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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. Most organizational procurement policies define thresholds that dictate when a particular method should be used.

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Public Procurement - New Year, New Rules

VWV

The Act promises to speed up the procurement process and improve transparency as well as consolidating and simplifying the existing EU based regime. January 2024 - Revised thresholds for new procurements come into effect. These new thresholds will apply as of 1 January 2024 and do not affect any procurements commenced before then.

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Understanding the new Procurement Act 2023: What suppliers need to know - Part 1

VWV

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. Increased transparency, including publication of an extended range of mandatory notices and contract details. When does the Procurement Act take effect?

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Transforming Procurement - What Can Universities Expect?

VWV

At the end of 2021, the Government published its response to the consultation process. PPN 10/21 Procurement Thresholds and VAT The procurement thresholds are reviewed every two years, and new procurement thresholds apply as from 1 January 2022.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

With bundling, the requirements may eliminate SMEs from contention, and the bidding market may become constrained to a shrinking pool of participants with greater resources to meet the higher thresholds. Trade treaties and organizational policies have specific rules to ensure fairness and transparency that prohibit bias and preference.

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Fall 2023 Canadian Trade & Customs Outlook: Customs Compliance and Compliance with Prohibitions on Forced and Child Labour

Import and Trade Remedies

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation. At this time, the Government’s next steps remain unclear.

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

How to Crack a Nut

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.