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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

But OFPP believes the time is ripe to reduce price variance, secure most favorable terms and conditions and improve the federal cyber posture. Currently, prices routinely vary up to 20% for the same software across agencies, OMB wrote in its fact sheet about BCI in 2023. GSAs optimism for this time is based on several factors.

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The benefits of ‘best value’ for small businesses in the federal market

Federal News Network

There are many factors: e.g., unintended consequences of category management, increased regulatory compliance, and instability in the market due to continuing resolutions and recurring threats of government shutdowns.

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The Benefits of “Best Value” for Small Businesses in the Federal Market

The Coalition for Government Procurement

There are many factors: e.g., unintended consequences of category management, increased regulatory compliance, and instability in the market due to continuing resolutions and recurring threats of government shutdowns.

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What is eProcurement?

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. – Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management.

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Transforming Government IT Procurement: Better Contracting Initiative Priority 2

Great Government Through Technology

As part of our ongoing efforts to modernize government IT procurement and management, the Better Contracting Initiative (BCI) has been a cornerstone of our strategy at the Governmentwide IT Program Management Office. We’ve embarked on a journey to streamline how our federal government procures and manages its software assets.

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Contract Management’s Impact on Procurement Efficiency

The Procurement School

One of the greatest sources of contract disputes is how to handle price increase requests where there is no clear contract language. The best method is an evidence-based approach showing the underlying cause of the price increase. Automated expiry and renewal alerts reminders are an important component of contract management.

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What are the Supply Chain Management Lessons to Learn from the Covid-19 Crisis

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Companies that maintained zero-sum, hard negotiation relationships with suppliers cannot suddenly reset those in a more collaborative mold. Some lessons regarding managing supply chain risk may still help in the near term as companies struggle to reconfigure their supply base to an evolving pandemic.