The Procurement School

MAY 12, 2023

Author: Liz Busch Planning for a procurement should consider the entire procurement lifecycle, including contract management and close-out. Contractors need to understand the quality measures that the owner will apply to the services and deliverables. Have a workable quality measurement process.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 10, 2024

The Grants Quality Service Management Office over the last year helped several micro agencies buy award management services. Andrea Sampanis is the acting director of the Grants Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) in HHS. “We They are live, on target and on budget, which is not an easy thing to do.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 28, 2024

Protzman will oversee the execution of customer initiatives, while tasked with financial management, making profit-oriented bid decisions, and driving strategic growth through sector and department targets. Protzman will also support business development and annual budgeting and will chair the Quality [.]

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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. Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

FedScoop

MAY 1, 2024

But the agency is working on a strategy to also onboard commercial services and looking to ensure that information it provides is fresh so people will want to regularly return, Steve Krauss, a senior advisor for OPM’s HR Quality Services Management Office, or QSMO, told FedScoop.

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Budget Management Finance Quality 93

ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates federal grants to states and local governments in FY2019 totaled nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars. trillion, making grants roughly 17% of the total federal budget. . Federal grants often make up a large portion of any state, county or municipal budget. Reason No.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 5, 2024

The long-awaited and much-anticipated update to the basic management standards for the federal grants community is out. The Office of Management and Budget’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2

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Management Quality Budget Evaluation 98

FedScoop

AUGUST 14, 2024

A Naval Academy grad with a PhD in English from Maryland, Kaouk carved out that association during lengthy chief data officer stints with the Department of Agriculture and Office of Personnel Management, plus a three-and-a-half-year term as chair of the Federal CDO Council. We ingest and manage over 15 billion records per day.

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Data Quality Inventory Ethics 91

FedScoop

APRIL 10, 2024

The VA is inching toward awarding contracts for its upcoming modernization of a supply chain management system, officials shared during a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee hearing. The post Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade appeared first on FedScoop.

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Supply Chain Inventory Management Electronics Budget 84

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. OMB says it is working with agencies to prioritize their acquisition data management needs.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The subcommittee’s first recommendation was simply for the Office of Management and Budget to push federal law enforcement agencies to follow a checklist when testing AI tools in the field. It’s a win-win … if we can really get the best information, high-quality information, [on] what’s working and what’s not.”

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Impact Assessment Inventory Transparency Quality 93

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The USPTO in 2021 sent its top engineers to Google to be certified in TensorFlow and develop neural network feedback loops for patent examiners to rate algorithms, as well as to apply machine learning and AI to patent classification, search and quality. Our budgeting process is stupid. Our procurement is stupid. Holcombe said.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. This provided transparency for all involved in managing the process in a way that wasn’t possible previously when complaints were transferred manually between agencies by email. In the third, poor quality materials had been used.

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Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 87

Tendersinfo

MARCH 24, 2021

The Procurement Team involves divisions like Procurement Manager, Budget Holder, Management of the contract, and representatives of different sectors. Procurement Formalization- It determines the sources, budget, and approach to formalize the requirements.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Bidding 52

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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. To have sufficient budget for the successful submission Assume that the costs for past similar procurements have not significantly changed.

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Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Developed by the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO), the 2023 Strategy describes the approach to improving the organizational environment within which DoD leaders and warfighters will be able to make rapid, well-informed decisions by expertly leveraging high-quality data, advanced analytics, and AI for enduring decision advantage.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

In March 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo that provides more specific directions to agencies for compliance with the guidance outlined in the executive order.

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Government Government Ethics Transparency 72

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. About Ivalua Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Eprocurement Procurement IT E-procurement 52

GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

to the SBIR program if their extramural research and development budgets exceed $100M. Moreover, agencies with an extramural R&D budget surpassing $1 billion must reserve 0.45% for the STTR program. Each agency independently manages its program, contributing to a diverse landscape of R&D and innovation initiatives.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation. Successful EdTechs balance innovation (for example, new features or technology, like generative artificial intelligence (AI) ) with managing costs – both of product development and of operating costs for customer environments.

