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State Dept. reshaping acquisition organization, processes

Federal News Network

It helps me with category management. But that is not the panacea for category management. The threshold [for review] is $250 million and over. At that dollar threshold, we’re expecting program offices to have a more formalized plan and approach for program management. We use those.

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what is the difference between public and private sector procurement?

The Procurement School

demand aggregation As one strategy for meeting this obligation, both sectors look for opportunities for volume buying or ‘demand aggregation’ wherever possible and often approach strategic sourcing from a category management perspective.

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

How to Crack a Nut

Given that above threshold procurement data is already (in the process of being) captured at EU level, the PPDS is very much about data on procurement not covered by the EU rules—which represents 80% of all public procurement contracts.

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Your Teams Have Account Plans in Place… But Are They Optimized for Federal Contracting?

GovSpend

Maximizing the essential components of an agency account plan involves: Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of the Agency Steps included in understanding an agency include: Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the agency’s overall spending further analyze the spend by NAICS, PSC, or Category Management Codes.

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Open Procurement in Europe: 100 experts share their vision for the future

Open Contracting Partnership

Felix Zimmermann from the German government shared how Germany is integrating sustainability and inclusion into its practices through a monthly roadmap for ICT procurement, training programs for vendors, digitization, and improving data management, including publishing open contracting data through the Bekanntmachungsservice ÖffentlicheVergabe.de.

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Your Teams Have Account Plans in Place… But Are They Optimized for Federal Contracting?

GovSpend

Maximizing the essential components of an agency account plan involves: Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of the Agency Steps included in understanding an agency include: Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the agency’s overall spending further analyze the spend by NAICS, PSC, or Category Management Codes.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 2

The Procurement School

To ensure bidders are qualified to provide the required good / service it is recommended they score at or above a minimum technical threshold to proceed to the next evaluation stage. Fleet and Logistics Category Manager. Written by Graham Allen Graham Allen is recently retired from Supply Chain Ontario where he was the Travel.

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