How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Second, there is the issue of tenderers using (generative) AI to write or design their tenders. Care must be taken both in the use of LLMs, and in assessing returns that have used LLMs, in the form of additional due diligence.’ The PPN has the main advantage of trying to tackle the challenge of generative AI in procurement head on.

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Tender Contract Bidding Supplier 72

Tracker Intelligence

JUNE 30, 2024

Occupational Health Tenders The market for occupational health services is expanding globally, fueled by a growing emphasis on worker wellbeing and regulatory adherence. These tenders allow providers to provide basic services like medical screenings, on-site clinics, and workplace safety training.

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Tender Bidding Education Data 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Construction Tenders Securing lucrative contracts in the dynamic engineering and construction industry requires an understanding of the tendering process. A formal call for bids on a project, known as a tender, initiates the bidding process among prospective contractors.

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Tender Bidding Bidder Competitive Bidding 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Leveraging their extensive experience of monitoring procurement for over a decade, ICW built local capacities to use the data available on Opentender to investigate public contracts and identify issues, and report their findings through LKPP’s official complaints channel e-pengaduan. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

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. in 2020 to 59.7%

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), Keep valuable information stored during the tender phase and to re-use it to enrich the SRM.

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Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 98

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To tackle this problem, the country has proposed wide-ranging legislation , including an anti-corruption package with measures to standardize the operations of Mongolia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and ensure they follow consistent rules throughout processes like tendering and procurement, among others.

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Data Corruption Supplier Public Procurement 123

Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) is the measure for selecting the best out of the incoming bids based on factors that are related to the subject matter of the contract. This criterion of selecting the tender was announced by European Parliament in January 2014. Tender Evaluation is done as an aggregate of both aspects.

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Procurement Team Evaluation Tender Procurement 52

Tendersinfo

APRIL 27, 2021

Each day federal, state and local agencies release several tenders across regions and sectors. The weightage and scoring of each tender will be different in the ease case. Also ensure that you will be able to meet the capacity requirements in terms of Manpower, Technology, and Experience. 

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Bidding Tender Government Government 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. The team have expanded their capacity to manage these updated processes.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

As somebody who led a digital transformation program in the UK government and who now listens to government transformation leaders around the world, I joined the panel with leaders from the International Monetary Fund Capacity Development, the World Bank, and Brazil’s federal government. The frameworks they developed became the GOV.UK

Innovation 78

Innovation Procurement Government Government 78

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. Please note Saema’s disclaimer that “I am commercial practitioner and I am writing in a personal capacity. Was it simply the evaluation question?

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

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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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Training and capacity building Weak in-house capability within government organizations is a common challenge, including a shortage of specialized knowledge, skills, and resources within government agencies to effectively design, implement, operate, and maintain e-GP systems.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Businesses must understand the key differences between the public and private procurement methods, regulations, and goals when c onsidering tender opportunities in either sector. Furthermore, private businesses have more flexibility in pursuing informal tendering procedures or direct negotiation with suppliers.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Supplier 52

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.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders. Often prices fall, says Diegues, when a government only holds an annual tender and the products are ordered in large volumes. “As

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the public procurement system.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The team developed a three-pronged strategy: talk to MSMEs and build their capacity to bid on contracts; simplify the bidding process for smaller businesses; and use innovative technology to better measure and manage opportunities for small business vendors. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

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.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures. It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures. . * Machine learning can also be used to improve the logistics of public sector supply chains , as well as unlock new models of public ownership of eg cars.

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Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

While this is not surprising, the ‘normality’ with which this finding is reported evidences the simple fact that, at least in the UK, it is accepted that the AI field is dominated by technology providers, that all institutional buyers are ‘AI consumers’, and that regulators do not seem to see a need to intervene to rebalance the situation.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In our 2016–17 ACE project, we focused on collecting data from development aid donors and lenders rather than from national governments, assuming that this would be a more reliable source since such agencies face a lot of pressure to be transparent, and also have the capacity to collect data.

Data 52

Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This policy required the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in public opportunities without requiring an overly burdensome and costly tender process. Since their inception more than 50 years ago, supplier diversity programs have spread beyond public procurements. Today, many US businesses proudly maintain robust supplier diversity programs.

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Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), Keep valuable information stored during the tender phase and to re-use it to enrich the SRM.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In a market where production capacity has suddenly been saturated by exponential demand, these product suppliers, whether strategic or otherwise, preferred or not, are now the ones able to choose which customers to work with. So, throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.),

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

On a (trite) humoristic note: a first idea to slow any task down would be to leave its implementation to a cumbersome public tender procedure. Catherine Breslin & Rens Dimmendaal / Better Images of AI / Strawberries and milk / CC-BY 4.0 The thesis that most white-collar tasks will be automated within a few years (or even months!)

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Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

We built capacity to show that there is an opportunity to change how things are done. Also, women lack awareness of tender opportunities, struggle to connect with relevant business networks, and struggle to break open the “boys club.” We focused on the plan, the data, and the purpose of what we want to achieve.

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Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80

VWV

APRIL 23, 2020

At the end of 2018, the government tried to rely upon this exception to award contracts to ferry operators for the provision of additional freight capacity between the UK and continental Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. There have been many cases where extreme urgency has been argued, but to date none have been successful.

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Procurement Tender Freight Negotiation 40

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis. Sometimes the need is to assess the industry’s capacity to meet the procurement requirements. In this case, an in person / virtual marketing sounding exercise can be organized.

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Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the past, regions that were slow to ask for assistance were left behind, and authorities lacked the capacity to understand if spending meets the needs of the most vulnerable, or whether it is helping build resilience to cope with future floods. McGovern Foundation. Download: CivicDataLab’s detailed documentation and open datasets.

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Budget Finance Data Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Once the project is selected for funding, it can be tracked through the full implementation pipeline: developing procurement needs, tendering, choosing suppliers, construction, and auditing. The indicators will be able to flag any issue from these capacity challenges, inadequate documentation, or potential fraud and corruption.

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Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

In Slovakia, the data collection process is prone to error due to the several Call for tenders and Contract award publication form types that were also changed throughout the year (i.e. On the one hand, identifying causal links based on quasi-experimental settings has several prerequisites.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 31, 2025

CivicDataLab developed a methodology to identify and measure green public procurement using tender titles. Moving forward, measures to introduce better nomenclature, clearer descriptions of tender titles and tender descriptions, and complete data availability will enable more accurate estimates of the states green performance.

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Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Budget Procurement 82

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

These elements are: Offer Acceptance Intention Capacity Consideration Offer An offer is often the starting point for creating a commercial contract. It can be made in response to an Request for Quotation (RFQ) or an Invitation to Tender (ITT), or even a supplier coming to visit and asking if you wanted to buy some of their goods.

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Capacity Supplier Procurement Supply Chain 52