ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Why is visibility so important? Create speed and transparency. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

AUGUST 19, 2024

Buyers and supply chain workers should now consider things such as: Modern slavery Child labour Working conditions Rates of pay Environmental impact Governance ESG ESG, environmental, social and governance criteria, previously known as CSR is now a critical consideration. How much of your waste goes into landfill?

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Supply Chain Ethics Buyers Supplier 59

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability. Common concerns include transparency, fairness, especially when small suppliers feel dominated by big competitors in multi supplier frameworks. What Are Framework Agreements?

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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.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A new case study we developed together with Transparency International Ukraine (TI Ukraine) examines how Prozorro’s data analytics tools have become an integral part of the work of more than 30,000 people across government, monitoring institutions, the private sector and civil society, even as the country grapples with Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This blog looks to address the role and importance of driving long-term sustainability and supporting the development of a circular economy. This will allow buyers to have clear information on their approach, and how to overcome current risks and promote sustainable changes. What Are Sustainable and Circular Procurement Practices?

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Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

Two-Way Messaging is a new feature that lets buyers interact with vendors via email and have all the communications logged in ProcureWare. The email chain can continue with requests for further clarification from the buyer and responses from the vendor. One significant enhancement is the implementation of Two-Way Messaging.

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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.

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

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?’, The SCL AI clause (C1.15) reads as follows: C1.15

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Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 75

How to Crack a Nut

MAY 8, 2024

Here I take a relatively pedestrian and pragmatic approach and, following the Cambridge dictionary , consider two ways in which ‘meaning’ is understood in plain English: ‘the meaning of something is what it expresses or represents’, and meaning as ‘importance or value’. This will be important later on. They need to operate on numbers.

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Procurement Tender Import Public Procurement 75

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 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.”

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Price Evaluation Negotiation Purchasing 90

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Second, the report does not make explicit whether the mix of buyers from which it draws evidence includes public as well as private buyers.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

These barriers should be dealt with if the aim is to guarantee that public funds are expended in a transparent, lawful, and efficient manner. The Importance Of Addressing Public Sector Procurement Challenges Public procurement plays a vital role in the country’s economy, infrastructure, and social well-being.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Bid Rigging 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. With Covid-19-related spending largely channeled through procurement systems, tackling corruption has become even more important. Each of the dashboards allows users to undertake their own analysis in these areas by comparing sectors, regions, years, and buyer types.

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Corruption E-procurement Public Procurement Contract 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

ChileCompra has not only established a formal channel for bidders and citizens to report questionable contracts to authorities for the first time, it has also published the Observatory’s investigation reports and statistics on complaints from the public, making oversight of the procurement system fully transparent. “[In

Procurement 62

Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As part of the UK’s 2050 net zero pledges, listed UK businesses must release detailed public plans to meet climate change targets by 2023 However, this shift towards accountability and transparency needs to include the supply chain. Suppliers have an important role to play in tackling climate change. About Ivalua.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

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Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust. In public procurement, universal solutions are inadequate due to the diverse range of challenges public buyers face.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

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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Bidding Government Government Government Contracts 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Many businesses, governments, and consumers are now acutely aware of the importance of taking action to prevent climate change. Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. However, the required effort extends well beyond the four walls of an organization.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Many businesses, governments, and consumers are now acutely aware of the importance of taking action to prevent climate change. Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. However, the required effort extends well beyond the four walls of an organization.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We set up Open Contracting Partnership to be bold: we aren’t after just a bit more transparency of public contracts, we want to transform procurement to meet the urgent needs of our time. 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.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

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. However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED].

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

Government contracting is governed by public procurement policy agreements that regulate procurement activities and ensure transparency and fair competition conditions in the government procurement process. Government procurement frameworks allow buyers to select suppliers and set terms and conditions for a set period of time.

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Government Contracts Government Government Innovation 52

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization. Source-to-Pay technology can help procurement teams establish and organize campaigns to collect & update supplier information and receive real-time supplier risk management updates on important risk factors (e.g. Financial, etc.).

Supply Chain 69

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 69

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As buyers we often expect a lot from our suppliers, but do we take the time to think about what they need from us in order to perform to the standard we often demand of them? It is important for us to remember the suppliers perspective and to effectively communicate with them, so we receive the end product that we want.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Ethics Sustainability 52

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers. Effectively managing suppliers is now one of the most important factors in organizational success.

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Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 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

AUGUST 17, 2021

Recent trends have increased the strategic importance of effective, transparent Accounts Payable processes. The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the importance of effective cash management , of which Invoice-to-Pay is a key lever. Automated Invoice Processing to create a top performing Accounts Payable Team.

Supplier 52

Supplier Accountability Innovation Import 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As part of the UK’s 2050 net zero pledges, listed UK businesses must release detailed public plans to meet climate change targets by 2023 However, this shift towards accountability and transparency needs to include the supply chain. Suppliers have an important role to play in tackling climate change. About Ivalua.

Supplier 40

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 40

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fact checked by Eddie Regan, BiP Solutions Principal Procurement Consultant Brexit has dramatically changed the UK’s import and export-dynamic. Pre-Brexit trade predictions estimated a 15% decline in UK imports and exports. Typically, the UK imports more than it exports. Meaning the UK could extract VAT-Less imports.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 30, 2024

Shifting urgently to reduce consumption – buyers and sellers have a role in that we need to stop making as much stuff as we do. More focus around transparency will create more data that we can really start to get under the skin of procurement activity in a way that right now isn’t happening to that degree. What can suppliers do?

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Sustainability Public Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

The program holds valuable lessons for others working to empower contracting monitors with different skills and backgrounds to work closely together to foster transparency and better procurement practices in their regions. Now the graduates are working on forming a coalition to ensure the transparency of public procurement.

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. To cultivate these connections effectively, contractors should prioritize transparency, reliability, and proactive communication.

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Government Government Government Contracts Media 102

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 10, 2023

Such ‘organic’ or ‘incremental’ approach to institutional development could overshadow important design considerations, as well embed biases due to the institutional drivers of the existing (quasi)regulators. Relatedly, the importance of digital capabilities to effectively exercise a digital regulation role cannot be overemphasised.

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Procurement Buyers Influencing Import 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The answer to the question posed above is that the public sector’s stakeholders – the general public and/or their constituents – have a different ‘right to service’ expectation than distributed buyers or budget owners in a corporation. Jurisdictions and agencies have unique needs that must be met by the technology they implement. .

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