Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

HUBZone-certified businesses not only gain eligibility for set-aside contracts but also receive a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions. Cost: provide a clear and competitive pricing structure for your services.

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Select GCR

MARCH 4, 2025

A comprehensive and up-to-date profile increases your chances of being noticed by government buyers. Emphasize relevant certifications and past performance to attract government buyers. Networking with Decision Makers Building a strong network within government agencies increases the likelihood of being considered for contract bids.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

You can't be asking for the American taxpayer to make even greater public investments while you continue, in some cases, to goose your stock prices through stock buybacks, deferring promised capital investments," Del Toro said. Del Toro said it is time for contractors to spend more money on the future. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

In general, M&A is a big consideration on the buyer side and the seller side. I often hear from small contractors that they weren’t considering a sale until a buyer approached them. For the buyer, there should be a strong business case for acquiring the contractor. subsidiary), then buyers may avoid novation.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2024

Networking Networking with fellow business owners, entrepreneurs and industry leaders can be a smart way to build new relationships. By networking with fellow business leaders, you open yourself and your business to new potential clients. Today, plenty of business owners network online through platforms such as LinkedIn.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) set forth the policies and procedures for the evaluation and negotiation of “fair and reasonable” contract level pricing under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. Price protections — most favored nations clauses. See FAR 8.001.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Price Evaluation. Significantly, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is revising its guidance to contracting officers regarding the evaluation/negotiation of MAS contract pricing. The post Procurement policy spring cleaning checklist first appeared on Federal News Network. Sustainability.

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Federal News Network

JULY 8, 2024

Dubbed Co-Pilot, it gathers data from various governmentwide procurement systems, and presents buyers with pricing histories, vendor information and other data to help their decisions. Say I’m a CO, I want to know what’s the best pricing or what are the pricing trends for product XYZ? Tom Temin Wow.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Back then, when the MAS was a mandatory source and was limited to products, like office supplies, many in government interpreted the “lowest cost alternative” to default to lowest price, as price was the most discriminating factor. Forty years later, the MAS program is no longer a mandatory source.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2024

I think that the nature of service buyers, typically, they’re going to be over the simplified acquisition threshold, for all but the most modest types of programs. The idea being that they would actually use that information to look at driving lower day to day pricing on the schedules program. And we’re kind of here.

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Price Thresholds Buyers Data 59

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

The UK G-Cloud framework supported standardized items such as cloud hosting, storage, and networking. The simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology. The frameworks they developed became the GOV.UK Digital Marketplace.

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Innovation Procurement Government Government 78

ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

The first and most visible element of this change are the emergence of Government tax networks or Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) systems. The Invoice Hub Unfortunately, this just won’t work if the AP process is locked behind “old school” networks like Basware, Coupa, Tungsten, or Ariba.

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E-procurement Procurement Strategies Supplier Finance 52

Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 4, 2024

The framework will provide public sector bodies with access to best in class technology, which meets or exceeds the latest energy management and environmental standards at significant savings compared to market prices. XMA Limited are currently updating their eCommerce system but will also accept Purchase Orders by email.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

What strategies are crown corporations using to deal with the current price uncertainty in the market? When we asked participants how they’re approaching price uncertainty, they spoke about the importance of system portability. Vendors can see each other’s pricing (usually in real time) and try to beat those bids by going lower.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Framework Public Bodies will be notified in advance of the effective date of any new pricing and a new Lyreco catalogue will be uploaded in due course. Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) ICT The ICT Networks team has two DPS in place, Internet of Things (IoT) and Telephony and Communication Services (TCS). to £281.31

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

It would be difficult for a typical buyer to know about the energy efficiency of every type of lightbulb including halogen, linear fluorescent and LED bulbs. It can be a deciding factor of why one company may rank higher over another, with pricing and other key factors being the same.

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Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 97

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

On November 20, tables include: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Ask the Med/Surg Supply BPAs Ask the SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) To view the draft agenda for the governmentwide day, click here. October 28 : Webinar: 2024 (2025 FCPs) Public Law Pricing Update for Covered Drugs – Click here to register.

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

However, they can define a single point of entry for startups: a person with a strong internal network, a deep understanding of the organizational maze and the ability to grasp startups specific challenges and how to solve them. Buyers need to put aside their compliance hats and put on their entrepreneurial ones!

