Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. 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

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

1] There are different restrictions that explain this low participation of women-led companies in the awarding of public procurement contracts. As a result, encouraging the participation of women-led SMEs in public procurement processes can help promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Participation Procurement Supplier 52

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

GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I fell in love with their mission to arm buyers and sellers in the public sector with intelligence, enabling them to be more proactive and competitive in their markets and in their spending. One specific example is classifying purchase order records. There’s simply no sales enablement or procurement intelligence tool like it.

Data 105

Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Two weeks later, the Buyer and Grain Power LLC (Guarantor) – another Ukrainian agricultural company – entered into an additional agreement to the Contract under the terms as per which the Guarantor assumed all obligations of the Buyer arising from the Contract (Additional Agreement).

Buyers 98

Buyers Contract Purchasing Price 98

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to Forrester, “AWS continues to raise the bar for transacting and contracting, with real dollar benefits…[and] continues to work with procurement executives and other technology buyers to ensure its marketplace is solving their buying challenges.” Being able to click a button to purchase was also fantastic.

Government 81

Government Government Purchasing Negotiation 81

American City & Country

OCTOBER 8, 2024

According to Mitchell, it is nearly impossible for just one individual to organically possess all of the knowledge necessary to successfully implement a technology purchase completely on their own. No question, updating an agency’s IT setup can be a major undertaking.

Import 110

Import Competitive Bidding Price Change Management 110

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. Participation is Required Each client must participate for SGCR to stay on the defined schedule. Active Engagement is Essential Participation is key to maximizing the benefits of the CSGMP program.

Government 102

Government Government Government Contracts Media 102

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. Efficiency is key.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Using historical spending data for school districts in New York state, you discover that many of these districts are overpaying for binders they purchase from a large, well-established reseller. By narrowing your focus on these districts, you have built yourself a strong pipeline of new opportunities.

Data 59

Data Purchasing Buyers Bidding 59

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

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 27, 2024

The final rule explains that the SUP-free icon is intended to act “as an important discriminator when buyers are making purchasing decisions” so that FSS contractors that adopt this voluntary measure will become more marketable in the federal procurement space. The final rule is effective starting July 8, 2024.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Buyers Purchasing 52

GovSpend

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Using historical spending data for school districts in New York state, you discover that many of these districts are overpaying for binders they purchase from a large, well-established reseller. By narrowing your focus on these districts, you have built yourself a strong pipeline of new opportunities.

Data 52

Data Purchasing Buyers Bidding 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Participants heard from industry experts, shared best practices, and forged new connections with their peers. Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. Most agencies require a purchase order (PO) for almost every purchase in order to issue payment.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Framework Public Bodies are encouraged to complete the RFI and confirm their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group (UIG) for the new procurement exercise. The award is imminent and participating bodies will be notified very soon. Early development work on the re-let has commenced.

Collaboration 67

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

A small business must meet eligibility criteria set by the SBA, register with SAM, attain small business certifications to participate in government contracting, and then utilize platforms like SAM.gov, dsbs.sba.gov, and Select GCR Pro to discover small business government contractor opportunities.

Government Contracts 98

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 98

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. Additionally, they provide flexibility through call off contracts where purchases can be placed on an ‘as needed’ basis.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Fewer than 300 MSMEs participate in a procurement market worth almost US$3 billion annually.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

New strategies included implementing an electronic bidding platform, piloting approaches to vendor outreach for high-priority purchases, and incorporating bonus point questions for sustainability and equity in all their requests for proposals (RFPs). For example, the city fleet was able to streamline and standardize their purchasing process.

Procurement 52

Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When thinking about these questions, consider three different types of vendor relationships: (a) vendors wanting to do business with government; (b) vendors participating in a solicitation process; and (c) contractors providing goods, services or construction to government. The solicitation is structured to meet current needs.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Long before you make a purchase decision, you must create the right structure for vendor relationships with your procurement organization. Among them are aggregators that bring together buyers and sellers. They host requests for bids and tenders from buyers and allow vendors to submit bids to multiple organizations.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

– Actions on the products and services purchased. 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. Part 2: Act on the products and services purchased.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Purchasing Buyers 52

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

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It is fueled by feedback from entrepreneurs, helping to mitigate barriers to entry and streamline the purchasing processes. But when it comes to public procurement, they represent less than 5% of vendors participating in the system in the last 3 years, according to official data.

Tender 52

Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introductory course The School of Applied Research in Public Procurement sought to develop participants’ skills in monitoring, research, policy analysis, and promoting public procurement reforms and open contracting in Central Asia, with a vision to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2019

Even when a spend analysis solution is kept up to date, the supplier information in it accompanies the dollars themselves and the details about what was purchased, when and by whom. Instead, it tells us about our own purchasing habits. It does not tell us much about the suppliers.

Supplier 53

Supplier Management Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing 53

Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

Recognizing that a significant amount of plastic waste comes from “one and done” packaging, the General Services Administration (GSA), among the largest government buyers purchasing a diverse set of products, sought information in connection with an anticipated rule on single-use packaging in products on the MAS. Sustainability.

Procurement 59

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Buyers 59

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Since launching their platform in 2020, Diegues and Blanco have built a set of digital tools and data analytics services that have bridged the gap between more than 250 private sector users and public procurement buyers in six countries across Latin America. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

When fully implemented, eMMA will allow buyers to collaborate with vendors from the bidding and contracting process all the way through the purchasing process. eMMA is state-of-the-art procurement technology powered by the Ivalua Platform, a global leader in procurement technology. With the successful launch of eMMA release 1.0,

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Transparency Quality Buyers 40

ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

When we look at that sort of activity, we can see that it is very different to the standard procurement processes – spend analysis, competitive sourcing, purchase to pay management. capturing and exploiting innovation from supply markets and individual suppliers becoming a top priority for organisations and therefore procurement functions.

Procurement 66

Procurement Supply Chain Category Management Innovation 66

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Yet, many governments have not introduced policies and procedures for buying greener and even where it is possible to use green criteria for purchasing, many procurement officers are unsure of how to include them. In the Dominican Republic, only 290 purchases could be analyzed.

Procurement 62

Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. Further information and a buyers guide can be found here. Framework public bodies are requested to advise upon their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group for this procurement exercise.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 44

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This is particularly problematic for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), which often need more resources to participate in complex, bureaucratic tender processes dominated by a few more prominent competitors. As a result, the UK public sector may be missing out on SMEs’ innovation and flexibility.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Often, we see suppliers to the enterprise participating in the incubators. However, Procurement remains an asset, especially in identifying potential targets or participating in their due diligences. On the other hand, decision-making about a qualification process or a purchase order is too slow. That is largely not the case.

Procurement 72

Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Following the same rhetoric of transformation, the PPDS Communication now stresses that ‘ Integrated data combined with the use of state-of the-art and emerging analytics technologies will not only transform public procurement, but also give new and valuable insights to public buyers, policy-makers, businesses and interested citizens alike ‘ (at 2).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 22, 2024

Recognizing that a significant amount of plastic waste comes from “one and done” packaging, the General Services Administration (GSA), among the largest government buyers purchasing a diverse set of products, sought information in connection with an anticipated rule on single-use packaging in products on the MAS. Sustainability.

Procurement 49

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Buyers 49

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This is an update on the national collaborative frameworks and contracts we offer to public sector buyers in Scotland. Further information and a buyers guide can be found here. Framework public bodies are requested to advise upon their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group for this procurement exercise.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40