article thumbnail

The Basics of Negotiation – Planning

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

Across all these aspects of procurement we will find ourselves having to negotiate. Negotiation can take place at the beginning of the procurement cycle where the need for a purchase is established through to the last stage where the need is being reviewed. Finally, what approach is best suited to the negotiation?

article thumbnail

Collaboration will drive future sourcing and supplier management success

ivalua

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Federal News Network

Clearly, both sides value the other as a critical partner, as demonstrated by the willing collaboration of the Governmentwide Microsoft Acquisition Strategy (GMAS) effort. Under the BCI, GSA will lead the government in negotiating a governmentwide IT software license agreement with a large software provider.

article thumbnail

Federal Addendum to Standard Contract for AWS Marketplace now available

AWS Public Sector

This novel approach to contracting can help streamline government approvals of software procurement and speed up the governments access to third-party software solutions using AWS Marketplace by offering a pre-negotiated and consistent end-user license agreement (EULA) for each purchase.

Buyers 52
article thumbnail

Speed, Collaboration and Innovation – Key Words for the New Procurement Decade

ivalua

Crucially, it suggests that the dominant model of supplier engagement needs to be collaborative rather than adversarial in nature, at least for key strategic suppliers. However, supplier collaboration is much easier to talk about than implement. What does this mean for procurement and supplier management?

article thumbnail

5 Ways to Improve Cross-Government Cyber Collaboration

GovLoop

But historically, cross-government collaboration has been the exception, not the rule. Although most CIOs and chief information security officers (CISOs) see the value of collaboration, it can still feel awkward. Collaboration does not necessarily require a formal program with a dedicated budget. That works in everyone’s favor.

article thumbnail

Collaboration Will Drive Future Sourcing and Supplier Management Success

ivalua

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.