Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Public procurement these days is not just about acquiring goods and public services at low costs. Social value is a transformative approach shaping how public contracts are awarded and executed. What Is Social Value In Public Procurement? Why Does Social Value Matter In Public Procurement?

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit.

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Procurement Innovation E-procurement Buyers 128

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Vendors would not trust the Director; fellow procurement professionals would treat the Director differently and there would be a possibility of being sued by the disgruntled compliant bidders. For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa. The money was sent.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. Women-led businesses are currently underrepresented in public procurement awards. It can also have benefits for governments.

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Public Procurement Participation Procurement Import 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We know that procurement professionals have an appreciation of how public procurement activity can support net-zero aims for their organisation and Scotland as a whole. eLearning is available from the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform.

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Public Procurement Sustainability Procurement Buyers 40

American City & Country

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The single most important factor for any organization to consider when buying technology is collaboration, both internally and with potential solution providers. OMNIA Partners , who sponsors this page, offers a robust portfolio of cooperative contracts in the public procurement space.

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Import Competitive Bidding Price Change Management 110

Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For buyers We have been working hard to enable our public sector to harness innovation to improve public services and the lives of people in Scotland. You are also reminded to have a read SPPN 03/2023 Supporting innovation through procurement.

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Innovation Supplier Buyers Public Procurement 68

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As part of Scot Climate Week 2023 , we hear from some members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) on how their organisations are embedding climate action in their procurement activities. Also in line with our environmental initiatives, we’re actively collaborating with our top 100 suppliers to gather climate plans.

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Supply Chain Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability 71

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Our world runs on public contracts. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

So looking back, we’ve published our Annual Ministerial Report on Procurement Activity in Scotland for 2021-2022, again, demonstrating the power of procurement. Highlights include over £16 billion of public procurement spend on goods and services, which is up £1.5

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Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Strategies Buyers 58

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s, National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Provides recommendations to and collaborates with Assistant City Attorneys and Public Works executive team on standards, processes, risk assessment, liability and insurance requirements. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 31, 2023

This one-day event, which runs alongside Procurex Scotland, attracts over 500 cross sectoral buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £14.5+ billion a year. Plan your day with this handy event planner!

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Procurement Government Government Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

But beyond the financial rewards, what does your business stand to gain from getting involved in public procurement with the government? And how can you stand apart from the competition to win government procurement contracts in the first place? Currently, almost one-third of public money is spent on government procurement.

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Government Contracts Innovation Procurement Government 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Feedback from municipal hearings suggests that information on procurement and public sector staff recruitment is already open, leading to questions about the need for further transparency. Another issue is the lack of insight into the process leading up to public procurement.

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Contract Transparency Public Procurement Procurement 67

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Visibility across every aspect of the supplier relationship management is essential to making informed decisions or seizing opportunities, and it’s instrumental in speeding up the procurement process, reducing costs and collaborating with suppliers to better meet the needs of the business. Create speed and transparency.

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

University of Bristol

APRIL 6, 2020

Public procurement is at the forefront of the response to the challenges of COVID-19. The importance of public procurement and supply chain management has rarely been so prominently in the public eye and political debate—except, perhaps, in the case of notorious procurement scandals, such as the recent Brexit-related #ferrygate.

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Procurement Public Procurement Joint Procurement Buyers 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Firstly, they gathered the three key public procurement actors in the same team and aligned on the same vision.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. This will allow buyers to have clear information on their approach, and how to overcome current risks and promote sustainable changes.

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Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Public Procurement: Building Business Cases and Driving Momentum. For the Government, supplier diversity programs are something procurement professionals in the United States (US) have accepted as a key element to their procurement success.

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Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Nitrous , a leader in the CityTech and ProcureTech ecosystems, delivered the technology and procurement innovation insight for this project. As outlined in the City Tools report, there are many public organisations who have similar technology contracts, making joint-procurement a distinct opportunity.

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Tender Joint Procurement Supplier Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. Collaboratively, we designed a solution, conceived as a minimum viable product (MVP), based on their experience and insights.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations.

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

At Bonfire, we get to work with hundreds of public procurement professionals every day. On March 15, we brought together procurement professionals from crown corporations across Canada for a virtual roundtable discussion. The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer. Be part of the community.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

Nitor, the leader in source-to-pay transformation, and Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud Solutions , announced the successful launch of the Maryland Department of General Services’ new e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which deployed on schedule and on budget.

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E-procurement Transparency Quality Buyers 40

The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

Author: Graham Allen It is often said, “… working in public procurement is akin to being in a fish bowl with the cat watching.” This is an indication of the level of transparency and accountability required by public procurement professionals. Preparation Each procurement is technically a legal case waiting to happen.

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Procurement Procurement Contracts Bidder Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

City employees are now able to collaborate on procurement more efficiently, and better plan and track their aspirations around equity and sustainability. The reforms also helped increase ownership of procurement by different city departments. City buyers now also meet regularly with departments to discuss upcoming solicitations.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the relatively recent developments in the post-Brexit review of UK public procurement law is the February 2021 proposal for the replacement of the current rules on the commissioning of healthcare services for the purposes of the English NHS (for background, you can watch here ), with a new provider selection regime (‘the proposal’).

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

Procureware

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

This list can help you determine which features and capabilities are most important for your procurement process. Supplier registration Public supplier registration is a fundamental component of the public procurement process and sourcing solutions that target government agencies all provide this functionality.

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Management Supplier Bidding Insurance 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Our proven platform provides the required scalability, security and flexibility to allow your organization to meet the many unique and evolving requirements of public procurement. With Ivalua for Public Sector, organizations are able to be more responsive to legislative, regulatory and/or policy changes.

Eprocurement 40

Eprocurement Change Management Influencing Procurement 40

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. Solution: Open procurement encourages collaboration with external experts, leveraging public-private partnerships or industry consultations.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

Bonfire

MARCH 24, 2022

Fast-forward 10 years and Bonfire’s eProcurement platform has streamlined the process for 451,506 global users (and counting), including buyers, vendors, and evaluators. In that time, we’ve never stopped evolving to respond to the changing landscape of public procurement. Collaborating to find a way.

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Eprocurement Public Procurement Procurement Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Public procurement—the process where public authorities like government departments or local councils purchase goods or services from companies—is a vital economic driver in Europe, accounting for more than 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

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Public Procurement Data Procurement Quality 69

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There are specific dashboards that analyze prices on the central e-catalog , medical procurement , buyer evaluations , Energy Services Company (ESCO) procurement, or internal auditing practices.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67