Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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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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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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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

For a new report , we analyzed best practices and talked to civil servants, industry leaders and academic experts to identify the key drivers that enable better IT procurement building on the foundations of open contracting. Solution: Open contracting fosters competition among vendors, reducing costs through competitive bidding.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

As theOpen Contracting Partnership, we support transformational procurement reforms in over 50 countries. Bundle contracts of similar requirements and types to make opportunities economically more attractive and worthwhile to a wider range of suppliers. This limits its utility and efficiency for both the Bank and its clients.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Want to expand your small business with government contracts? We’ll explore essential resources, strategies for winning contracts, and compliance requirements. With over $700 million spent annually on contracted projects, the opportunities are immense. Recognizing the potential, the U.S.

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The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

Author: Larry Berglund As part of the assessment on the ability of a supply chain department to deliver value effectively , is its ability to do so efficiently. To have an objective assessment on efficiency, there should be a set of KPIs or measurement tools to compare. Efficiency metrics examples 1.The

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There is value in automating processes to reduce tail spend to increase efficiency and decrease transaction costs. The post Creating Tail Spend ROI Through an Improved Buyer Experience appeared first on Ivalua. Through this, Procurement will either learn to improve buying channels or educate the user on the right process.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 27, 2024

GSA’s announcement of eight contracts awards for the commercial platform initiative represents the passing of a significant milepost on its journey to bring enhanced electronic commerce to agencies,” said Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, in an email to Federal News Network.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Japan is the world’s third biggest spender on public contracts at US$788 million. Over the last two years, 21 Japanese cities have been working on opening up their public contracting for better efficiency, oversight and outcomes as part of the G20 Smart Cities Model Policy on Open Contracting (also available in Japanese ).

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Contract Transparency Public Procurement Procurement 67

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The system is a secure and efficient way for Buyers and Suppliers to manage tender exercises online. The standard templates enable Buyers to easily create consistent tender documentation and allows Suppliers to save and reuse tender responses. All opportunities are first advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Performs complex administrative and technical purchasing work and provides procurement expertise in managing and coordinating a centralized procurement system of contracts, goods and services as well as asset storage, recovery and disposal. Oversees and directs staff on development of contracting forms and contracting documents.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

of the federal government’s overall annual contracting and buying goes to Hispanic-owned businesses. Moreover, there are more than 5 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States that are able to provide valuable services to add enhanced quality and efficiency to the U.S.

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Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 121

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Diving into government contracting with SAM requires a clear roadmap to success. SAM.gov stands as a crucial portal for businesses seeking federal contracts. This article delivers a concise guide on effectively using SAM, from completing your registration to enhancing your contracting strategy.

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2021

A Guide to Contract Management Tools and Processes including a guide to the key steps of the Contract Lifecycle Management Process and to the benefits that using Contract Management software can bring to your Procurement processes. An Overview of Contract Lifecycle Management. Why is it Important to Manage Contracts?

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Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

In the UK, the government spends around £284 billion on public sector contracts every year. Even big names like Amazon, Dell, and Apple hold government contracts in England. The popularity of government contracting is a testament to how beneficial the process can be for your business. What is Government Contracting?

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Corruption Cost Tracker: Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform. Corruption in public procurement can lead to: 1) Overpriced public procurement contracts contributing to larger budget deficits. Fazekas, M., Dávid-Barret, E., Basdevant, O.

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Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

It was impossible to analyze the decisions of Ukraine’s procurement review body, the Antimonopoly Committee, in a comprehensive way to understand when the outcome favored the buyer and when it favored the vendor. In 2023, Ukraine awarded 270,000 public contracts through competitive procedures , worth 555 billion UAH ($15.2

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

Contract Lifecycle management is an area we have seen huge demand in over the last year or two. Many of our customers leverage our contract management solution for both authoring or contract repositor. A specific application for Procurement involves contract analysis.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

Procurement’s role in supporting modern, digital services for governments is the subject of a report from the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP). The Efficiency of Open Procurement report, commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , concludes: “Closed and opaque approaches to procurement are flawed.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We just completed two articles on the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) [1] and, before that, two articles on Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audits. 3] TINA defines cost or pricing data to mean all facts that, as of the relevant date, a prudent buyer or seller would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly. [4]

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Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98

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. Public sector professionals must responsibly procure goods and service contracts on behalf of the taxpayer. They, unlike larger companies, do not have as much time to solicit new work.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

Contract Lifecycle management is an area we have seen huge demand in over the last year or two. Many of our customers leverage our contract management solution for both authoring or contract repository. One of the initial use cases the team is tackling is for contract analysis. .

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The standards relate to energy efficiency, standby power reduction, hazardous substance reduction, recycling and other environmental considerations. KIP recommends expanding the number of applicable products, and introducing a suitable life-cycle cost evaluation method for “multi-supplier contracts” (the most popular contracting method).

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. Framework agreements are prearranged contracts entered into by contracting authorities to simplify the procurement process.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

For example, opting for reusable or compostable plates, cups and cutlery in the school cafeteria; using safer cleaning supplies through seeking certified cleaners or reviewing the material safety data sheets (MSDS), and purchasing a higher volume of energy-efficient products can all add up.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

federal government awarded a total of $759 billion in public sector contracts , representing a $33 billion increase from the previous year. How do you determine which frameworks will likely yield a high payoff, which other players are on, or who offers the most lucrative contracts? In 2023, the U.S.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

GSA is expanding the number of users of the new FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) after a successful test run over the last year with vendors under the Office Supplies 4 contract. Shared user interface between contractors, contract specialists and vendor support center staff. Automated data validation checks. Access to catalog history.

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Government procurement should be transparent and efficient. I fell in love with their mission to arm buyers and sellers in the public sector with intelligence, enabling them to be more proactive and competitive in their markets and in their spending. One specific example is classifying purchase order records.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia. They were selected based on the implementation of recent open contracting reforms and the availability of procurement data for both before and after the reforms. Fazekas, M. & & Tóth, B.

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Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The system is a secure and efficient way for Buyers and Suppliers to manage tender exercises online. The standard templates enable Buyers to easily create consistent tender documentation and allows Suppliers to save and reuse tender responses. All opportunities are first advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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Tender Buyers Supplier IT 40

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We set up Open Contracting Partnership to be bold: we aren’t after just a bit more transparency of public contracts, we want to transform procurement to meet the urgent needs of our time. Our world runs on public contracts. Open contracting has been the gift that keeps giving.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Procurement technology can also help businesses improve supplier relationships and enhance communication between buyers and suppliers. Flexibility: Another way to reduce risk is to build flexibility into your supply contracts. Create speed and transparency. As businesses continue to pivot during the pandemic, creativity will be key.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers. This delivers a level of confidence never seen before, eliminates unnecessary financial risk, and drives significant cost-efficiency benefits throughout the supply chain.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 26, 2024

With the increasing demand for security services, businesses that provide such services must look for ways to secure contracts and expand their business. Winning security sector contracts is significantly easier when you use the comprehensive Tracker Intelligence platform. What is Tracker Intelligence?

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Effective procurement practices allow the establishment of a closed-loop circular supply chain that helps deliver more efficiency, from end-to-end and supports the formalisation of different services, including e-waste management, recycling, resource sharing, and supplier regulatory development.

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