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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

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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AI and All That – Ivalua Now Looks to the Future

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If we get that right, then AI can digitize the full P2P process, eliminate manual processes and free capacity for strategic planning – which takes us nicely into the session from Vishal Patel of Ivalua, who told and showed us more about Ivalua’ s approach to AI. She preferred the term “augmented intelligence” rather than “artificial”.

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Friday Flash 06/07/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DHS Outlines Tech Priorities in 7-Year Strategic Plan Meritalk reports that on May 28, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its first-ever Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan. For more details, see OMB’s Fact Sheet on its data centralization strategy.