Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Public procurement these days is not just about acquiring goods and public services at low costs. Social value is a transformative approach shaping how public contracts are awarded and executed. What Is Social Value In Public Procurement? Why Does Social Value Matter In Public Procurement?

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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. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As part of Scot Climate Week 2023 , we hear from some members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) on how their organisations are embedding climate action in their procurement activities. This commitment extends to their procurement and supply chain management, which is a vital part of sector activity.

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year. Don’t forget to plan your trip using the pre-event planner and register to attend today.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements define terms, conditions and price for goods and services and allow authorities to procure without having to re-run lengthy tender processes. 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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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Initially, I was introduced to the essentials of working in government, completing ‘Data Protection’ and ‘Climate Literacy’ training and certification, educating me on the importance of maintaining data security within the organisation and helping me to understand the ways that procurement can support Scotland’s ambitious net zero targets.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 30, 2024

The public sector is a massive consumer of energy, water, and various other consumables, and therefore should be able to make a substantial contribution to reducing carbon emissions. The Role Of Suppliers In Supporting The Ambitions And Targets Of The Public Sector Two thirds of our environmental impact sits in our supply chains. “If

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Ahead of Scot Climate Week 2023 , we welcome a guest blog from the Peatland ACTION project to tell us about the variety of supply chain opportunities and wider peatland restoration work. We will also be in person at the Meet the Buyer North event taking place on 12 September 2023 at Aberdeen Music Hall.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Initially, I was introduced to the essentials of working in government, completing ‘Data Protection’ and ‘Climate Literacy’ training and certification, educating me on the importance of maintaining data security within the organisation and helping me to understand the ways that procurement can support Scotland’s ambitious net zero targets.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Pa Goldbeck, Strategic Performance Manager, and Mary Niichel-Hegwood, Procurement Administrator, participated in an outreach event called “Meet the Buyers”, one of many vendor engagement outreach events the City is doing. The reforms also helped increase ownership of procurement by different city departments.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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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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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

(toppr.com) (2) In the example listed herein the Director of Procurement knew their reputation was known to be fair, honest and beyond reproach for their commitment to their ethics. They followed the Supply Chain Canada’s Code of Ethics for Professionals the letter for their entire career and had never encountered this situation before.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Photo credit: Flickr While carrying out research on the impact of digital technologies for public procurement governance, I have realised that the deployment of artificial intelligence to promote sustainability through public procurement holds some promise. In my view, it should be a matter of high priority. *

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University of Bristol

APRIL 6, 2020

Public procurement is at the forefront of the response to the challenges of COVID-19. The importance of public procurement and supply chain management has rarely been so prominently in the public eye and political debate—except, perhaps, in the case of notorious procurement scandals, such as the recent Brexit-related #ferrygate.

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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.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 22, 2024

Author: Graham Allen It is often said, “… working in public procurement is akin to being in a fish bowl with the cat watching.” This is an indication of the level of transparency and accountability required by public procurement professionals. Preparation Each procurement is technically a legal case waiting to happen.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In a new draft chapter for my monograph , I explore how, within the broader process of public sector digitalisation, and embroiled in the general ‘race for AI’ and ‘race for AI regulation’, public procurement has two roles. Public procurement is itself an area of public sector activity susceptible to digitalisation.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Policy irresistibility’ and hype in procurement digitalisation Public procurement is at its core an information-based exercise. These would not only apply to the adoption of digital technologies by public buyers, but to the digitalisation of the entire public sector.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

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. If we want to tackle climate change, and if we want to have greener, cleaner, and more resilient supply chains, governments will need to buy things in a fundamentally different way.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Public Procurement: Building Business Cases and Driving Momentum. For the Government, supplier diversity programs are something procurement professionals in the United States (US) have accepted as a key element to their procurement success.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

What are Meet the Buyer events? Meet the Buyer events provide opportunities for suppliers to introduce themselves to public sector buyers and private sector contractors, to learn about upcoming projects, contracts, frameworks, and supply chain opportunities.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

Public procurement is not just about ensuring a single contract; instead, it requires a long-term strategy to stay ahead of the competition. They follow public procurement best practices strategies that help you not only win contracts but keep them coming. What are buyers looking for beyond just price? The secret?

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Public procurement plays a significant role in economic and social growth by assuring that governments deliver vital services and infrastructure to their societies. This article will focus on tackling challenges in the public procurement process and suggests practical solutions for these challenges.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I was invited to provide an entry on ‘public procurement’ for the forthcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of European Law co-edited by Andrea Biondi and Oana Stefan. things going on in procurement. Public Procurement I. Below is my draft entry with perhaps an eclectic choice of content.

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