Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. City employees are now able to collaborate on procurement more efficiently, and better plan and track their aspirations around equity and sustainability.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Salary: $80,244 - $95,832 annually Job Summary: The Public Works Purchasing Manager oversees city-wide procurement processes that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and City policies and procedures. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. Three (3) years supervisory experience.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

E-invoicing Mandate | France 2024 Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Wake Up AP, Before it’s Too Late! As supply chains flip from a buyer to seller driven market, maximising the benefits of CTCs will remove the gaps from the process. Read More : Under Pressure, Will Procurement Take Performance Higher in 2023?

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E-procurement Procurement Strategies Supplier Finance 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Public Procurement: Building Business Cases and Driving Momentum. For the Government, supplier diversity programs are something procurement professionals in the United States (US) have accepted as a key element to their procurement success. Agile Procurement in Canada. Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It inspired the creation of a free self-guided e-course on Open Contracting Basics too.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

70% increase in invoice processing efficiency’ – Crédit Agricole. At the heart of every procurement process is the Accounts Payable team and our AP Automation software module has been built to support these skilled workers. This could be a delivery note, time sheet, receipt or an acknowledgement from the Buyer.

Supplier 52

Supplier Buyers Budget Collaboration 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This Wednesday, The Coalition for Government Procurement had the pleasure of hosting the 11 th Annual Joseph P. This fund, which has raised more than $140,000 over the years, has supported veterans as they pursue their education in government procurement law at the GW Law School. Coffey , and Michael E. Why Attend?

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E-procurement Bidding Procurement Consulting 52

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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ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Invoice to Pay is a request for payment by a supplier, and technology helps to make this simple, fast and more efficient for the Supplier and the Accounts Payable team. At each step of this Procurement process, data is gathered, suppliers are onboarded, and deliveries are accepted. What is Invoice to Pay? Invoice to Pay from Ivalua.

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Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

Celebrating a Dedicated Procurement Leader: Wishing Tom Sisti a Happy Retirement! It is with mixed emotions that The Coalition for Government Procurement announces the retirement of Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Tom Sisti. Furthermore, he worked as Procurement Counsel detailed to the U.S.

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E-procurement Supply Chain Price Procurement 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 52

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

A specific application for Procurement involves contract analysis. The task of manually doing this or even using some basic automation would require weeks or months of human work to check each contract to ensure the right language is included given the context of the contract, the supplier and the buyer.

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Data Management Contract E-procurement 60

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

A specific application for Procurement involves contract analysis. The task of manually doing this or even using some basic automation would require weeks or months of human work to check each contract to ensure the right language is included given the context of the contract, the supplier and the buyer.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Dawn will be presenting a thought-leader keynote titled “Leadership in Uncertain Times” at Ivalua NOW , the premier virtual event for procurement leaders, on May 5. Today, procurement leaders have a seat at the table in e-staff meetings. Today, procurement leaders have a seat at the table in e-staff meetings.

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Supply Chain E-procurement Leadership Supplier 52

Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Most procurement software projects are focused on efficiency; however, transparency needs to have equal attention. Trust is the cornerstone of procurement and transparency builds trust. Step 1: Post Solicitations Online Public notification of bid opportunities is a cornerstone of public procurement in most developed countries.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Data is beyond critical to Procurement Operations. It’s everything, and the burden falls on procurement leaders to capture pertinent data to build good teams, track performance and show value. Now with Digital Transformation as a mandate, Procurement officers must also find ways to measure their digital progress.

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Supplier Electronics Finance Negotiation 56

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Peter Smith, Managing Director at Procurement Excellence Ltd. If Procurement people, functions and organisations are going to be successful, it is obvious that we have to adapt to the changing wider business and social environments. Effectiveness covers what we might consider the traditional aspects of Procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 84

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Enormous, complex, global enterprises use procurement technology to manage their spend, suppliers, contracts and bids every day without seeming to run into the same stumbling blocks as the public sector, which operates on a smaller and more localized basis. They can determine and document their general requirements.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 71

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

For those companies, like Ivalua ,that develop a software solution for the Procurement Departments of large groups, paying attention to the user experience means ensuring better adoption of our software and, in the end, an increased compliance with procurement policy for our customers. Why is this important? .

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Procurement E-catalogue E-procurement Engineering 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. At the same time, the Antimonopoly Committee received more than 10,500 procurement complaints with a total value of UAH 70.1 of all procurement appeals in Ukraine.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 61

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Farmer’s app connects farmers with reliable buyers in Botswana. At the heart of the initiative lies the Prosper Africa Tech for Trade Alliance , a collaboration uniting leading American and African tech companies behind the mission of accelerating e-commerce and digital trade in Africa.

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Public Private Partnership Inventory E-procurement Supply Chain 61

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. The last phase of the process, also known as Procure-to-Pay includes the ordering of goods/services, receiving of these, invoicing and payment to suppliers.

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Supplier E-procurement Supply Chain Purchasing 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

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ivalua

JULY 24, 2019

Maryland Department of General Services Office of State Procurement launches new e-procurement system. BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of General Services today announced the Office of State Procurement launched the state’s new e-procurement system eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA). Rutherford.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

To shed light on the value of having high-quality procurement data, we spoke to product owner Hans Minkes at TenderNed , the Dutch government’s online tendering system and one of the agencies furthest along in implementing eForms among the EU Member States. The rest come from commercial applications.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

Nitor, the leader in source-to-pay transformation, and Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud Solutions , announced the successful launch of the Maryland Department of General Services’ new e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which deployed on schedule and on budget.

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E-procurement Transparency Quality Buyers 40

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. Execution of the contract via e-signature makes for a smooth end to the process.

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Management Contract Contract Management Supply Chain 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Enhancing the transparency of government in general and of public procurement processes in particular has been increasingly on the agenda of governments, civil societies and businesses as evidenced by initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership which has seen 70 OGP members making 189 open contracting commitments by March 2019 [1].

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Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. Efficient warehouse management. Warehouse management in the healthcare industry requires transactional efficiency across order, labor and inventory management every day. Best-in-Class Beats Single-Stack.

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University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the relatively recent developments in the post-Brexit review of UK public procurement law is the February 2021 proposal for the replacement of the current rules on the commissioning of healthcare services for the purposes of the English NHS (for background, you can watch here ), with a new provider selection regime (‘the proposal’).

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Yet, these initiatives are rarely owned by Procurement. 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. Second, Procurement lacks time and resources to perform this kind of tasks.

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Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Embarking on an eProcurement implementation can result in more efficient government, improved compliance and increased transparency. In fact, the unique complexities, and requirements of public sector procurement challenge even the best laid plans and implementation teams. transparency throughout the procurement lifecycle.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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