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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Using various analytical methods evaluates City's current purchasing patterns and practices; develops and continuously improves centralized purchasing systems and procedures.

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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

Tracker Intelligence

Technological solutions such as AI-driven tender analysis can streamline the evaluation process, helping to assess qualitative elements alongside pricing. This allows the government to place appropriate relative weight on factors such as innovation, sustainability, and broader community impact beyond cost.

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Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

How to Crack a Nut

Tender execution A public buyer seeking to use procurement as a tool of digital regulation could do so through the two main decisions of tenderer selection and tender evaluation. This indicates that existing flexible mechanisms of market engagement can be a source of regulatory risk, rather than a useful set of regulatory tools.