Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. At the same time, the Antimonopoly Committee received more than 10,500 procurement complaints with a total value of UAH 70.1 of all procurement appeals in Ukraine.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

AUGUST 5, 2024

If federal buyers find enough qualified businesses in their own directory, they won't look anywhere else! The HHS Vendor Supplier Portal HHS awards approximately $30B to government contractors but there are 12 Operating Divisions in HHS and e ach procures their own goods and services independently. You need to get inside HHS!

Government 111

Government Government E-procurement Buyers 111

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility). The Ivalua solution empowers us to deliver value to CPOs throughout Belgium”.

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I was recently asked whether AI procurement is just a complex case of software procurement or whether there is anything specific to AI that sets it apart or poses risks of a different order of magnitude. Can we just rely on what we know to make procurement work as well as possible? So maybe this is nothing new.

Procurement 67

Procurement Buyers IT Influencing 67

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This article explores practical approaches to streamline public sector procurement processes and focuses on increasing participation from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements.

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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. What Are Framework Agreements?

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Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What makes KPIs so vital to Procurement? 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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Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Yet, these initiatives are rarely owned by Procurement. On the contrary, Procurement often plays the bad cop role, creating barriers to onboard new and innovative suppliers, asking for endless compliance documents, ending the magic of the incubation. Second, Procurement lacks time and resources to perform this kind of tasks.

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Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 4, 2024

When you take time to research, you will be much better prepared for quality conversations with federal agencies and get referrals toward the right buyers. Once buyers know like and trust a small business, they are likely to keep your in mind for future opportunities or as a referral for subcontracting opportunities.

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Buyers Contract Government Contracts Quality 105

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Witt says he often points government buyers to the following quote as they begin any initiative: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Dr. W. Edwards Deming , a leading proponent of statistical quality control in organizations.

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Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership Buyers Buying Process 110

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention. This is extremely worrying.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. The following blog will provide a more detailed exploration of creating sustainable procurement strategy, their benefits and challenges during implementation.

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Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Salary: $80,244 - $95,832 annually Job Summary: The Public Works Purchasing Manager oversees city-wide procurement processes that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and City policies and procedures. Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This blog will help you understand how to identify the most suitable UK public sector procurement frameworks to benefit people using available resources and Tracker Intelligence. ps://link.springer.com/ What Is A Procurement Framework And Why They Matter? You might wonder, ‘What is a framework agreement in procurement?’

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Procurement Framework Agreement Tender Supplier 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.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Government procurement is estimated to be responsible for 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions , according to a report by Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum. The same study found that about 40% of all emissions related to government procurement could be mitigated for less than US$15 per ton of CO 2 emissions.

Procurement 62

Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react.

Supply Chain 69

Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Procurement Team 69

ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In today’s dynamic, complex market, where procurement’s objectives continue to grow, data is the fuel for success. In the latest Procurement Leaders Report and Survey , we ask top-performing CPO’s how they’re prioritizing data-enabled supply chain visibility–and the changes that need to be made. Below, Improve Data Quality.

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Transparency Supply Chain Data Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This regulatory technique simply seeks to allow public buyers to ensure compliance with the EU AI Act by cascading the relevant obligations and requirements down to tech providers (largely on a back to back basis). Limitations in the model AI clauses The model AI clauses come with some additional ‘caveat emptor’ warnings.

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Buyers E-procurement Transparency Procurement 88

Naomi Clews Consultancy

AUGUST 3, 2023

NHS Procurement Consultants Do you want to sell to the NHS? ​Have you applied to NHS England, NHS buyers, but had no success? Do you wish there was an NHS procurement expert you could talk to about how to do business with the NHS? Do you have a great NHS product or NHS service, NHS customers will benefit from?

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Consulting Procurement Tender Supply Chain 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Moreover, there are more than 5 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States that are able to provide valuable services to add enhanced quality and efficiency to the U.S. These challenges — including and especially discrimination that leads to a loss of access and opportunity — are not a relic of the past. In fact, only 1.7%

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Buyers Procurement Contract Government Contracts 128

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. These public procurement principles allow businesses of all sizes to participate equitably, protect the integrity of taxpayer money, and encourage competition and efficiency.

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Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis. What is Direct Procurement?

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Viparis has chosen Ivalua and CKS to equip its Procurement department with a software suite that meets the challenges of an exceptional deadline for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and will help sustain the Group’s growth. The solution implemented is based on a “pre-configuration” that combines the reference functionalities of e-Procurement.

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E-procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 53

GovSpend

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Government procurement should be transparent and efficient. 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. There’s simply no sales enablement or procurement intelligence tool like it.

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Data Quality Purchasing Transparency 105

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Approximately a third of public sector spending goes to procure third-party goods, services, and works. The adoption of digital technologies is seen as a strategic catalyst for procurement reform, to increase the effectiveness of procurement regulation. by Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells , University of Bristol Law School.

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Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. This analysis will explore the main NAO findings, look at their wider significance and propose steps to reinvigorate competition in government procurement.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

Outsourcing procurement services can have an immediate effect on the efficiencies of operations. It could be unfair to compare a procurement department’s efficiencies to those of an outsourced service; however, the comparison would consider the advantages of accessing a more efficient operation provided by a 3 rd party service provider.

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Efficiency Balance Procurement E-procurement 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Individual takes a sample from Peatland ACTION and Galloway Fisheries Trust Water Quality Monitoring Point at Cairnsmore of Fleet National Nature Reserve. We will also be in person at the Meet the Buyer North event taking place on 12 September 2023 at Aberdeen Music Hall.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Tender Supplier 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react. Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. Supplier Data is at the core of every procurement activity, and it is critical for those dealing with direct materials in manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. TenderNed has a special team dedicated to analyzing procurement trends and making their data more valuable. The rest come from commercial applications. Transparency is key.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Procurement Leaders Webinar. With mounting pressure for organizations to make tangible contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, the procurement function must strategize to implement and report their collective efforts. ESG Objectives for Buyers. Supplier Selection.

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Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52