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. Can everything be green?

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 86

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Second, the report does not make explicit whether the mix of buyers from which it draws evidence includes public as well as private buyers.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Not only does it serve as a gateway to numerous business opportunities, but it also acts as a marketing tool for showcasing your capabilities to potential government buyers. Contractors are required to submit contract data reports, which include financial data, performance metrics, and deliverable statuses.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Digitalisation could reduce the administrative burden through automation, generate data insights to inform policies and boost efficiency in public spending, and serve as a living lab for GovTech experimentation. Policy irresistibility’ and hype in procurement digitalisation Public procurement is at its core an information-based exercise.

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Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

Everything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy data. Strong executive mandates bring the management of direct spend within easier reach for procurement than ‘messy’, non-transparent indirect spend. Managing Director, Art of Procurement.

Supplier 40

Supplier Automotive Supply Chain Data 40

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The clauses include a few substantive requirements implicit in the allocation of the respective obligations (eg on data or third party licences) but mostly refer to detailed schedules of which there is no default proposal, or to industry standards (and thus have this limitation in common with eg the EU’s model AI clauses).

Supplier 73

Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 73

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Our unrivaled licensing and banking networks are setting new standards of security, transparency, and speed for B2B cross-border payments,” said Sinead Fitzmaurice, CEO of TransferMate Global Payments – a subsidiary of the Clune Tech Group. “We All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

Extract Systems

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Efficiency and Time Savings: Land records agencies handle vast amounts of data, from property deeds to land surveys. This means less time spent on manual data entry and more time for value-added tasks. Enhanced Data Accuracy: Manual data entry is inherently prone to human error.

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Efficiency Demand Data Buyers 52

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

MAY 8, 2024

It is a very accessible and helpful primer on some of the most salient issues to be considered when exploring the possibility of using AI to extract insights from procurement big data. In this post, I venture some thoughts on meaning, AI, and public procurement big data.

Procurement 73

Procurement Tender Import Public Procurement 73

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers. As Einer Fogh of GIZ Uganda highlights, “there is a vibrant civil society in Uganda, with many organizations working on transparency and anticorruption. Audits are post-mortems after things have gone bad. We needed eyes out there.

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Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 130

Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

They are the primary source of federal contract opportunities, which small businesses can tap into by reviewing agency forecasts, using systems like the Federal Procurement Data System, and contacting the agency’s small business office. The old ways of a DUNS, or data universal numbering system, are over as this number is no longer required.

Government Contracts 98

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 98

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It also prescribes and/or recommends additional data collection requests for FSS contractors. Importantly, this process should be transparent, providing all stakeholders, including the public, the opportunity to provide feedback on any proposed revisions. Emphasis added.) See Section 2. Background, of PAP 2021-05.

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Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 68

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Over a third of suppliers say that improving their ability to share information (35%) and collaborate with buyers on improvements (35%) would significantly increase their ability to deliver on climate-focused targets.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

Select GCR

JULY 23, 2024

Federal government’s primary database for collecting supplier data, making it accessible to government acquisition agencies. This thorough vetting process ensures that only qualified businesses can engage in government contracting, enhancing overall transparency and reliability. The System for Award Management (SAM) serves as the U.S.

Accountability 52

Accountability Government Contracts Contract Networking 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The business case for data-driven transparency is not hard to make. In today’s dynamic, complex market, where procurement’s objectives continue to grow, data is the fuel for success. While data quality cannot be perfected and some technological innovations aren’t quite ready for prime time, tremendous improvements are possible.

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Transparency Supply Chain Data Procurement 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Over a third of suppliers say that improving their ability to share information (35%) and collaborate with buyers on improvements (35%) would significantly increase their ability to deliver on climate-focused targets.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. It may be the most basic level, but data management may also be the most daunting for some organizations. Supplier Data is at the core of every procurement activity, and it is critical for those dealing with direct materials in manufacturing.

Supply Chain 69

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 69

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 10, 2023

AIPSA would also absorb regulatory functions in cognate areas, such as the governance of public sector data, and integrate work in areas such as cyber security. It would also serve a coordinating function with the data protection authority. The draft chapter provides more details on both issues.

Procurement 52

Procurement Influencing Buyers Import 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It also prescribes and/or recommends additional data collection requests for FSS contractors. Importantly, this process should be transparent, providing all stakeholders, including the public, the opportunity to provide feedback on any proposed revisions. Emphasis added.) See Section 2. Background, of PAP 2021-05.

Price 49

Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 49

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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Procurement Sustainability IT Bidding 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Additionally, the implementation of this policy has been aided by Supply Nation , certifying Indigenous businesses and maintaining a comprehensive directory to connect these suppliers with buyers in all sectors, public and private. Is these cases, organizations need to be able to turn to their partners to scale these processes.

Supplier 98

Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But when it comes to public procurement, they represent less than 5% of vendors participating in the system in the last 3 years, according to official data. One key issue that became increasingly evident was the limited engagement between entrepreneurs and buyers. For us, this was a discovery.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

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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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 71

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

At each step of this Procurement process, data is gathered, suppliers are onboarded, and deliveries are accepted. The result of bringing these three steps together with data from the whole Procurement journey is a seamless and almost touchless workflow that transforms accounts payable. Streamlined Supplier Enablement.

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The answer to the question posed above is that the public sector’s stakeholders – the general public and/or their constituents – have a different ‘right to service’ expectation than distributed buyers or budget owners in a corporation. Jurisdictions and agencies have unique needs that must be met by the technology they implement. .

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End to End Bidding Supplier Buyers 45

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Company also cares about the user experience, suppliers and the transparency of Procurement operations within the entire organization. In the era of process automation and computers handling numerous daily tasks, buyers can make strategic decisions like which supplier to choose and sign a contract with.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

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. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Collecting dependent sub tier suppliers via email at such volumes, mapping them to identify common dependencies and augmenting with additional data to assess sub-tier risk is not practical and prone to error. Supply chains can be both more efficient and more resilient with greater transparency into supply and demand.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Throwing drawings over the fence when it is time to quote means your design is locked down and gives buyers little negotiation power for sourcing alternatives. . Executives scramble for quarterly & yearly sourcing reports – All too often sourcing teams experience a mad data dash consolidating information for an executive report.

Supplier 40

Supplier Management Supply Chain Buyers 40

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. billion), according to data from Prozorro’s public business intelligence model. billion (US$1.9 Companies using the Clarity App generated 13.4%

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 61

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years. Transparency is key.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. It may be the most basic level, but data management may also be the most daunting for some organizations. Supplier Data is at the core of every procurement activity, and it is critical for those dealing with direct materials in manufacturing.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

Procureware

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

What data-driven rules apply? Q&A management Many buyers dread managing the Q&A process; phone calls are time consuming, aggregating emails is error-prone, and collaborating with internal experts is tedious. Look for features that support your typical volumes, levels of collaboration, and transparency requirements.

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Management Bidding Supplier Insurance 40

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 simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology.

Innovation 69

Innovation Procurement Government Government 69

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers. Gain control of your supplier data. Leaders must plan out the long-term data approach when selecting technology.

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Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52