How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

From this narrow perspective, procurement would be primarily concerned with ensuring the integrity and probity of decision-making processes involving the management of public funds, as well as fostering the generation of value for money through effective reliance on competition for public contracts.

Public Procurement 105

Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 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

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 67

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

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?

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Integrity Astana, who conducted monitoring of the National Railway Company and the central medicine procurement agency SK-Farmacia. But many buyers are still reluctant to use such complicated procedures because they’re unsure of how control agencies view the use of award criteria other than lowest price. Professionalizing procurement.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers. This is now changing” A vision for bottom-up participation To develop the project and engage all stakeholders, PPDA brought together government buyers (known as Procuring and Disposing Entities or PDEs) and civil society organizations together in regional meetings.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Manages and oversees the central procurement system to maintain the integrity of the public procurement process and guard against ethical challenges and charges of fraud, waste or inefficiency. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

Purchasing 100

Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

The goal of trade credit is for the supplier to provide a 0% interest loan for the goods or services rendered allowing the buyer time to convert these inputs into a sale. Under the standard trade terms of Net 30, the buyer is given 30 days to pay the supplier after receiving the invoice for goods or services rendered. Is it worth it?

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Buyers Supply Chain Supplier 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We expect the administration to use any and all options available to them to protect the intent and integrity of the program — and for Congress to act if they cannot.   Rep.

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Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 123

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive E-procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Benefits of Framework Agreements Framework agreements offer a streamlined procurement process that benefits both buyers and suppliers by simplifying the qualification and tendering stages, ultimately saving time and money.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 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

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Procurement Team 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

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I says a buyer. AI might be fast, but buyers cannot rely on it to be a subject matter expert. If a bid is incorrectly evaluated, the buyer can hardly hold the AI response generator accountable.

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

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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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2024

Recognizing the value that public sector and education buyers can realize through AWS Marketplace, an increasing number of education technology (EdTech) and workforce development companies are listing their products on AWS Marketplace. “AWS

Education 126

Education Purchasing Procurement Networking 126

ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

Ivalua’s global reach of buyers and their suppliers helps us deliver on our mission-providing access to working capital to businesses so they can grow and thrive. C2FO: Buyers on the Ivalua platform can pay their suppliers early and proactively set goals for return on their cash. How will the C2FO partnership benefit businesses?

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Supplier IT 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Many public sector organizations are seeking to integrate solutions deployed in their on-premises environments with new cloud applications and technologies as they modernize their organizations. A cloud marketplace provides broad access to these solutions.

Government 81

Government Government Purchasing Negotiation 81

Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Using SAM.gov SAM.gov is the official website for federal contract opportunities and integrates information from various federal procurement systems. These resources provide training, counseling, and local government buyers access to critical information that can make the difference between winning and losing a contract.

Government 52

Government Government Government Contracts Negotiation 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. As a result, point solutions have to be added on to fill the gaps, leading to complexity, integration issues and high overhead.

Supply Chain 88

Supply Chain Management Total Cost of Ownership Warehouse 88

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Additionally, the implementation of this policy has been aided by Supply Nation , certifying Indigenous businesses and maintaining a comprehensive directory to connect these suppliers with buyers in all sectors, public and private. The process of discovering and adding diverse suppliers can be reduced from weeks to minutes. .

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Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. If we lack codes for suppliers and buyers, we cannot build indicators of supplier and buyer risk. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right?

Data 52

Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

ivalua

MARCH 19, 2019

The new package is deployed in 8-12 weeks and integrates with all common back-end systems. Ivalua remains committed to suppliers as well as buyers, never charging any fees, requiring acceptance of any vendor terms nor imposing any limitations to the type or volume of activity suppliers can undertake on the platform.

Procurement 58

Procurement Supplier Buyers Purchasing 58

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

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The buyers may feel good they have firm pricing but have little idea as to how much extra this is costing. If prices slide the buyer doesn’t gain and the advantage goes to the seller. Being familiar with nascent construction management options such as Integrated Project Management or Progressive-Design Build methods require expertise.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Buyers Price Procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

But we also find that evasive tactics largely cancel out these positive direct effects: buyers switch to non-treated less competitive procedure types (whose share increases from 7% to 10%) and exploit them more intensively (single bidding goes from 61% to 81%). Full text PDF

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Corruption Procurement E-procurement Tender 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Establishing an environment where information is digitally exchanged between buyers and suppliers and where processes are interconnected has become essential in the new generation of procurement and supply chain management. An integrated supplier risk and performance management capability.

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Demand 40

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mike Shepherd, the director of the catalog management office in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said industry sellers and agency buyers will see a stark change when using the FCP from the previous catalog management system, called the Schedule Input Program (SIP), under GSA Advantage! But really, it’s more than that.

Supplier 104

Supplier Buyers Data Management 104

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Aurélien Vépierre, Procurement Director for Viparis, explains: “We needed a flexible tool that could standardize our processes and help our buyers optimize the way they handle calls for tender. With Ivalua, we benefit from a fully integrated, end-to-end process that meets this goal perfectly.

E-procurement 53

E-procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 53

Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

This marketplace is organized around the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, which classify small businesses for statistical purposes and are integral in federal contracting for procurement. Through this platform, a small business can gain increased visibility to government buyers actively searching for contractors.

Government Contracts 98

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 98

ivalua

APRIL 8, 2020

This is a method medium-size companies have already integrated in their supplier innovation strategy. Buyers receive about a thousand forms per year and commit themselves to responding in a reasonable period of time. Second, every two years they organize a supplier-buyer speed dating event, focused on indirect spend.

Supplier 59

Supplier Management Buyers Innovation 59

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Decarbonization will generate a significant increase in the amount of data buyers must manage. To improve efficiency, quality, and data capitalization, the buyer must have digitized tools at their disposal. Integrate carbon criteria in calls for tenders. Lever 3: Use the Appropriate Digital Tools. Supporting suppliers.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Purchasing Buyers 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This will allow buyers to have clear information on their approach, and how to overcome current risks and promote sustainable changes. In most instances, buyers and sellers are required to report project sustainability during procurement. Market engagement : Gather insight from suppliers to better understand the supply chain.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

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.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Buyers Competitive Bidding 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

One significant step forward is the integration of environmental evaluations into our tendering process for all products. To bolster this commitment, we’ve recently established a dedicated commercial team focused on expediting the decarbonisation of NHSScotland heating and power infrastructure.

Supply Chain 70

Supply Chain Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability 70

ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2021

He was then promoted to Purchasing Executive Manager at Renault-Nissan, where he will be in charge of seat and raw material amenities with the management of 25 buyers. In December 2019, Frédéric was appointed Purchasing Director of Safran Electrical & Power and joined the Executive Committee.

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Supply Chain Automotive Purchasing Buyers 40