Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This year, we hosted a large number 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. The event duration will last 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The guidance indicates that the changes in the Procurement Act will help public buyers in three ways: ‘ The new rules focus more on delivering outcomes (as opposed to ‘going through the motions’ of a rigid process). This is an important issue that may require further discussion in a separate post. 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

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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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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. percentage points more than the average success rate for appeals in Prozorro (72%), excluding Clarity App buyers.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There are specific dashboards that analyze prices on the central e-catalog , medical procurement , buyer evaluations , Energy Services Company (ESCO) procurement, or internal auditing practices. More than 16,000 buyers and suppliers have been trained to use the BI Prozorro module to improve the efficiency of their routine procurement tasks.

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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. Their comments are all published on the site, along with any responses from the procuring entity.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

APRIL 26, 2023

This is just one of the 6 Essential Marketing Assets for Small Business Government Contractors in the Federal Marketplace In the market research phase, government buyers are just trying to collect a pool of 'generally qualified' vendors and don't have time to read lengthy documents. WHERE can you distribute your Capability Statement?

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

In general, M&A is a big consideration on the buyer side and the seller side. I often hear from small contractors that they weren’t considering a sale until a buyer approached them. For the buyer, there should be a strong business case for acquiring the contractor. subsidiary), then buyers may avoid novation.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I says a buyer.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Oversees and directs staff on development of contracting forms and contracting documents. Two (2) years experience as a Purchasing Manager or five (5) years as a Senior Buyer with responsibility for a wide range of buying, including consumable supplies, commodity and/or heavy equipment acquisition.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers. This is now changing” A vision for bottom-up participation To develop the project and engage all stakeholders, PPDA brought together government buyers (known as Procuring and Disposing Entities or PDEs) and civil society organizations together in regional meetings.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

To public sector buyers, frameworks are not just tools; they are time-saving, compliance-enhancing, and value-extracting tools from previously assessed suppliers. Inadequate Preparation Of Documentation Unsuccessful job applications are often caused by lack of preparation and incomplete documents.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 13, 2023

They will help buyers undertaking the sustainability test for similar commodities, or for those new to the tools. Additional background information in the form of resource documents have been developed for each example to support those users who would like a ‘deeper dive’ into the Sustainability Test issues.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

These firms must now document each instance of discrimination that led to the loss of equal opportunity. This process is insensitive and frustrating. But it is also necessary.   However, despite the SBA’s remedial action addressing the court ruling, the attacks continue.

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

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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Select GCR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Moreover, understanding the procurement processes of government agencies can significantly enhance your marketing efforts, allowing you to tailor your strategies to meet the unique needs of these major buyers. Government agencies as major buyers The U.S.

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Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

Two-Way Messaging is a new feature that lets buyers interact with vendors via email and have all the communications logged in ProcureWare. The email chain can continue with requests for further clarification from the buyer and responses from the vendor. Last month ProcureWare had its second major release of the year.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She said given GSA's role as a major federal buyer of technology, the report raises even more questions about the agency's oversight processes. The chairwoman of the Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, IT and Government Innovation would like answers and documents from GSA by February 23. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)

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Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

Identify the Pain Areas of the Buyer It is of utmost importance to comprehend the requirements and recognize the torment spaces of the buyer. A tender response should be able to make you stand out from the competition and talk about how your services can add value to the buyer.

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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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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Factors in favour of arbitration included the reduced scope of document production, the streamlined approach to cross-examination, and a more logical approach to the admissibility and relevance of evidence. This aligns with the sentiment that ‘documents don’t lie’, as noted by Dr. iur. 23 and 24).

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Extract Systems

JANUARY 2, 2024

The latest issue of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Realtor Magazine features an article describing the organization’s support for legislation addressing discriminatory restrictive covenants in real estate documents. The group was able to find documentation sent to members from the 1920’s that reported on the Corrigan v.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For example, after analyzing spending related to child protection services in 2023, the Observatory released a report showing that the procuring entity made three purchase orders that lacked sufficient documentation to justify the use of a non-competitive, emergency procurement method. Of these, US$19.5

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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Procureware

JANUARY 22, 2018

They want to know if they should create online forms or simply have suppliers upload bid documents. Creating online forms is a new step that can be time consuming, so buyers would prefer to avoid it. I advise buyers to put information in a form if they want to use a side-by-side comparison. My answer is always “yes.”

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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] 42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.)

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

However, to assess the (abstract) potential of procurement as a regulatory tool, it is worth distinguishing between practical and legal challenges, and to focus on legal challenges that would be present at all levels of public buyer capability. They are thus unlikely to operate as an adequate tool to support regulation by contract.

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Extract Systems

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Land records agencies play a crucial role in documenting and safeguarding property ownership information. With Extract Systems, documents are scanned and indexed at lightning speed, making it easier for agency staff or constituents to locate and retrieve information.

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GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. We’re training chatbots using our unique archive of government documents to help answer bespoke questions from our customers.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

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NIH NITAAC

JUNE 1, 2021

The Act was created with one mission in mind: To speed up IT purchasing so that by the time technology got to the buyer, it wasn’t obsolete. As a buyer, you strengthen your bargaining position when you give all the awardees on the contract a fair chance to compete. There are two good reasons for an agency to exercise fair opportunity.

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

On the contrary, Procurement often plays the bad cop role, creating barriers to onboard new and innovative suppliers, asking for endless compliance documents, ending the magic of the incubation. Buyers need to put aside their compliance hats and put on their entrepreneurial ones! Yet, these initiatives are rarely owned by Procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While technical specifications are generally available, there’s limited transparency about how these documents are crafted, particularly the information exchanged between government buyers and private companies. Another issue is the lack of insight into the process leading up to public procurement.

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Select GCR

APRIL 26, 2024

One key aspect of our program is teaching you how to effectively nurture relationships with government buyers and prime contractors. Each Step will be documented via email and in the SGCRP Dashboard for client records. How does the CSGMP assist in building relationships with government buyers and prime contractors?

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sales and the Art of Persuasion Winning proposals are essentially SALES documents , so they must be compelling and persuasive to the buyers. What does the federal buyer want to achieve with their RFP? Federal buyers have a short attention span and numerous proposals to review. Can a sales mindset influence your proposal?

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 31, 2024

And this is despite the fact that in each case the Justice Department observes that at least initially, they were failing to produce documentation at a reasonable rate. Again, the Justice Department points out that in each case, they were initially very slow in document production. Tom Temin We’re speaking with Greg Williams.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. One key recommendation was to require government buyers to pay advances to MSME suppliers at 20% of the full contract value.

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