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What is Cooperative Purchasing & How Does it Benefit Public Sector Procurement?

American City & Country

In today’s fast-paced and budget-conscious public sector environment, efficient procurement practices are more crucial than ever. By participating in cooperative purchasing, organizations can save time and resources. Other agencies can also use the contract with competitive pricing and terms.

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OMB Memo on Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts

Federal News Network

On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs).

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

This undermines business confidence, leading to low competition and higher prices for goods and services. Some buyers colluded with suppliers to procure goods with such pseudo-intellectual property through non-competitive procedures at inflated prices.

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What is a Prime Contractor?

Select GCR

They are tasked with hiring subcontractors, coordinating their workflows, and ensuring that all aspects of the project are completed on time and within budget. This recruitment helps diversify the pool of government contractors and provides opportunities for smaller businesses to participate in large government projects.

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Case study: Investigating suspected fraud with opentender.net

Open Contracting Partnership

The budget tended to increase over time. In 2016, the local government issued a continued construction tender with an estimated price of Rp. billion (US$400,000) in 2019, and the budget tripled to Rp. This project stopped in 2013, then continued again in 2016 with a budget of Rp. billion (roughly US$140,000). 34 billion.

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2025 Canadian Trade Outlook: Trade Remedies

Import and Trade Remedies

The CBSA also initiated their first-ever anti-circumvention investigation in respect of container chassis from China and acted on the 2024 federal budget’s promise of a new “Market Watch Unit”, whose monitoring was responsible for the CBSA initiating an anti-dumping investigation.

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OMB Memo on Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts

The Coalition for Government Procurement

On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives that encourages procuring agencies to apply the small business rule of two to orders under multiple-award contracts (MACs).