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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

Public sector professionals must responsibly procure goods and service contracts on behalf of the taxpayer. 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.

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Top 10 Foundational Steps To Building A Strong Procurement Strategy

The Procurement School

However, this support may be in principle only at first, as executives will want fulsome information on costs and benefits before fully supporting the change. This can be challenging to determine, as not all public sector organizations have effective systems to track and report this information. legacy computer system support).

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Improved procurement strategies could reduce public debt by as much as 1.8% Relational contracts are “informal agreements and unwritten expectations between parties, often based on trust, shared goals, and mutual understanding. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability.

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Scottish Procurement Vlog – 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

The impactful figures in these reports really do showcase the real power of procurement and a big thank you to all of you as Heads of Procurement for publishing your annual procurement reports for 2022-2023 along with your procurement strategies. So that’s looking back, what have we got coming up?

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Three ways World Bank procurement can drive collaboration for the SDGs

Open Contracting Partnership

Traditional procurement approaches prioritised lowest price, which led to unintended consequences like accepting bids of lower quality, a lesser performance record or that did not adequately allow buyers to consider equity, sustainability or socio-economic objectives like creating local jobs.

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Collaborative Frameworks update: June 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. The planned start date for the new framework is 11 July 2024.

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How Government Contracting (Government Procurement) Offers Opportunities for Innovation

Tracker Intelligence

But beyond the financial rewards, what does your business stand to gain from getting involved in public procurement with the government? And how can you stand apart from the competition to win government procurement contracts in the first place? Sometimes, the buyer never needs to request services. So why wait?