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Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

By telephone, the buyer let me know that the offer seemed very reasonable and that she was going to ask for approval from her manager. As a seasoned buyer, she went to her manager with 2 other offers. Why would the ‘free-for-buyers’ solution care about increasing the efficiency and raising the quality of the work of buyers?

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Your proposal should demonstrate your company’s expertise, experience, and ability to deliver the project on time and within budget. Financial Management and Cost Control Effective financial management and cost control are critical to the success of government construction projects.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

They also come with other aids, such as bid management tools, competitor analysis, contract management, or compliance tracking, which organisations can use to improve bidding strategies and increase their odds of winning contracts. They allow enterprises to venture into competitive opportunities in the commercial marketplace.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed AWS service that makes foundation models such as Anthropic’s Claude easily accessible through an API that leverages a serverless experience while enabling customers to keep data collected by the chatbot secure within their own AWS environment.

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Innovation Data Education Evaluation 69

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. In this regard, ministries of finance face the challenge of strengthening their capacities for early identification and management of transition risks.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 25, 2024

However, the CVF is currently below budget. Designating all FCA recoveries that remain after the payment of a whistleblower to the Crime Victims Fund, which is managed by the DOJ, further encourages the department to low-ball whistleblowers, advocates claim.

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Select GCR

AUGUST 6, 2024

Prime contractors are primary entities responsible for managing and executing a contract. They oversee the entire project, ensuring that it meets all specifications, timelines, and budget constraints. What are prime contractors? A prime contractor is a business that is the primary contract holder.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When you think about budgets, a lot of organizations will spend the majority of their money on meeting the mission. … Manage Your Data Intelligently. Rainosek stressed the importance of understanding the data under your control and then managing it effectively. The quality of data management staff is important, of course.

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FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

Justin Waugh, head of platforms, ITG enterprise platforms team at UNOPS, highlighted the transformative impact of Google Workspace in managing extensive infrastructure projects involving frequent account and project turnover. Doing so facilitates more seamless project communication, budgeting and reporting.

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NIH NITAAC

MARCH 1, 2021

It’s about using automation tools to securely audit and manage resources in the cloud. And, it’s about how cloud managed service providers are helping automate operation models to achieve continuous compliance. All the while producing efficiencies and providing mission-driven high-quality experiences for end users.

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Quality Inventory Purchasing Budget 52

Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 7, 2024

The 8(a) STARS III GWAC is designated as a Best-in-Class contract by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), further affirming its value and effectiveness in meeting government-wide IT needs. This designation reflects the contract’s high standards, competitive pricing, and ability to deliver quality solutions.

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Innovation Efficiency Procurement Negotiation 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2023

So we made a recommendation, Tom, to [Office of Management and Budget (OMB)] to issue guidance, to clarify expectations for federal agencies to monitor contractor enrollment and end use of the E-Verify program. USCIS itself, the Office of Management and Budget and the contracting agencies themselves all have a task here.

Import 64

Import E-procurement Quality Contract 64

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Purchase Order has been touted as the only way to manage ‘maverick’ spend (stopping off budget expenditure), but it’s also a way to automate invoice processing. to manage Invoicing, Collections and VAT/Sales Tax. Well it does, but only all little, as it creates just another exception to manage.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As a refresher, this Common Form will be used by federal agencies to obtain attestation from software developers regarding the security of their products, in accordance with Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) Memoranda M-22-18 and M-23-16.

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Supply Chain Utilities Quality Budget 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This is despite 62% of respondents saying they have sufficient budget to achieve all or most of their objectives and deliver on their supply chain transparency aspirations. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software. About Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Transparency Procurement Procurement Team 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

The costs to manage the P-card program. per transaction for procurement to manage the P-card program. Part of the outcome for assessing efficiency is to determine the appropriate level of resources to support the function and the quality of the work, which becomes a benchmark. Efficiency metrics examples 1.The per transaction.

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