Tenders Direct

JULY 5, 2021

The post The Sourcing and Consultancy Playbooks appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog. The UK Government has published guidance for how contracting authorities should manage relationships with suppliers. We recommend suppliers familiarise themselves with the guidance referenced, and use it to support future bids.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Standard Bidding Documents , also known as tender documents or solicitation documents , are essential tools in the procurement process. These documents communicate the intent of the procurement entity to enter into contracts with suppliers, contractors, or consultants for the provision of goods , services , or works.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 11, 2024

We have published a Construction Policy Note (CPN) to provide notification of new guidance which details an alternative method of determining the price score in tender assessments – the Graduated Pricing Mechanism (GPM). What is the GPM? The principle is that the lowest price is awarded the highest score (i.e.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Using product demonstrations alongside written tenders will help buyers get a proper appreciation of solutions being offered by suppliers. Procurers will be able to better communicate their particular problem to suppliers and work with them to come up with potential solutions. 48 and 46 PCR 2015). 48 and 46 PCR 2015). 30 PCR 2015).

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

However, the plan does not contain any details on the level of public finance available to make the required investments especially in public sector digital skills and the press release accompanying the plan solely mentions investments committed by private companies seeking to develop data centres or a consultancy tech hub.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

It was drafted in consultation with representatives from the public, private sector, third sector and included the Fair Work Convention. Updated guidance on Fair Work First (FWF) in Procurement is now available. This replaces the previous Best Practice Guidance and Toolkit published in 2018.

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Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I think the bulk of my critique has stood the text of time: since direct awards had (rightly) a negative connotation in the country, the new procedure of preliminary consultations allowed for the obfuscation of illegal practices and the data associated with non-transparent procurement. I wrote enough about it here , here and here.

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Public Contracting Institute

JANUARY 3, 2024

DOD shipping offices collect offers, known as “tenders” to ship household goods (“HHG”) from transportation providers such as Platinum, The government uses the available tenders to place orders via the issuance of a government bill of lading (“GBL”) which memorialize the government’s acceptance of an active tender to ship HHGs.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

If you are confused, try tracker demo to get a free consultation. These critical steps can streamline the tender process, and position your business for success in the public sector market. For suppliers, securing a position on an essential public sector frameworks list is more important than ever. But where do you start?

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders. Often prices fall, says Diegues, when a government only holds an annual tender and the products are ordered in large volumes. “As

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It is rather more plausible for the tender and contract to seek to bind the technology provider to practices and procedures seeking to ensure high levels of cyber security (by reference to some relevant metrics, where they are available), as well as protocols and mechanisms to anticipate and react to any (potential) security breaches.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Fact checked by Eddie Regan, BiP Solutions Principal Procurement Consultant Most remote workers don’t want to return to the office , so it’s essential to consider the work environment changes that businesses must adapt to. Changes with Private Tender It’s safe to say that private tender hasn’t seen many changes.

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Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Integrity All tender documents must have clear and dependable information free of bias. What Is Tendering When working with public sector contracts, you will hear the terms “tender” or “tendering.” ” A tender refers o the actual contract.

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VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Changes to the process for providing feedback on tenders and the standstill period. As part of the reforms, the current Find a Tender system will be improved to create a Central Digital Platform. Introduction of a new debarment list and extending the grounds of exclusion for suppliers to connected parties and key sub-contractors.

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University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

It should be noted that the proposal runs in parallel to the also de-regulatory approach underpinning the December 2020 green paper Transforming Public Procurement [on which see here , here , and here , while we wait for the Government’s response to the public consultation].

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility). Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The agency consulted women-led business owners, members of civil society, government line agencies, the legislature and the governor’s office to understand what changes were needed and to ensure they were implemented successfully. This resulted in an updated Procurement Manual ratified by the State Executive Council in May 2023.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

My company, Andes, participated in the project as a technical consultant on technology infrastructure and cloud adoption. Rather than contract a single, large vendor offering the lowest bid price, the public tender aimed to select multiple specialist teams, from multiple vendors, each offering important capabilities and knowledge.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

Consulting services, textiles, food and cleaning supplies, rounded out the list of the five categories with the most women-led companies. The latest survey carried out by the procurement agency shows that training, consulting and advertising companies lead the ranking.

