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From initial market research to contract negotiation and performance, we stand by your side to navigate complexities and capitalize on opportunities. One key aspect of our program is teaching you how to effectively nurture relationships with government buyers and prime contractors. Don’t take our word for it!
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Believing they have secured an order with one of their suppliers, only for this order not to be honored because a customer who is more strategic, more generous with the negotiated rates and quicker at paying, has been given priority. Of course, Buyers’ time is limited. More than one Procurement department has learned this the hard way.
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The goal being to manage risk by easily identifying obligations within contracts and ensuring that appropriate risk mitigating language is present within legal documents. Machine reading comprehension technologies enable us to do this automatically and much faster.
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Coalition members stand ready to facilitate and contribute to such a roundtable discussion to improve the program. Introducing the FY23 Federal Market Report As part of The Coalition for Government Procurement’s continuing effort to provide value to our members, we would like to present our Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Market Report.
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