Spend Network

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s that most wonderful time of the year again, but some buyers can’t help but play the role of Grinch with tender deadlines that steal time away from holiday festivities.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Prepare your business for Meet the Buyer North 2024 With just one week to go until Meet the Buyer North, now is the perfect time to plan your visit. Look at the buyers listed on the Meet the Buyer North event page and consider who you would like to meet. Do your homework! Browse SDP’s free tender training here!

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 27, 2024

Only two weeks to go until the Supplier Development Programme’s seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event , on 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen. The Supplier Development Programme is also delighted to introduce the first ever Health Zone at Meet the Buyer North, sponsored by NHS National Services Scotland.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This year, we hosted a large number of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. The event duration will last 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 8, 2024

For the first time ever, the Supplier Development Programme is pleased to announce that all four of the Procurement Centres of Expertise (CoE) are taking part in Meet the Buyer National , at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 5 June and they will be ready to talk procurement frameworks!

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 6, 2024

The 15 th annual Meet the Buyer National event takes place on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Meet the Buyer 2024 Alongside headline partners, Scottish Government and Scotland Excel, over 55 exhibitors have already signed up to engage with suppliers on the day. However, all are welcome!

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Art of Procurement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The AOP Buyer Power Score is a content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of power. The post Buyer Power Score – Intermodal Container Rental appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Art of Procurement

AUGUST 23, 2022

The AOP Buyer Power Score is a content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of power. The post Buyer Power Score – Trade Show Displays appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Please join attorney John Holtz , as he heads back to his home state of Nebraska, to the Meet the Buyers Conference. This is Nebraska’s premier government contracting conference where businesses can advance their contracting knowledge, connect with other business owners, and network directly with agency representatives and buyers.

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This guide breaks down the crucial steps: identifying contracting opportunities, understanding procurement processes, and building relationships with government buyers. Key Takeaways Understand the unique decision-making dynamics and purchasing policies of government buyers to tailor your offerings and build strong relationships.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

By empowering federal buyers to act swiftly and make purchasing decisions without being tied to large, restrictive procurement platforms, the government could access innovative solutions more readily.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0 Failed competitive tenderswhich previously offered a loophole for buyers to resort to direct awardshave dropped from 52% of the value of public tenders in 2018 to around 3% in 2022 to 2024. The data also indicates that buyers are making a concerted effort to improve their planning.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier in 2023 we hosted a series of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 10, 2025

In 2019, AWS Marketplace worked with legal, procurement, and sales leaders from our buyer and seller communities to develop the SCMP, a pre-negotiated agreement designed to capture common ground between buyers and sellers. The SCMP has helped accelerate contract approvals by up to 80 percent. Who can benefit from SCMP+FA?

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Art of Procurement Acquires Buyers Meeting Point and MyPurchasingCenter appeared first on Art of Procurement. Art of Procurement, a media company focused on the value potential of corporate procurement and supply management, has announced its.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort. The post Even with +1, China is still #1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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USFCR

APRIL 15, 2025

By the time summer hits, most buyers already have their budgets planned and vendors shortlisted. Its when buyers clear out Q1 backlogs, prepare their summer acquisition schedules, and move funds to priority projects. Why April Matters in Federal Contracting Federal agencies don't wait for June to start spending.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JUNE 1, 2023

Social Selling has emerged as a powerful strategy to engage with federal agency buyers and teaming partners. Next he explains when and how to engage to become 'findable' and 'attractive' to potential buyers. So it is crucial to reach and connect with these potential buyers. It is just a process. Visibility.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier in 2023 we hosted a series of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders.

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USFCR

JANUARY 20, 2025

Network with Agencies : Build relationships with federal buyers and contracting officers. Create a Capability Statement : This essential document highlights your businesss core competencies, past performance, and unique qualifications. Its a must-have for federal agencies considering your company for a sole-source award.

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USFCR

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Network with military buyers and government decision-makers awarding contracts for defense infrastructure projects. Why attend? National 8(a) Small Business Conference Best for: Small, disadvantaged businesses. Why attend?

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GovCon Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

RTX (NYSE: RTX) has agreed to sell its Raytheon’s cybersecurity, intelligence and services business to an undisclosed buyer for approximately $1.3 The company announced the move in its third-quarter earnings report published Tuesday. Reuters reported that private equity firm Blackstone was the prospective purchaser of the business.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The most important section in your federal proposal and contract will always be pricing – just ask any CEO or federal buyer. But in today’s government market, there are a lot of areas that can confuse a contractor’s pricing strategy. And when you win the bid, the questions remain: “will we make a profit?”

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USFCR

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to Oregon State University, value-added products are “raw or pre-processed commodities whose value has been increased through the addition of ingredients or processed that make them more attractive to the buyer and/or readily usable by the consumer.”

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Moreover, understanding the procurement processes of government agencies can significantly enhance your marketing efforts, allowing you to tailor your strategies to meet the unique needs of these major buyers. Government agencies as major buyers The U.S. What is the importance of registering in SAM for government contracting?

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It also provides invaluable access to government agency buyers and policy leaders, prime contractors, and tribal procurement representatives looking to expand their vendor pools. If you are attending, please stop by our table and say hello.

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A Colorado state judge entered an emergency order Monday forcing a Colorado aerospace company that sold its assets to California-based Interconnect Solutions Co. for $15 million to turn over its business accounts to ISC, which said the accounts are needed to perform work for customer Lockheed Martin.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Here is Colombia setting up an open framework to better connect buyers and sellers in an orderly and transparent manner. Meanwhile, Germany used buyers lists with specified maximum prices as another effective tool. The market is disrupted, buyers and suppliers urgently need to connect.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 4, 2024

When you take time to research, you will be much better prepared for quality conversations with federal agencies and get referrals toward the right buyers. Once buyers know like and trust a small business, they are likely to keep your in mind for future opportunities or as a referral for subcontracting opportunities.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

To nudge contracting authorities to enforce differential treatment, in 2020, the European Commission issued guidance on the participation of third country bidders and goods in EU procurement markets, stressing the several ways in which public buyers could address concerns regarding unfair competitive advantages of foreign tenderers.

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Federal News Network

APRIL 2, 2025

So the government is different from commercial buyers in that it buys a lot of stuff that is going to be around a long time. Tom Temin: All right, so buyers across the government should keep this in mind? Dan Ramish: I think that’s right.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Witt says he often points government buyers to the following quote as they begin any initiative: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Dr. W. Edwards Deming , a leading proponent of statistical quality control in organizations.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you get to numbers like 30,40, even $60,000 in savings, that’s a buyer, that’s a contract coordinator for a lot of counties. . “That may not sound like much, but when you are using dozens of cooperative contracts per year, that really starts to add up.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Two weeks later, the Buyer and Grain Power LLC (Guarantor) – another Ukrainian agricultural company – entered into an additional agreement to the Contract under the terms as per which the Guarantor assumed all obligations of the Buyer arising from the Contract (Additional Agreement).

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 26, 2024

In federal government contracting news this week, be sure to check out the stories about the new sustainability rules (and our recent blog ), as well as new legislation on solicitation language and buying technology.

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