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Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Not only does it serve as a gateway to numerous business opportunities, but it also acts as a marketing tool for showcasing your capabilities to potential government buyers. These events are golden opportunities to network, understand upcoming requirements, and position your business as a credible solution provider.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Submission of bids: Businesses can submit bids in response to solicitations, outlining their proposed solutions and pricing. GovSpend’s comprehensive platform offers a range of solutions to help businesses navigate the procurement process, from identifying potential government buyers to managing contracts and analyzing data.

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GovSpend

APRIL 5, 2023

Submission of bids: Businesses can submit bids in response to solicitations, outlining their proposed solutions and pricing. GovSpend’s comprehensive platform offers a range of solutions to help businesses navigate the procurement process, from identifying potential government buyers to managing contracts and analyzing data.

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Government Government E-procurement Bidding 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. By bringing Procurement and Finance together, customers will be able to trade goods and services at the best price and guarantee on-time (or early) payment in a secure, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

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Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 52

Procureware

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Shared supplier network Very small organizations with infrequent sourcing events may opt for a shared supplier network. These networks aggregate a database of suppliers and allow member organizations to solicit suppliers as needed. (For a more complete discussion, see Top 6 Reasons for Public Online Vendor Registration ).

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 12, 2023

An internal communications plan will also be needed to inform buyers of the existing arrangements they should use. What’s happening industry-wide that may impact the supply chain or pricing? Also consider any long-term contracts that may not have been competed for some time (e.g. legacy computer system support).

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 16, 2024

And we need to get to a point where those can be off the shelf, and so you can start to proliferate the access to the hardware and start to typically reduce down the price instead having to buy lots. So defense will continue to be the biggest buyer space services and hardware. But the Defense Department has very bespoke needs.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Supporting these entities is helpful not only in enhancing economic diversity but also in strengthening local networks. Together, these governance measures ensure that public sector buyers uphold the principles of fairness, ethics, and accountability. You can do this by focusing on social values while devising your pricing strategy.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. By bringing Procurement and Finance together, customers will be able to trade goods and services at the best price and guarantee on-time (or early) payment in a secure, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

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Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 40

Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

For what buyers and sellers can expect in the year ahead, we hear from Sonny Hashmi. Ultimately, if the government has insights into what is being bought, where it’s coming from, who’s producing it, what the carbon impact is, what the competitive pricing are.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Exclusive Engagement Opportunities: With features like peer-to-peer messaging, your logo will be seen as attendees network and connect, associating your brand with valuable professional interactions. Pricing details included in the prospectus. Thank you to our current sponsors of the Fall Training Conference!

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Procurement Contract Networking Budget 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

The model we used is described in Sentence-BERT: Sentence Embeddings using Siamese BERT-Networks, which states: “We train SBERT on the combination of the SNLI (Bowman et al., A bad choice is how you end up with Google AI Overviews training in Reddit answers and suggesting you add glue to your pizza and eat one small rock per day.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

Networking Opportunities In addition to gaining knowledge from the panel discussions, The Cyberside Chat offers a valuable networking opportunity. While the buyer had not secured financing when the term sheet was signed, the term sheet was not conditioned on obtaining financing nor does it appear that financing was in doubt.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

It consisted of 20 meetings with international experts, politicians, buyers and analysts ( recordings available in Russian). The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021. Are the goals being achieved? This stage took place offline.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

Network with peers from government and industry. 3] In a recent size appeal, SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) upheld an Area Office size determination giving present effect to an acquisition based on a term sheet signed by the parties, with an agreed upon price and an expected closing date. [4]

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E-procurement Bidding Procurement Consulting 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Assemble your team of friends and colleagues and save the date to compete for prizes, network with colleague, and contribute to some worthy causes. The plan outlines how DHS will use research and development to “keep pace with technology by leveraging research and development to address homeland security challenges.”

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Procurement Data Strategic Planning Management 52

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

The Farmer’s app connects farmers with reliable buyers in Botswana. This effort focused on enabling the deployment of Choppies’ state-of-the-art Farmer’s app across its supplier network. In December 2022, the Biden administration announced an ambitious new program at the U.S.-Africa Screenshots of the Farmer’s app hosted on AWS.

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Public Private Partnership Inventory E-procurement Supply Chain 69

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

Network with peers from government and industry. DoD Exploring Portfolio-Based Acquisition Federal News Network reports that lawmakers are urging DoD to explore a portfolio-based acquisition approach that would allow the Department to invest in modern technologies more rapidly. The new prices will be effective Jan 1, 2026.

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E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement Price 52

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

Getting listed on Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) and framework agreements means buyers can award contracts directly to pre-approved suppliers. By studying past contract awards , you can uncover key insights: Whats the winning price range? What are buyers looking for beyond just price? The secret?

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 52