Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

New guidance, developed to assist buyers and suppliers has now been published on both the Procurement Journey and Supplier Journey websites: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Procurement Journey What do Buyers Need to Know About AI? If you require additional information, please email scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Supplier Relationship Management has taken on new meaning in the unprecedented times in which we find ourselves living. Now is the time to rethink supplier relationships for 2021 and beyond. Supplier Relationship Management – time to rewrite the rule-book? What does this teach us about Supplier Relationships?

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ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

Financial impact of COVID-19 has delayed payments and kept focus on cost, but research shows this is adversely affecting supplier relationships and access to innovation. The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, surveyed 300 suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, to examine supplier relationships with their buyers.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

And then just this month, Meet Buyer North took place in Aberdeen where the Supplier Development Programme and headline partners, Scotland Excel, hosted the seventh annual Meet the Buyer North. This month, we published AI guidance to both the Procurement Journey and the Supplier Journey.

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ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

If this foundation does not exist or if it is shaky, then buyers don’t know how much the company is spending with a given supplier, let alone how they can improve the efficiency or impact of a given spend category. The post Hitting The Brakes On Out Of Control Supplier Master Data W/ Cyrille Naux appeared first on Ivalua.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. This is a great place to begin the conversation about supplier trade credits and terms. Is it worth it? Absolutely!

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. Tracker Intelligence provides businesses with the tools to find the right public procurement frameworks , and the insight to help suppliers win these valuable contracts.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

Slowing Down Public Sector AI adoption PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE DAY I am at an industry conference day, there are rows upon rows of supplier stands, and tables covered with branded pens and tote bags. I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Just because the purchase order is placed with the supplier , our work as procurement professionals is not done. At this stage of the procurement cycle (stage 10), our work should be focusing on the management of the contract to ensure that the supplier is delivering as per our expectations.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Traditional public procurement is often adversarial between public buyers and suppliers, with each side aiming to maximize its own benefit through strict rules for protection. In public procurement, universal solutions are inadequate due to the diverse range of challenges public buyers face.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Effective procurement practices allow the establishment of a closed-loop circular supply chain that helps deliver more efficiency, from end-to-end and supports the formalisation of different services, including e-waste management, recycling, resource sharing, and supplier regulatory development.

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Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

Government procurement refers to the purchase of common goods, works and services by government agencies, usually from private sector suppliers. It can’t go bankrupt and has an obligation to pay its suppliers on time — within 30 days. Buyers can then call on the selected suppliers to provide services whenever they are needed.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Why did these outsiders want to know about our key strategic suppliers? . Buyers must have appropriate plans in place to ensure that the activities outsourced can feasibly be moved to another provider or brought back into the core business if necessary, including in situations where time is short. .

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Procurement Supplier Management Buyers 56

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Come and visit us on our Booth and we will also shortly announce our presentation slot. Why is it important to put the sparkle back into your Supplier Relationships? For many organisations, SRM is a tool simply to manage suppliers, totally missing the ‘Relationship’ aspect. How to reduce supplier risk in your business.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Although a significant gap exists between procurement organizations’ supply chain transparency aspirations and their current capabilities, there are several steps teams can take that will yield a rapid boost to supplier visibility. Procurement must be able to access data at any time–to manage spend and suppliers. Ensure Accessibility.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Baylor, Scott & White (BSW) presents a great example of achieving digital transformation powered by supply chain. For example, unique workflow and fields in a requisition to capture doctor, patient, product serial numbers & procedure details and route specific product types to specialized buyers/suppliers.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

CTC systems not only enable governments to streamline Supplier Invoice tracking and monitor tax reporting–but keep an eye on unpaid VAT as well; truly revolutionising our approach on how taxes will be collected going forward! Every supplier will be forced to send Government approved invoices to their clients. What are the implications?

