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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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Prepare your business for Meet the Buyer North 2024 With just one week to go until Meet the Buyer North, now is the perfect time to plan your visit. Look at the buyers listed on the Meet the Buyer North event page and consider who you would like to meet. Do your homework! Browse SDP’s free tender training here!

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 27, 2024

Only two weeks to go until the Supplier Development Programme’s seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event , on 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen. The Supplier Development Programme is also delighted to introduce the first ever Health Zone at Meet the Buyer North, sponsored by NHS National Services Scotland.

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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 8, 2024

For the first time ever, the Supplier Development Programme is pleased to announce that all four of the Procurement Centres of Expertise (CoE) are taking part in Meet the Buyer National , at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 5 June and they will be ready to talk procurement frameworks!

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Select GCR

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This guide breaks down the crucial steps: identifying contracting opportunities, understanding procurement processes, and building relationships with government buyers. Key Takeaways Understand the unique decision-making dynamics and purchasing policies of government buyers to tailor your offerings and build strong relationships.

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GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JUNE 1, 2023

Social Selling has emerged as a powerful strategy to engage with federal agency buyers and teaming partners. Next he explains when and how to engage to become 'findable' and 'attractive' to potential buyers. So it is crucial to reach and connect with these potential buyers. It is just a process. Visibility.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This implies using simple processes for straightforward transactions and more sophisticated processes for complex ones, such as relational contracts introduced by Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart during the event. Sir Oliver Hart explains the guiding principles during the IDB event on Sept.

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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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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Spot Bids: Promoting this as an option to employees will help ensure that Procurement gets involved but also that employees are not waiting for a long sourcing event to take place, its done in a matter of days. The post Creating Tail Spend ROI Through an Improved Buyer Experience appeared first on Ivalua. We’re here to help.

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Government Contracts & Global Trade

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The most important section in your federal proposal and contract will always be pricing – just ask any CEO or federal buyer. But in today’s government market, there are a lot of areas that can confuse a contractor’s pricing strategy. And when you win the bid, the questions remain: “will we make a profit?”

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It also provides invaluable access to government agency buyers and policy leaders, prime contractors, and tribal procurement representatives looking to expand their vendor pools. If you are attending, please stop by our table and say hello.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 18, 2024

CGPSS can also support the development of procurement policy and procedures, deliver procurement training courses and provide mentoring to an organisations own buyers and end-users. Our journey was recognised in 2018, when CGPSS received the Highly Commended award under the Leadership category at the prestigious GO Awards Scotland event.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For buyers We have been working hard to enable our public sector to harness innovation to improve public services and the lives of people in Scotland. The service sits separate to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) and contains useful guidance for innovators as well as news, events and case studies.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Our Director, Nick Ford, returns with his second vlog of 2024! In his latest vlog, Nick provides an update highlighting what we’ve achieved over the last quarter, including exciting events and recent publications, as well as what’s coming up over the next few months across the Scottish procurement community.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year. Don’t forget to plan your trip using the pre-event planner and register to attend today.

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Select GCR

MARCH 4, 2025

Attending events held by target agencies is a proactive way for small businesses to learn about government contracting opportunities and build relationships within the government contracting space. A comprehensive and up-to-date profile increases your chances of being noticed by government buyers.

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 31, 2023

This one-day event, which runs alongside Procurex Scotland, attracts over 500 cross sectoral buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £14.5+ Plan your day with this handy event planner! Taking place at SEC Glasgow on Tuesday 31 October 2023.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

In this edition, Nick provides an update reflecting on the first few months of the year – highlighting key achievements, events, publications and successes from across the procurement community. Nick also shares some of the events and publications you can look forward to seeing in the upcoming months.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Looking ahead, Nick also shares some of the events and publications you can look forward to seeing in the near future. Throughout autumn we’ve seen plenty of cross-sector engagement events. Meet the Buyer North, Meet the Buyer South, ProcureX and the National Procurement Conference, along with the GO Awards!

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Great Government Through Technology

MAY 21, 2024

Back by popular demand, this premier in-person event is the gathering place for anyone involved in the Federal IT Marketplace. If you have questions about the summit or are interested in learning more about our IT Buyers Community of Practice of the ITVMO , please contact ITVMO@gsa.gov.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2024

Recognizing the value that public sector and education buyers can realize through AWS Marketplace, an increasing number of education technology (EdTech) and workforce development companies are listing their products on AWS Marketplace. Recently, we were working on a significant deal with one of our top EdTech customers in EMEA.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 26, 2024

The platform provides information on contracts available for bidding, buyer behaviour tracking, and market data to facilitate the tendering process. Buyer and competitor tracking: The platform can track the activities of potential customers and competitors.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The buyers may feel good they have firm pricing but have little idea as to how much extra this is costing. If prices slide the buyer doesn’t gain and the advantage goes to the seller. We see this where cities host major events such as the Olympics, Grey Cup finales or annual fairs. The ice is tilted against the buyer.

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ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

Ivalua’s global reach of buyers and their suppliers helps us deliver on our mission-providing access to working capital to businesses so they can grow and thrive. Ivalua: By enabling every supplier to be part of the program for the sourcing event, rather than overdue invoice, organizations can automatically onboard every supplier.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

GSA Schedules, also known as Multiple Award Schedules (MAS), provide pre-negotiated prices for millions of commercial products and services, making procurement more efficient for federal, state, and local government buyers.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2020

I was lucky to attend an inspirational presentation on the subject by Virginie Favray, Urgo Healthcare’s CPO, at a Procurement roundtable event, before the lockdown. Buyers receive about a thousand forms per year and commit themselves to responding in a reasonable period of time.

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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] 16] DCAA also schedules a walkthrough of the contractor’s final certified position and the major events associated with the pricing action. [17]

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The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Allows government buyer to consider vendor feedback and make changes before issuing the solicitation. Solicitation Processes Once a government buyer has issued a solicitation, they must balance meeting the government’s needs with maintaining the interest of quality vendors. Avoid jargon and spell out acronyms.

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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. Receive real-time alerts about events that impact your business, often before they are published.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It also provides invaluable access to government agency buyers and policy leaders, prime contractors, and tribal procurement representatives looking to expand their vendor pools. The post Conference Announcement: ICBS Show, Oklahoma City, October 23-25, 2023 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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ivalua

AUGUST 22, 2019

Event Type: Webinar in partnership with Procurious. This involved designing and building solutions to support the Source to Pay and Order to Cash journeys for Buyers and Suppliers. Steve has been involved in a vast number of procurement solutions and has run procurement events and won tenders. Speaker: Steve Carter. Time: 11 am.

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ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement. But most of the initiatives that have real value require collaboration between buyer and supplier (or supply chain ).

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked. This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers.

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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. Future expectations The implementation of the Open Contracting Model Policy in Japan is full of both potential and challenges.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

Recognizing that a significant amount of plastic waste comes from “one and done” packaging, the General Services Administration (GSA), among the largest government buyers purchasing a diverse set of products, sought information in connection with an anticipated rule on single-use packaging in products on the MAS. Sustainability.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

This involved designing and building solutions to support the Source to Pay and Order to Cash journeys for Buyers and Suppliers. Steve has been involved in a vast number of procurement solutions and has run procurement events and won tenders. If you would like to register for the event, please click here .

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