Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The fundamental tenets of fairness, value for money, and transparency form the foundation of public procurement and contribute to the development of an atmosphere that benefits suppliers as well as buyers. Value for Money (VfM) in Public Procurement What Does Value for Money Mean in Public Procurement?

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Without competitive bidding, prices go up, and the quality of goods and services languishes. 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.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

Procureware

JANUARY 22, 2018

Where we started – manual bid management In manual systems, bid or tender responses are received via hard-copy or electronically via email, portable media, or file upload into an online site like Dropbox. Creating online forms is a new step that can be time consuming, so buyers would prefer to avoid it.

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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. Work on the re-let has commenced and currently it is out to Tender. The planned start date for the new framework is 11 July 2024. Framework Public Bodies will be notified upon award.

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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.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Together, these governance measures ensure that public sector buyers uphold the principles of fairness, ethics, and accountability. Working with SMEs and local businesses enhances their ability to seek tenders, thus fostering inclusiveness and innovation. With this feature, you are never going to miss out on any tender alerts.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Similarly, Lithuania is now tracking the use of “green” criteria to promote the procurement of environmentally friendly products and services, and Paraguay uses machine-learning to advertise tenders suitable for small businesses.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Following our theoretical framework, we also expect transparency effects to unfold over time with many effects arising through the help of stakeholders – journalists picking up stories based on newly available data, buyers learning about procurement markets or bidder finding new opportunities more efficiently.

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Procureware

APRIL 12, 2019

Detailed description of public bid opportunity Step 2: Provide Online Vendor Registration Publishing bid or tender solicitations is a great first step to improve transparency; today, however, vendors expect more. Beyond simply posting the winning supplier, it also includes pricing details.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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. And the pricing under these contracts may not be the absolute lowest. Aggregators Vendor networks come in several forms.

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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. Postal Price Increases – The Postal Services framework terms allow for price reviews aligned to the date at which Royal Mail retail price increases take effect.

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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). An article published in Kazakhstan by Gulbarshyn Karabalina and Svetlana Garkusha prompted the social services department of the Mangystau Region to use a competitive tender for the first time in years.

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Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Amrest onboards new vendors at competitively-positioned pricing on a regular and consistent basis. However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects.

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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. Postal Price Increases – The Postal Services framework terms allow for price reviews aligned to the date at which Royal Mail retail price increases take effect.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

The simplified procurement process worked for tech and focused on outcomes, so the government became a knowledgeable buyer of technology. ChileCompra expected savings of 10 percent : As of 2021, the new framework led to average savings of 28 percent compared to market prices.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. What strategies are crown corporations using to deal with the current price uncertainty in the market? The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer.

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Mercell

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The awarded contract worth € 2,4 million was a result of an extensive European tendering procedure which took almost 1 year. The awarding criteria was 60% on quality and 40% on price. It underlines our leadership in the domain of designing and developing public tendering solutions in Europe.

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E-catalogue E-procurement Procurement Tender 40

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).

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate. Lifecycle stages are in gray, factors are in green, and requirements/certifications are in white.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. Civic procurement monitoring in Kazakhstan at a glance Members of Kun Jarygy have monitored 1,222 tenders worth KZT 346 billion (~US$725 million) in the coalition’s first year.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

With the Tracker Intelligence tender alerts feature, you can set up real-time alerts tailored to your industry, so youre always in the know. Getting listed on Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) and framework agreements means buyers can award contracts directly to pre-approved suppliers. What are buyers looking for beyond just price?

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There are specific dashboards that analyze prices on the central e-catalog , medical procurement , buyer evaluations , Energy Services Company (ESCO) procurement, or internal auditing practices.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This system can be used to assess whether a company meets the qualification requirements set by the buyer. Another platform that can be used to understand a companys procurement track record is the Provider Performance Information System or SIKaP. The qualification requirements that must be met will usually appear in the e-procurement system.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

For instance, a lack of clear, coherent tendering procedures or regulatory violations in the tender advertisement may affect the execution of government projects. Tracker Intelligence uses sophisticated procurement tools and integrates centralised systems, which decreases the time and effort needed for buyers and suppliers.

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Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Bid Rigging 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.

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