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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa. Many organizations have written policies and guidelines on Ethics, but is this situation an Ethical or Moral issue? The money was sent.

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Final EU model contractual AI Clauses available -- some thoughts on regulatory tunnelling

How to Crack a Nut

This regulatory technique simply seeks to allow public buyers to ensure compliance with the EU AI Act by cascading the relevant obligations and requirements down to tech providers (largely on a back to back basis). Limitations in the model AI clauses The model AI clauses come with some additional ‘caveat emptor’ warnings.

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Bidding The Right Way

Tendersinfo

As government bids follow a definite procurement process it is important for Bid Managers to meet all the deadlines and eligibility criteria of Government Procurement. Most government institutions have a Supplier Database and it is important to get yourself registered in the respective portals to secure a free and fair chance to bid.

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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

How to Crack a Nut

The one finding that should definitely not go unnoticed is that, according to DRCF, ‘ Buyers can lack the technical expertise to effectively scrutinise the [algorithmic systems] they are procuring, whilst vendors may limit the information they share with buyers ’ (at 9). This is extremely worrying.

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Thoughts on what is fair and reasonable?

Federal News Network

Specifically, the PAP states that “[t]he term “fair and reasonable” is generally considered to mean a price that is fair to both parties in a transaction , not higher than what the competitive market would bear or a price that a prudent and competent buyer would pay for a product or service under competitive market conditions.”

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Women-Owned Business Certification Programs “Sello Empresa Mujer”: An Effective Tool to Promote Women’s Participation in Public Procurement

Inter-American Development Bank

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. To improve efficiency, the city also focused on generating data to better target women-owned businesses, as well as training and outreach programs for public buyers and women entrepreneurs.

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More model contractual AI clauses -- some comments on the SCL AI Clauses

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This pro-supplier/pro-customer orientation prompted Gisele’s question/challenge, which is whether ‘there is EVER an opportunity for government (customer-buyer) to be better able to negotiate the final language with clauses like these in order to weigh the trade offs between interests?’,