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What is Strategic Procurement, and How Can Cooperative Purchasing Help?

American City & Country

Strategic procurement is more than just buying goods and services—it’s about creating value, optimizing resources, and aligning purchasing decisions with organizational goals. In this blog, we’ll explore key best practices and show how leveraging group/cooperative purchasing can help you master the art of strategic sourcing.

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How Meeting Intelligence Helps Implementation Specialists Anticipate New Opportunities

GovSpend

On February 5, 2025, the Council of the District of Columbia discussed their recent purchase of Salesforce and the hope to transfer data and start using the new software in August of 2025. Spending & POs give you historical purchasing data down to the line item, enabling you to price your services competitively.

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GSA’s Earth Observation Solutions: Powering informed decision-making

Great Government Through Technology

With such a large pool of vendors, agencies are able to get multiple competitive bids to get the best price for required services. Combine SINs to meet your requirements, or try a blanket purchase agreement to fill recurring needs easily. Currently GSA works with 91 EOS vendors to provide services to agencies.

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On technology buys, it’s important that agency stakeholders work together throughout the process

American City & Country

According to Mitchell, it is nearly impossible for just one individual to organically possess all of the knowledge necessary to successfully implement a technology purchase completely on their own. No question, updating an agency’s IT setup can be a major undertaking. Mitchell believes that cooperative contracts can save time for agencies. “In

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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I According to the Competitive Bidding Law of Canada, we can only accept compliant bids. This collaborative effort ensures that the procurement landscape remains fair, competitive, and cost-effective.

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When should procurement be outsourced?

The Procurement School

Their CFO is required to ensure value for money and compliance with competitive bid laws. Outsourcing practices: Outsourcing the procurement functions from running a competitive bid through to supplier selection, can complement the need for internal responsibility. The answer is not an either-or decision.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement. These reactions can lead to strict risk management and purchasing policies with overly complicated bid documents and onerous requirements that are imposing on potential SME bidders.