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NASPO Law Institute – Framework Agreements – New Orleans

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Gian Luigi Albano Gian Luigi Albano of Italy’s centralized purchasing agency, CONSIP, joined Keith McCook (a senior procurement attorney in South Carolina government) and GW Law’s Christopher Yukins on November 10, 2023 to discuss the law-and-economics of framework agreements (which in the U.S.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

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City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Directs work of purchasing staff in carrying out and executing contracts.

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Procurement centralisation, digital technologies and competition (new working paper)

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This is in particular to facilitate the extraction of insights from big data held by central purchasing bodies (CPBs); build public sector digital capabilities; and boost procurement’s regulatory gatekeeping potential. Source: Wikipedia. As always, any feedback most welcome: a.sanchez-graells@bristol.ac.uk.

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The Department of the Navy adds AWS Marketplace to its Enterprise Software Licensing program

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The Department of the Navy (DoN) modified its blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide U.S. AWS account holders under the Navy BPA must first establish the required centralized purchasing controls for their organization’s contracting officer prior to getting started with AWS Marketplace.

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Ivalua Further Grows its Procurement Solution Business in Canada

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Implementation of the project was led by Optis’ expert consulting team with support from Ivalua professional services, allowing TELUS to streamline their procurement processes through a simplified system that manages spend, ensures compliance, provides a rich catalog of products and services, and creates a full digital record of purchases. “We

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

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Relatedly, it will be difficult to administer such tenderer screening to systems through the creation of lists of approved contractors or third-party certification (or equivalent mechanisms, such as dynamic purchasing systems administered by a central purchasing body, or quality assurance certification).

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

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Given the undoubted value of harnessing procurement data, I sense that Member States will progress domestically, but primarily in specific settings such as that of their central purchasing bodies (see here ). However, whether they will be onboarded into PPDS as enthusiastic members seems less likely.