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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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Seasoned practitioners in public procurement can be jaded from situations that have gone wrong, and it is common for inexperienced public buyers to experience risk aversion and fear of the unknown. Relationships will benefit when buyers promptly respond to SMEs’ queries and consider them as a valuable and positive part of the job.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Long before you make a purchase decision, you must create the right structure for vendor relationships with your procurement organization. Among them are aggregators that bring together buyers and sellers. They host requests for bids and tenders from buyers and allow vendors to submit bids to multiple organizations.

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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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Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 28, 2025

Over the past 20 years, the bank has provided technical assistance and financing to implement e-invoicing in 17 countries [1] and in all Brazilian states, in coordination with other international organizations, notably the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT). in 2017, according to the Ministry of Finance.

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ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order. This could be a verbal confirmation, an email, a signed Contract, or a formal Purchase Order. Improves efficiency by allowing the Supplier to flag the buyer.

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ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

This approach ensures that business between a buyer and its suppliers is conducted in a manner that does not negatively impact society or the environment. . Large corporations are focusing more on sustainable sourcing and sustainable finance and ethical sourcing and the integration of ESG into every day business practice.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

New strategies included implementing an electronic bidding platform, piloting approaches to vendor outreach for high-priority purchases, and incorporating bonus point questions for sustainability and equity in all their requests for proposals (RFPs). For example, the city fleet was able to streamline and standardize their purchasing process.

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

These are traditionally not in the realm of expertise of Procurement and would rather involve other teams from Finance. On the other hand, decision-making about a qualification process or a purchase order is too slow. Buyers need to put aside their compliance hats and put on their entrepreneurial ones!

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Procureware

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The development team is currently working on standard interfaces to other Bentley applications while clients are using the API to create interfaces to their third-party finance systems. With ProcureWare, buyers can send the invitation and create the account in one step. They simply add the email to the invitation list.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State aid Decision also explicitly stated that ‘The construction works financed through the grant … will be subject to a competitive process, respecting the applicable procurement rules’ (para 8). Once the stadium was built, NFŠ exercised the put option. This is not what the ECJ wrote in its Judgment.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I was considered one of the best singles buyers in the country, based on my P&L performance alone. ​I'd conduct all my analysis and purchasing work in the morning and in the afternoon, I would get out of the office to perform random physical stock checks in the warehouse and discuss any issues with the warehouse manager.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

The only exceptions are for contracts solely for the purchase of Commercial Off-the-Shelf items or contracts under the $10,000 micro-purchase threshold. While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The only exceptions are for contracts solely for the purchase of Commercial Off-the-Shelf items or contracts under the $10,000 micro-purchase threshold. While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Last month, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a draft Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the proposed governmentwide ASCEND Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for cloud services. FAR & Beyond: What is the Trajectory of the ASCEND BPA? This is one of several SBA initiatives to invest in the development of a clean energy economy.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

This ensures transparency and encourages innovation, because as providers introduce new services and products, they become automatically purchasable under the framework agreement. From there, the buyer can define the specific requirements for the solution and move to a request for a quotation to build the solution.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

First up, the Minister for Public Finance, Ivan McKee, recently brought together the leadership of public bodies, elected and operational leadership of Local Government. We launched the first Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System for projects of up to 5 million. So thank you for responding.

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