American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Go to the following link for information on Nintex’s work with governments. One of the most important factors for local governments to consider before purchasing any new technology is how quickly and effectively it can be integrated into an organization’s existing tech stack without disrupting day-to-day operations.

Total Cost of Ownership 110

Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership Buyers Buying Process 110

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It is built on free and open-source software meaning the technology can be adopted and adapted by other governments. The transparent and inclusive consultation process used for that contract allowed the city government to expand the bike network and improve the service’s technology and design, at half the operating costs of the old service.

Collaboration 57

Collaboration E-procurement Tender Bidding 57

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. Access to technical expertise Problem: Lack of specific technical expertise for informed choices within government.

Procurement 138

Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

So for the last decade the Procurement teams have been pushing the ‘No-PO, No Pay’ mantra, it’s now even ‘Government Policy’. It breaks the bond between Buyer and Supplier, resulting in fragile supply chains and lots of mistrust. No PO, no Pay was born to force suppliers to add PO’s to Invoices by forcing Buyers to create PO’s.

E-procurement 94

E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The new feedback mechanism between civil society and government has led to the resolution of 200 issues at the local procuring entity level and a further 24 at the PPDA level. We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers. Audits are post-mortems after things have gone bad. A CSO can also raise an issue directly with PPDA.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

government.   Hispanic Americans start more companies per capita than their non-Hispanic counterparts. And it would be a loss for the government and private sector. The Hispanic population in America is already at 65 million and growing.

Buyers 123

Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 123

GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Government procurement should be transparent and efficient. 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. There’s simply no sales enablement or procurement intelligence tool like it.

Data 105

Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

New digital governance risks and requirements are not always recognised or understood. In ongoing research funded by the British Academy , I apply an innovative technology-centred methodology to assess the governance opportunities and challenges for procurement digitalisation.

Procurement 52

Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This regulatory technique simply seeks to allow public buyers to ensure compliance with the EU AI Act by cascading the relevant obligations and requirements down to tech providers (largely on a back to back basis). Whichever way this goes, this puts the public buyer in a position of rule-taker.

Buyers 88

Buyers E-procurement Transparency Procurement 88

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And it gives, I think, industry and easier, especially startups and small businesses, an easier mechanism to try to break in that government front door. And by checking that competition box, you now have a mechanism to receive or potentially get a government contract. You can use an app on your phone to do it. Tom Temin Sure.

Quality 108

Quality Buyers Contract IT 108

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.

Participation 52

Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For example, the PAP’s leading directive tells FSS contracting officers to “leverage the collective buying power of the federal government” when negotiating contract level pricing. Moreover, the terminology “leverage the collective buying power of the federal government” does not appear in the GSAR or the FAR. See FAR 8.001.

Negotiation 59

Negotiation Price Government Government 59

Extract Systems

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Under a NAR rule, a home seller is required to pay commissions to the agent representing the buyer, which sellers claimed forced them to pay excessive fees to the agents. Under this latest ruling sellers would no longer be required to pay their buyers’ agents, and agents would be free to set their own commission rates.

Buyers 52

Buyers Ethics Quality Collaboration 52

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. percentage points more than the average success rate for appeals in Prozorro (72%), excluding Clarity App buyers. Clarity App users generated 13.4%

Procurement 67

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years. Transparency is key.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

As government sector projects lay the path for lucrative business opportunities and long-term growth it does come with a lot of hurdles and fierce competition. As government bids follow a definite procurement process it is important for Bid Managers to meet all the deadlines and eligibility criteria of Government Procurement.

Bidding 52

Bidding Tender Buyers E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

My short answer is that AI procurement is different because it poses technical and contextual risks that we are yet to fully understand and because public buyers cannot (yet) rely on traditional de-risking tools—which leaves them exposed to regulatory and commercial capture.

Procurement 67

Procurement Buyers IT Influencing 67

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, the relationships between the public sector and vendors are vital to the smooth operation of any government organization. But how can government employees ensure these positive vendor relationships while still maintaining control of the deliverables provided by contractors and the associated costs?

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

With mounting pressure for organizations to make tangible contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, the procurement function must strategize to implement and report their collective efforts. ESG Objectives for Buyers. Speakers: Arnaud Malardé, Ivalua | Hélène Vermont, Michelin Group. Supplier Selection.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. Public procurement constitutes about one-third of government spending or 13 trillion USD per year. 3) Adverse impact on growth through lower efficiency of public investment, lower quality of public services and higher volatility in markets with substantial public presence.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

federal government awarded a total of $759 billion in public sector contracts , representing a $33 billion increase from the previous year. To public sector buyers, frameworks are not just tools; they are time-saving, compliance-enhancing, and value-extracting tools from previously assessed suppliers. In 2023, the U.S.

Procurement 52

Procurement Framework Agreement Tender Supplier 52

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

While data quality cannot be perfected and some technological innovations aren’t quite ready for prime time, tremendous improvements are possible. Below, Improve Data Quality. Improve Data Quality. Having quality data is essential, but ultimately the decision-maker must have access to insights that drive value.

Transparency 52

Transparency Supply Chain Data Procurement 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

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. These behaviors are commercially advantageous, increasing competition to directly improve quality, drive down costs, and improve project ROI.

Supplier 98

Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. The transparency interventions selected for each country predominantly led to more data in a more accessible format to be published by the government for the general public, including civil society, businesses, but also government agencies themselves (Table 1).

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments. It is an underfunded, paper-based government chore: we want to turn procurement into a smart, user-friendly, digital public service. Our bold new target firmly centers our work on this theme for the next six years.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

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. CAG Consultants significantly reduced the time taken to identify opportunities.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Buyers Competitive Bidding 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. Second, they sought to leverage Paraguay’s accessible, high quality open contracting data.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. Economic Considerations Creating supply chains that help to reduce costs, minimise over spending, and help to improve product quality.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. Businesses can increase their chances of obtaining government procurement opportunities while lowering compliance risks by being aware of these regulations.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The MAS is the Federal Government’s primary contract vehicle to acquire commercial products and services, with streamlined ordering procedures saving the Government time and money. This legislation, if enacted, would put the MAS program’s focus where it belongs: providing best value to the Government. 41 USC 152(3)).

Price 52

Price Quantity Quality Import 52

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2024

Overview Of The Top Portals For UK Tenders Here are some of the top tendering portals that one can use to search for and win contracts, government tenders, and more. It is a favourite for businesses who want high-quality tender opportunities because of its comprehensive coverage and user-friendly interface.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Competitive Bidding Buyers 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For example, the PAP’s leading directive tells FSS contracting officers to “leverage the collective buying power of the federal government” when negotiating contract level pricing. Moreover, the terminology “leverage the collective buying power of the federal government” does not appear in the GSAR or the FAR. See FAR 8.001.

Negotiation 40

Negotiation Price Government Government 40

aptac

JUNE 22, 2018

Government officials in charge of relief efforts are overwhelmed and information may be hard to come by. State and local government agencies control a large proportion of disaster response activities, so many of the contracting opportunities will come through these offices. What is a small contractor to do?

Contract 52

Contract E-catalogue E-procurement Buyers 52