American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 97

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention. The report is not specifically about public procurement of AI, but its content is relevant to assessing the conditions surrounding the acquisition of AI by the public sector. This is extremely worrying.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For suppliers, securing a position on an essential public sector frameworks list is more important than ever. If you are confused, try tracker demo to get a free consultation. ps://link.springer.com/ What Is A Procurement Framework And Why They Matter? But where do you start?

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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

AUGUST 30, 2024

Government procurement is estimated to be responsible for 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions , according to a report by Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum. The same study found that about 40% of all emissions related to government procurement could be mitigated for less than US$15 per ton of CO 2 emissions.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With joint-procurement being so difficult, we had a real opportunity to bring this to Thirty3. To make this environment, we added functionality that allows users to match buyer and supplier technologies, attribute IT solutions to tenders, and understand the tech architecture of the London public sector for the first time.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Fact checked by Eddie Regan, BiP Solutions Principal Procurement Consultant Most remote workers don’t want to return to the office , so it’s essential to consider the work environment changes that businesses must adapt to. Public Tender Changes The public procurement process is faster post-pandemic.

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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. Developing policies and strategies.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Services available under the framework include but are not limited to: Commercial off the shelf software (COTS), annual maintenance services, support services, asset recording of purchased software, warranty support, and consultancy services.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Policy irresistibility’ and hype in procurement digitalisation Public procurement is at its core an information-based exercise. I will also be discussing them with a stellar panel on 15 December 2022 ( details and registration ).

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In a new draft chapter for my monograph , I explore how, within the broader process of public sector digitalisation, and embroiled in the general ‘race for AI’ and ‘race for AI regulation’, public procurement has two roles. Public procurement is itself an area of public sector activity susceptible to digitalisation.

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Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

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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University of Bristol

JULY 15, 2018

The Web Accessibility Directive must be transposed into UK law by 23 September 2018 and will generate obligations for new websites from 2019, for pre-existing websites from 2020, and for all public sector apps from 2021.

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Education Public Procurement Procurement Government 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

TenderNed has a special team dedicated to analyzing procurement trends and making their data more valuable. On TenderNed’s website, they regularly publish insights into key issues, such as the top 10 innovation-friendly public buyers , most common purchases (using CPV codes) , and the substantial increase in hiring of consultancy firms.

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Data Tender Procurement 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

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

They are also responsible for the procurement of innovation. This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. Further information and a buyers guide can be found here. Initial contracts meetings were held with all suppliers.

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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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Bonfire

MARCH 24, 2022

Coming from the vendor side, I knew our eProcurement platform had the potential to transform sourcing and purchasing in the public sector. Before joining the team, I was a consulting engineer for a small firm and part of my job was submitting RFX responses to the public sector. That’s right, I was on the vendor side!

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Eprocurement Public Procurement Procurement Procurement Team 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.

Public Procurement 67

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67

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 Procurement Data Quality 69

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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. Public Procurement In Canada: Certified procurement professionals play a pivotal role in the public procurement world.

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University of Bristol

MAY 26, 2023

Given the large number of civil service data and data science unfilled vacancies, public buyers are inadequately staffed to confront and negotiate with much more knowledgeable and well-resourced tech companies—and at risk of being captured or deceived by companies selling snake oil. The answer is a resounding ‘no’.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 27, 2025

Start preparing for Meet the Buyer National With less than three months to go to Meet the Buyer National, at Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday 4 June 2025, this is the perfect time to get you and your team ready to attend. To prepare for Meet the Buyer National, first decide whether you are sponsoring, exhibiting or visiting the event.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 16, 2025

Yesterday, the new administration issued a new Executive Order (EO) officially requiring a reformation of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and a thorough review of the federal procurement system in general. ”–as it has aptly been deemed.

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