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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

How to Crack a Nut

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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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. Vendors would not trust the Director; fellow procurement professionals would treat the Director differently and there would be a possibility of being sued by the disgruntled compliant bidders. On a global perspective, ethics may be different.

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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

It is estimated that less than one percent of the $10 trillion spent annually on global public procurement is awarded to women-owned businesses. [1] 1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. 2) Definition of requirements.

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Friday Flash 08/23/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

4 The Court rejected the government’s contention that because OTs are not procurement contracts subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), they are necessarily removed from the Court’s bid protest jurisdiction. Examining the text and legislative history of the OT statutes at issue (i.e.,

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EBA Guidelines – A Call to Action for Banking Sector Procurement?

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There is also a strong focus on contract exit provisions. Buyers must have appropriate plans in place to ensure that the activities outsourced can feasibly be moved to another provider or brought back into the core business if necessary, including in situations where time is short. .

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Friday Flash 08/16/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

program requirements proposed at 32 CFR part 170; Add definitions for controlled unclassified information (CUI) and DoD unique identifier (DoD UID) to the subpart; Establish a solicitation provision and prescription; and Revise the existing clause language and prescription. Ultimately, the Court denied the government’s motion to dismiss.