Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

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. Most government institutions have a Supplier Database and it is important to get yourself registered in the respective portals to secure a free and fair chance to bid.

Bidding 52

Bidding Tender Buyers E-procurement 52

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Buyers are expected to scrutinize every aspect of the purchasing process to identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint, source sustainable materials, and promote diversity. As the sourcing function evolves, digital procurement technologies have become crucial tools for buyers to capture and report their sustainability achievements.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It is important, however, also to consider that contract prices on an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery contract, such as the MAS, are based on unknown requirements and must cover every possible contingency, e.g. , quantity, quality, delivery, complexity, scale, location, security clearance level, etc.

Price 45

Price Quantity Quality Import 45

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.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

Government 52

Government Government Bidding Purchasing 52

The Softly Spark

AUGUST 8, 2024

This misleading practice of making false green claims has left many buyers skeptical of products touted as eco-friendly. How you present your claims is important. Today’s consumers are more environmentally conscious than ever, and the term “greenwashing” has become a hot topic. And consumers aren’t wrong.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Transparency Buyers Quality 98

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

But why is this so important for business, and what does it mean for prospects and customers? How important is this partnership to both Ivalua & TransferMate? 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.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

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. . Why is it Important? Responsible sourcing requires a shift in thinking and priorities. Think more in terms of Purpose Over Profit.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Ethics Supplier Sustainability 52

The Procurement School

MAY 12, 2023

The answer is to develop a contract management plan that includes strategies for: Establishing a positive relationship between the owner (or buyer) and the contractor; Identifying problems early; and Adapting for unexpected. Contractors need to understand the quality measures that the owner will apply to the services and deliverables.

Contract Management 52

Contract Management Management Contract Quality 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

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. With Covid-19-related spending largely channeled through procurement systems, tackling corruption has become even more important.

Corruption 52

Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. So the network providers just haven’t delivered, and only further fractured the link between buyer and supplier. .

E-procurement 94

E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This pro-supplier/pro-customer orientation prompted Gisele’s question/challenge, which is whether ‘there is EVER an opportunity for government (customer-buyer) to be better able to negotiate the final language with clauses like these in order to weigh the trade offs between interests?’,

Supplier 73

Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 73

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. It promotes promotes competition, as more companies can sell to governments allowing them to obtain greater “value for money” (more quality and better prices).

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Participation Procurement Import 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Public buyers seeking to procure goods, services or works from the market need to process large amounts of information to choose a responsible provider offering the best possible terms on quality, cost, experience, etc. Understanding these risks requires advanced digital capabilities.

Procurement 52

Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. This is where Source-to-Pay systems can help – by providing procurement teams with a system that centralizes information and ensures data quality meets a high standard. It may be the most basic level, but data management may also be the most daunting for some organizations.

Supply Chain 69

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 69

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Capturing Value occurs when a contract has been established that governs the responsibilities and obligations of both supplier and buyer, and well as when the organization has the right Procure-to-Pay processes in place to ensure compliance to those agreements, goods, services and prices. . Both are essential to the success of every business.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Buying supplies, equipment, low preference items and the latest innovations to support high-value care delivery is expensive and while it’s not an area where you want to skimp, there are certainly ways to reduce these expenses without impacting quality of care. For many it’s likely that the opportunity is much larger.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

Krueger Pela explained that such clauses are not a mechanism for the revision of the price, but rather for its determination , if the informational asymmetry between the buyer and the seller creates the need for part of the purchase price to become dynamic and contingent. Claudia Salomon and Mr. Eduardo Damião Gonçalves.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Negotiation Price Buyers 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These scenarios often involve a need for expertise, standardization, quality, compatibility, and exclusive availability of products or services. It’s important to verify the exclusivity of the source and highlight the criteria used to determine such a situation. There are several common scenarios where it is vital.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supplier Price Competitive Bidding 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). We are sure that a strong, capable civil society will play an important role in the ongoing reforms in Central Asia to make public procurement more open, fair and efficient.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Select GCR

APRIL 26, 2024

One key aspect of our program is teaching you how to effectively nurture relationships with government buyers and prime contractors. It’s crucial to understand the unique needs and priorities of each agency and demonstrate a commitment to delivering value and quality service.

Government 102

Government Government Government Contracts Media 102

ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations. Internally, buyers and engineers must work with quality and product; then that cross-functional group must collaborate with external suppliers. It’s the convergence of these forces that Gartner predicts will drive the business of the future.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Innovation Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership 40

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Their performance is crucial to achieving your financial, performance and quality objectives, and a poor supplier creates risks for everything from budget overruns to missed schedules and liability lawsuits.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data. Publish more, high-quality data: We also had the opportunity to practice new AI techniques, and to learn the limitations of available public procurement data. (For more on our technical approach, see our gentle introduction to applying AI in procurement.)

Procurement 58

Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 58

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In recent years, the company has been consistently implementing advanced technological solutions, thus improving the quality, safety and effectiveness of its operations. The possibility of integrating the new tool with the solutions already adopted within the organization, including SAP, is also of crucial importance.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of New York where the court reached seemingly conflicting conclusions on whether buyers that purchased certain cryptocurrencies on secondary trading platforms had a reasonable expectation of profit, which would make the sales “investment contracts” subject to U.S. federal securities laws.

Tender 52

Tender Buyers Contract Corruption 52

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

A recent Ivalua study with Forester identified capacity being consumed by operational and manual activities as one barrier, along with a lack of contextual access to insights, and poor data quality as other blockers. Soft skills and leadership are key enablers for procurement teams and are as important as technological competence.

Supplier 70

Supplier Capacity Procurement Team Procurement 70

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

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

getting involved early on in the New Product Introduction ( NPI) cycle to ensure suppliers risk is being properly evaluated in production capacity and quality. The latter is of particular importance since second sourcing can often be very expensive in this sector.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Procurement teams were just buyers who delivered what other departments told them to buy. Given the changing role of procurement, what leadership qualities are necessary today? So, heightened intuition is extremely important. Today, procurement leaders have a seat at the table in e-staff meetings. It’s changed dramatically.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Leadership Supplier 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

It was impossible to analyze the decisions of Ukraine’s procurement review body, the Antimonopoly Committee, in a comprehensive way to understand when the outcome favored the buyer and when it favored the vendor. percentage points more than the average success rate for appeals in Prozorro (72%), excluding Clarity App buyers.

Procurement 61

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 61

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

VA Hospitals Earn High Rankings in Nationwide Surveys Federal News Network reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) hospitals scored higher than non-VA hospitals on two nationwide surveys tracking quality of care and patient satisfaction. Only 40 percent of non-VA hospitals received these ratings.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Networking Budget 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 58

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 58

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. This is where Source-to-Pay systems can help – by providing procurement teams with a system that centralizes information and ensures data quality meets a high standard. This in turn enables procurement teams to better evaluate a situation, make decisions and act.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

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

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Identifying agency commitments will incentivize industry to compete for the BPA and improve the quality of any responses submitted. Through working with PPH over the past two years, members have learned how service dogs play an important role in veterans’ healthcare and quality of life. Williams and Howard W.

Procurement 52

Procurement Data Strategic Planning Management 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We want to unlock its power to improve economic inclusion and sustainability, rebuild integrity and trust, and deliver the quality public services that we all deserve. We will make sure our solutions are co-built with local partners who will own an important ‘problem’ and who will own and scale the approach.

Procurement 84

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 84