Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The few suppliers who participated in the procurement system indicated a certain weariness because many of the problems they raised in the past were ignored by the authorities. One key issue that became increasingly evident was the limited engagement between entrepreneurs and buyers. And how could we reach those entrepreneurs?

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

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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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Since launching their platform in 2020, Diegues and Blanco have built a set of digital tools and data analytics services that have bridged the gap between more than 250 private sector users and public procurement buyers in six countries across Latin America. In contrast, B2Gov’s granular search engine allows users to look for precise items.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. HCR Ltd (the current framework supplier) has been informed of the decision not to re-let this Framework and may be in contact with those organisations who currently access their services to determine future needs.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 45

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. Advanced Accounts Payable Journey.

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Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

Public sector procurement information and contracts are available through both free and paid tender search engines. These websites are designed to comply with transparency and legal publication requirements, ensuring that opportunities are available to all interested suppliers.

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Tender Bidding Supplier E-procurement 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Creating Value occurs when sourcing and procurement uses relevant sourcing processes and tools to engage and select the best fit supplier. Monitoring and measuring value is where the procurement organization takes a holistic view of the Source-to-pay process and supplier relationships. What is Direct Procurement?

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

aptac

JUNE 22, 2018

Especially in emergencies, agency buyers may rely on the internet for market research. See below for information on federal agencies (like FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers) as well as for state and local agencies in Texas and Florida. Actively research to find contract opportunities and then pursue them.

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Contract E-catalogue E-procurement Buyers 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. HCR Ltd (the current framework supplier) has been informed of the decision not to re-let this Framework and may be in contact with those organisations who currently access their services to determine future needs.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Paris, France – 15 th January, 2019 – PKP Energetyka is a leader in the construction and maintenance of contact line systems as well as railway electrical power engineering in Poland. The Company also cares about the user experience, suppliers and the transparency of Procurement operations within the entire organization.

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E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

BU arranges for suppliers to take back equipment that has reached the end of its useful life, minimizing waste to the landfill. It would be difficult for a typical buyer to know about the energy efficiency of every type of lightbulb including halogen, linear fluorescent and LED bulbs. Follow equipment maintenance schedules.

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Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 97

ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

Internally, buyers and engineers must work with quality and product; then that cross-functional group must collaborate with external suppliers. Commodity managers, engineers, and quality managers are always on the road, where they still need to communicate and get their work done.

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Supply Chain Innovation Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership 40

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Increased outsourcing has made businesses increasingly dependent on suppliers to drive innovation. A recent study by Forrester found that the single greatest factor in increasing a supplier’s willingness to collaborate with and share innovations with a customer was timeliness of and visibility into payments.

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Supplier Accountability Supply Chain End to End 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Results : About a year after the launch of the new strategies, vendor registration has tripled, with local businesses representing 21% of their suppliers, with 9% women-owned, and 6% minority-owned businesses (from 373 to 1113 registered vendors, as of 20 June). An example of the ION initiative at work.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Until then, users were either experts, engineers or IT specialists. Expectations will be different for our procurement optimisation solutions and will depend on whether the user is an experienced buyer, an occasional requestor or a Procurement Director. History of the user experience: ( read this article in French ).

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Procurement E-catalogue E-procurement Supplier 40

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Farmer’s app connects farmers with reliable buyers in Botswana. By driving enterprise growth and job creation, digital trade holds immense potential as an engine of inclusive economic development in Africa. This effort focused on enabling the deployment of Choppies’ state-of-the-art Farmer’s app across its supplier network.

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Public Private Partnership Inventory E-procurement Supply Chain 69

Bonfire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Today’s your lucky day because the team at Bonfire has pulled together four tips to help suppliers in the construction space win big when it comes to government contracts (and save costs while doing it!). Half of the funds in this category would go to the Army Corps of Engineers for port infrastructure. to rebuild core infrastructure.

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Bidding Tender Buyers Freight 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Scottish Government Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million can now be used by buyers to issue calls for competition. The DPS provides a list of pre-qualified suppliers for a variety of requirements, via three filters – type of civils works, location and value band.

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Purchasing Engineering Buyers Supplier 58

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 27, 2025

Whilst negotiation, rationalisation, standardisation and building relationships can all help to reduce costs, there is something that is often overlooked: Early Supplier Involvement Early supplier involvement (ESI) is a great way to reduce costs of both new and existing specifications that are sourced.

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Supplier Import Supply Chain Collaboration 52

Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

The Supplier Development Programme was also present at the event, providing information on the services they can offer. We have enhanced the Procurement Journey and PCS pages to help supported businesses, and we are working to publish a new ministerial endorsed public sectors buyer’s guide document for supported businesses.

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Procurement Public Procurement Sustainability Collaboration 58

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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.” See Section 2.

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Supply Chain Price E-procurement Contract 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

GSA Provides Updated Instructions on Identifying SUP Free Packaging GSA has updated an Interact post that explains how suppliers can garner a Single Use Plastic (SUP) free icon for products on GSA Advantage! The new icon makes it easier for agency buyers to identify and select products that help meet their plastic waste reduction goals.

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Inventory Procurement Data Thresholds 52