developing countries since its inception in 1984.

Finance 52

Finance Sustainability Price Budget 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On October 27, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released a draft memorandum for public comment regarding Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”) (the “Draft Memo”). FedRAMP Ready will be explored as possible solution for increasing participation of small or disadvantaged businesses.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Participation Evaluation Government 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 29, 2024

setting employee compensation, hiring and firing of employees, setting a budget, borrowing money, purchasing equipment, paying dividends, etc.) Under both of these circumstances, the procuring agency cannot count the options or orders as an award to a small business or small business program participant for goaling purposes.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Participation Purchasing Contract 52

FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

They are being steered through their implementation of AI use by guidance from the Office of Management and Budget. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

Engineering 52

Engineering Data Innovation Transportation 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Within six months, the Office of Management and Budget would have to require the implementation of the Framework by federal agencies. Agencies are directed to focus attention on maximizing small business participation below the simplified acquisition threshold. The guidance does not apply to the Federal Supply Schedule.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supplier Risk Management Utilities 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? Attendees will gain critical insights into: What’s next for the VA budget and healthcare investments?

Price 52

Price Logistics E-procurement Procurement 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into a range of timely topics, including the next steps for procurement policy and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the evolving budget and market landscape, and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and cloud technologies.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Price Buyers 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Notably, from FY 2018-2022 GAO found “numerous examples of defense-related M&A that potentially presented risks” to DoD but for which DoD did not participate in antitrust review, in many cases because it appears that the FTC and DOJ may not have reached out to DoD for input and DoD was otherwise unaware of the transaction.

Government 40

Government Government Export Data 40

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 8, 2024

This was the topic of the event Racial Equity Budgeting: Lessons from the United States and Brazil , which was organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and took place in September 2023. We discussed how racial equity budgeting works and how cities and states are applying this instrument to reduce racial inequality.

Budget 52

Budget Capacity Education Participation 52

FedInsider

APRIL 4, 2024

In October, Executive Order 14110 on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI established the broad outlines for how agencies should evaluate and implement their AI use cases. Live Captioning CART What is CART? CART feed can be viewed on desktop, laptop, tablet or Smartphone.

Government 109

Government Government Participation Evaluation 109

Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson said the FAR case is on pause to allow further analysis of security considerations, such as roles and responsibilities for the lifecycle management of the data. AI has come a long way in four years.”

Evaluation 95

Evaluation Bidding Contract Data 95

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Under the ACCESS Act, the Office of Management and Budget would be instructed to issue guidance for agencies to implement the bill within 180 days of its enactment. Harada currently serves as the Senior Advisor, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, for the Office of Management and Budget.

E-procurement 98

E-procurement Procurement Procurement Contracts Supply Chain 98

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. percent for Federal civilian employees next year, consistent with the President’s fiscal year 2025 budget. The theme of this year’s two-day conference will be “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next?

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Networking Budget 52

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. His role included management of approximately 700 employees and 300 contractors and an annual operating budget of approximately $250 million. Live Captioning CART What is CART?

Engineering 98

Engineering Leadership Strategic Planning Data 98

FedInsider

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The White House released Executive Order 14110 in October 2023 on the “safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use” of AI, followed in March of this year with an Office of Management and Budget memo providing guidance on improving governance and managing the risks of AI. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.

Government 97

Government Government Engineering Leadership 97