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This interest is also present in London, where there are growing GovTech and startup ecosystems ready to engage. To make this environment, we added functionality that allows users to match buyer and supplier technologies, attribute IT solutions to tenders, and understand the tech architecture of the London public sector for the first time.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Inclusive Opportunities: Public procurement can be a tool to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion by prioritising contracts with suppliers committed to these ideals. Suppliers in the economy are expected to reduce their carbon footprints and demonstrate effective means of maintaining green approaches.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Over the course of the year-long project, PKP Energetyka will implement the modules facilitating the registration of Contracts, e-Catalogs, Tender Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and finally, Invoice handling. The key goals are not only the safety or optimization and acceleration of the Procurement processes as such.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Each of their presentations was on-point and contained valuable insight by openly sharing best practices and candid conversations about their maturity journey. getting involved early on in the New Product Introduction ( NPI) cycle to ensure suppliers risk is being properly evaluated in production capacity and quality. It was wonderful.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

3] TINA defines cost or pricing data to mean all facts that, as of the relevant date, a prudent buyer or seller would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly. [4] 42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.)

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2022

The question is, however: can business owners really give the go-ahead for shorter working weeks, what impact will it have on their operations, and will their buyers and customers choose to jump ship if they do? Despite the fact your staff are there for eight hours, it doesn’t mean they are working.

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Procureware

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In the beginning, our software was simply a tool to post RFP documents, later we added supplier registration, then online bidding, and finally contract management to our ProcureWare platform. In recent years, supplier self-registration has also gained traction in the private sector. On the surface, they all appear to be very similar.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In many cases, the cloud presents less risk, as cloud services are run by those whose sole focus and core competence are running the systems in the cloud. Internally, buyers and engineers must work with quality and product; then that cross-functional group must collaborate with external suppliers.

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ivalua

APRIL 11, 2019

I’ve heard many such presentations and tend to judge them on the basis of whether they give me anything new and different to think about. She also stressed that “supplier management is becoming supplier motivation”, as we see the best suppliers choosing their customers, not vice versa.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Dawn will be presenting a thought-leader keynote titled “Leadership in Uncertain Times” at Ivalua NOW , the premier virtual event for procurement leaders, on May 5. Procurement teams were just buyers who delivered what other departments told them to buy. Today, procurement leaders have a seat at the table in e-staff meetings.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Introducing more sustainable procurement policies and processes presents an enormous opportunity for public authorities to not only contribute to reaching carbon emission reduction goals but also to drive sustainable societal and economic development. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

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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ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

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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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Having more information earlier, and having it presented in a straightforward way at regular intervals, increases everyone’s confidence. This may include posters with project progress, presentations, and the mobilization of internal influencers. Change Management. transparency throughout the procurement lifecycle.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As we’ll discuss, tender contracts are becoming an increasingly viable option for businesses to attract new suppliers and contracts. Likewise, the EU began to offer TED (Tenders electronic daily) to present non-EU companies with public sector procurement options. Public sector tendering contracts have many benefits.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

User experience is a consequence of brand image, presentation, functionality, system performance, interactive behaviour and assistive capabilities of the interactive system. We pay special attention to the user experience on the supplier side because it has too often been neglected by procurement solutions on the market.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

The Supplier Development Programme was also present at the event, providing information on the services they can offer. We have enhanced the Procurement Journey and PCS pages to help supported businesses, and we are working to publish a new ministerial endorsed public sectors buyer’s guide document for supported businesses.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By including all necessary information and presenting it professionally, a bid proposal becomes an effective tool for winning contracts and building long-term client relationships. Suppliers responding to an RFP must address detailed requirements for service, quality, and capability.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Specifically, the PAP states that “[t]he term “fair and reasonable” is generally considered to mean a price that is fair to both parties in a transaction , not higher than what the competitive market would bear or a price that a prudent and competent buyer would pay for a product or service under competitive market conditions.” See Section 2.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We were thrilled to be joined by Paws for Purple Hearts at the Fall Conference for a special presentation and to learn more about their efforts. The new icon makes it easier for agency buyers to identify and select products that help meet their plastic waste reduction goals. Thank You for Joining Us at the Coalitions Holiday Party!

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