How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The guidance indicates that the changes in the Procurement Act will help public buyers in three ways: ‘ The new rules focus more on delivering outcomes (as opposed to ‘going through the motions’ of a rigid process). Especially as most of this (and in particular collaboration and voluntary knowledge exchange) could already take place.

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Procurement Innovation E-procurement Buyers 128

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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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 44

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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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

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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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

The Advantages of Public Sector Contracts Tendering for government contracts can unlock amazing opportunities for your business. Opportunities to Collaborate Getting involved with government procurement means you can apply your business’s industry knowledge to the public sector. That means an amazing opportunity for collaboration.

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Government Contracts Innovation Procurement Government 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. One key recommendation was to require government buyers to pay advances to MSME suppliers at 20% of the full contract value.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

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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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive E-procurement 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Scottish Government (Central Government) Following publication of the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland , the Central Government (CG) Centre of Expertise through engagement with the Procurement Collaborative Group, has been developing an action plan to implement the strategy objectives.

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Supply Chain Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability 70

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

With a goal of strengthening and reiterating our commitment to SMEs and the third sector organisations, as well as setting out how we will continue to collaborate with industry and the wider public sector in Scotland. Along in June, we have the Meet the Buyer Event National, which is in Hampden Park, Glasgow.

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Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Strategies Buyers 57

Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Nitrous’ goal is to create the tools and frameworks that help collaboration between the public sector, the innovative SME ecosystem and industry London Office of Technology & Innovation has been working to help make technology work better for the London boroughs. In addition, Thirty3 isn’t just about local government.

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Tender Joint Procurement Supplier Procurement 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Of course, Buyers’ time is limited. So, throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), With this kind of platform, it is easy to keep valuable information stored during the tender phase and to re-use it to enrich the SRM. Tenders are an under-used source of information.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the public procurement system.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Governments may collaborate with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and minority-owned businesses to increase participation. Together, these governance measures ensure that public sector buyers uphold the principles of fairness, ethics, and accountability. With this feature, you are never going to miss out on any tender alerts.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This policy required the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in public opportunities without requiring an overly burdensome and costly tender process. These self-certified suppliers can use the collaboration library where customers can support them in obtaining formal certification through a shared project plan.

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Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

NHS commissioning takes place in a largely in-house environment where NHS buyers commission services primarily from NHS suppliers, but also with mixed private participation by both for-profit and third sector providers. Comments on the ‘three route’ model Tendering optionality.

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Similarly, Lithuania is now tracking the use of “green” criteria to promote the procurement of environmentally friendly products and services, and Paraguay uses machine-learning to advertise tenders suitable for small businesses. We have set ourselves a new strategy target to get them dedicated funding and resources.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

To get the best from any relationship you need to set expectations early in the engagement, maintain contact and collaborate to reduce the risk of failure. Attend this presentation to learn: How to motivate and collaborate with suppliers. Why sometimes it’s critical to build strong relationships.

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ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Decarbonization will generate a significant increase in the amount of data buyers must manage. To improve efficiency, quality, and data capitalization, the buyer must have digitized tools at their disposal. Integrate carbon criteria in calls for tenders. Lever 3: Use the Appropriate Digital Tools.

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Supplier Supply Chain Purchasing Buyers 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Following the same rhetoric of transformation, the PPDS Communication now stresses that ‘ Integrated data combined with the use of state-of the-art and emerging analytics technologies will not only transform public procurement, but also give new and valuable insights to public buyers, policy-makers, businesses and interested citizens alike ‘ (at 2).

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. eProcurement is appealing because it can help agencies move the needle on strategic goals, including project efficiency, stakeholder collaboration, and vendor engagement.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

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 city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities. City buyers now also meet regularly with departments to discuss upcoming solicitations.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). An article published in Kazakhstan by Gulbarshyn Karabalina and Svetlana Garkusha prompted the social services department of the Mangystau Region to use a competitive tender for the first time in years.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

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. More than 16,000 buyers and suppliers have been trained to use the BI Prozorro module to improve the efficiency of their routine procurement tasks.

Public Procurement 67

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This collaboration has allowed members of civil society and the government to share data, information and resources, with the aim of monitoring contracting procedures, addressing violations promptly and effectively, and even proactively preventing corruption. This requirement will later be attached by the bidder.

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Procurement Tender E-procurement Bidder 62

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Only about 20 percent of the total procurement data is readily available and searchable at the EU level through the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) portal. Public buyers have access to a comprehensive knowledge base to improve their procurement processes and outcomes.

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Public Procurement Procurement Data Quality 69

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The issuer can decide to accept the proposed change byway of an addendum or leave the contract as tendered. Many contracts contain an ‘option to extend at the buyers option’ and performance management is an effective tool to determining if one wants to exercise the extension. and Manage the Contract – Buyandsell.gc.ca

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