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

To make this environment, we added functionality that allows users to match buyer and supplier technologies, attribute IT solutions to tenders, and understand the tech architecture of the London public sector for the first time. Boroughs need guidance on innovative procurement practices and making tenders be more SME-friendly.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Open consultative approaches and the use of digital tools and open data have been critical to promoting and tracking the switch to sustainable procurements, as Kęstutis Kazulis, principal advisor for sustainable procurement to LPPO told us when we first wrote about the reform last year. One without the other one would have been ineffective.”

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Over the course of the year-long project, PKP Energetyka will implement the modules facilitating the registration of Contracts, e-Catalogs, Tender Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and finally, Invoice handling. OptiBuy , the consulting agency will be responsible for the implementation.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Of the 235 large contracts recorded on the public contracts database ' Find a Tender ' between January 2021 and January 2023, 20% of contracts that used open competition only received one bid. About the author Naomi Clews Naomi Clews is a management consultant and owner of procurement advisory firm Naomi Clews Consultancy Limited.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. Work on the re-let has commenced and currently it is out to Tender.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 21, 2015

They are also needed to prepare the solicitation (bidding/ tender ) documents. The approving authority may be different levels of tender boards such as central, ministerial and departmental. Delays caused by tender boards and donors are difficult to control.

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Tendersinfo

DECEMBER 24, 2020

COVID has dominated all over the last 12 months and caused significant changes in the tendering business like many others. Bid Managers, Contractors and Companies were faced with an unprecedented series of events while the government had put a standstill on various projects and development ventures.

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VWV

JANUARY 4, 2021

For example, procurement notices will be published on the Find a Tender service , rather than the Official Journal of the European Union. The UK Government recently launched a consultation on reforming the procurement rules to speed up and simplify procurement processes, so keep any eye out for more significant changes later this year!

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

OCTOBER 5, 2023

If you want an RFP process that reduces stress, makes RFP turn around time quicker and improves your chances of RFP success, management consultant Naomi Clews provides her 10 step plan to designing an efficient RFP process. Instead, they treat ISO as a badge to pass tenders. Why are written processes important? Find out more here.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Construction tenders may include a mandatory site visit where attendance is required in order to bid. The evaluation can be simple, such as tenders which are price only, or complex which includes technical criteria, pricing and sometimes an interview or demonstration. Step 4 Evaluation Once the procurement closes bids are evaluated.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Government procurement is estimated to be responsible for 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions , according to a report by Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum. The same study found that about 40% of all emissions related to government procurement could be mitigated for less than US$15 per ton of CO 2 emissions.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

And those difficulties and clashes are exacerbated by several layers of multi-level governance and decision-making in public procurement, which create additional scope for conflict and contestation in the process of translating general legislative and policy goals into decisions on the design of public tenders and public contracts.

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The Procurement School

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Public sector procurement also followed the Smith theory, where the lowest cost from a tendering process must deliver the best value. Training for me: [link] Training for my team: [link] Consulting services: [link] Custom training services: [link] Author: Larry Berglund

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The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

A Request for Tender (RFT) is used for low complexity / price only solicitations for MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) such as construction, office equipment and routine maintenance. A preapproved contingency minimizes the time required to seek additional funding should the decision be made to award the procurement.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MARCH 26, 2019

It may also be called the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT). Synonymous terms are quotation review panel, bid review board or tender review committee, to name a few. The best offer recommended as a result of bid evaluation is referred to as the lowest responsive evaluated bid.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. Folks shared how their teams are doubling down on these priorities, including: Engaging consultants. Developing policies and strategies. Creating guidelines and tools (e.g., Enhancing RFPs (e.g.,

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