AWS Public Sector

MARCH 10, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of the Federal Addendum to the Standard Contract for AWS Marketplace (SCMP). The SCMP has helped accelerate contract approvals by up to 80 percent. It addresses common federal government requirements for commercial supplier agreements, such as removing unenforceable clauses.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MAY 8, 2024

With less than one month to go until Meet the Buyer National 2024, now is the perfect time to plan your visit. Meet the Buyer National is coming to Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Wednesday 5 June 2024, and is set to bring Scotland’s public and private sectors together under one roof, for one day only.

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2024

Meet the Buyer North is set to bring businesses together for the largest free procurement event in the North of Scotland. The Supplier Development Programme will hold the seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event on Wednesday 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen.

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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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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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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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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This guide breaks down the crucial steps: identifying contracting opportunities, understanding procurement processes, and building relationships with government buyers. Dive in to learn strategies that can help you secure lucrative government contracts.

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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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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Navigating the federal contracting landscape can be a daunting experience for small businesses. 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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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 4, 2024

"Government contracting is not a secret, it's just a process. – Neil McDonnell, president GovCon Chamber Understanding the 7-Step Process for Success in the Federal Market To kick off our 2024 LinkedIn live series, we're going back to the foundational concepts that form the bedrock of your federal government contracting success.

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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

MARCH 4, 2025

How do I get government contracts? Key Takeaways Government contracts offer significant growth opportunities for small businesses, with federal agencies allocating at least 23% of contracting dollars to small businesses annually. Annually, at least 23% of contracting dollars are specifically allocated to small businesses.

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Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

The 2 purchasers were highly interested and impressed in the solicitation and contract modules we showed and discussed. By telephone, the buyer let me know that the offer seemed very reasonable and that she was going to ask for approval from her manager. As a seasoned buyer, she went to her manager with 2 other offers.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Open contracting approach : Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) worked collaboratively with civil society and a development partner, the German Development Agency GIZ to build a digital contract monitoring system. We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers.

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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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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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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This guide explains each step, from finding opportunities and registering in SAM, to crafting a strong bid and increasing your chances of winning contracts. Discover how to navigate the process and secure government contracts for your business. Government agencies as major buyers The U.S. Why Bid on Government Jobs?

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Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Trying to figure out how to get a government contract? This no-nonsense guide walks you through the contracting process, from initial eligibility to bidding, and ultimately enables your small business to win contracts available every fiscal year. You’re in the right place!

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Interview transcript: Charlotte Phelan: Historically, especially if you go back a multitude of years, the contract data would have been on PDF sheets. There is an efficiency for the contracting officer and efficiency for the supplier efficiency for the contract agency. It would have been in Google Drive or Google Sheets.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It was even worse than we thought: Massive Spending: The UK government handed out a staggering £48 billion in Covid-related contracts across 400 public bodies and 5,000 deals. Political Connections: Nearly 10% of these contracts, totalling £4.1 Political Connections: Nearly 10% of these contracts, totalling £4.1

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Indian Country Business Summit (ICBS) is hosting its annual “Diversity in Government Contracting” ICBSSHOW in Oklahoma City this month. And our very own Gregory Weber will be attending and presenting on federal contracting legal updates. Legal updates is always a great presentation.

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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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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With the help of a cooperative purchasing organization, you can increase savings at your organization by leveraging pre-awarded cooperative contracts and streamlining your purchasing process, resulting in a stronger overall strategy. These roadblocks reveal opportunity though, as teams look toward cooperative purchasing for relief.

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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Based on user feedback some changes have been made to improve Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Changes have been made to improve the readability of SPD Module content and responses, remove duplication in the SPD Module, improve the Search Notices and Search Buyer pages and to allow Buyers to create copies of previous Quick Quotes (QQ).

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

We’re responsible for the marketplace’s functionality for both the seller and the buyer. The buyer is a customer of the reseller or software vendor for the SaaS product, as well as of AWS for use of our marketplace. Still have questions about how contracts and procurement work in AWS Marketplace? Contact us to learn more.

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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. It’s wonderful weather for all those recently planted gardens, however, as long as the storms aren’t bad!

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. In October 2024, use of the pre-bidding module became mandatory for Mexico City’s buyers. It all starts with procurement.

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Bestek Procurement

JUNE 14, 2023

This blog examines the ever-growing catalogue of restrictions on who can participate in the EU public procurement market and, consequently, with whom the public buyer (the contracting authority) cannot contract. Next, we look outside of EU Public Procurement Directives to sources of additional restrictions.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There are clear benefits in reducing and preventing tail spend, mainly around capturing higher savings from negotiated contracts, reducing supplier risk, reducing processing costs for P2P transactions and improving employee experience. The post Creating Tail Spend ROI Through an Improved Buyer Experience appeared first on Ivalua.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What is Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)? Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) is the one-stop shop for suppliers to access Scottish public sector contract opportunities. There are 4 main ways you can make the most of the free features to find opportunities: Browse the Public Contracts Scotland website for opportunities.

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Federal News Network

JULY 8, 2024

The Office Of Management and Budget and General Services Administration have been fielding a data integration tool to help contracting officers. Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions.

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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.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and improving efficiency, but few independent civil society organizations and individuals had the information, skills and influence to track contracting effectively.

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