VWV

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The procurement regime is changing on 24 February 2025. Here are some key facts and figures you need to know about the Procurement Act 2023. Procedures Number of procurement processes has reduced from 6 to 3. Contract Award Process The standstill letter is being replaced with a more detailed assessment summary.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The latest addition to the Sustainable Procurement Tools website is a case study from NHS National Services Scotland (NHSS). NHSS is aiming to accelerate sustainability within its frameworks in collaboration with suppliers. National Procurement manages over £1.5

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The project was supported by OCP’s Lift impact accelerator , helping to integrate open contracting principles firmly in the solicitation process. The post Wheelie good procurement: How Mexico City halved costs and improved its bike share scheme appeared first on Open Contracting Partnership. And read the full story here.

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

The plan heavily focuses on public sector AI adoption and formulates a series of recommendations to boost AI procurement. In this post, I highlight some aspects from a procurement perspective. But doing this well is not easy - it will require real leadership and radical change, especially in procurement. This will require: 34.

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VWV

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

New procurement rules take effect soon heres what contracting authorities need to know about the National Procurement Policy Statement and latest guidance updates. Our full range of Procurement Act services can be found here. We have picked out some key points to note.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This year, we hosted a large number of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Bidders will use their SPD response to indicate whether their organisations meet the requirements to participate in the procurement exercise.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It all starts with procurement. Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 4, 2025

The countdown to Scotlands largest free procurement event is on. Meet the Buyer National is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel. Buyers will be on their stands ready to answer suppliers questions and discuss their pipeline of work. Why should you attend?

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ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sectors 2024 achievements. They show that the 16 billion of public procurement spend, we generated 13.8 billion to Scottish GDP.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We are currently undertaking a survey of suppliers to the public sector in Scotland on a range of issues related to public procurement and the tendering process. The survey should take around 20-30 minutes to complete, participation is voluntary and your responses will be completely anonymous.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Successful deployment of source-to-contract suite increases tail supplier management efficiency and optimizes overall process automation. The project scope included Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract (S2C) capabilities and was delivered on schedule to support Ahlsell’s digital transformation Agenda.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post Revisiting the Importance of Supplier Watchlists appeared first on Art of Procurement. When the Chinese surveillance balloon was finally ‘removed’ from the sky over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4th, we all.

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VWV

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Your guide to the Procurement Act 2023 with festive facts, key dates and practical resources for a smooth transition As the holiday season draws near, its a timely moment to unwrap the latest developments in the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act). February 2025: Publication of the new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS).

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Transparency International UK (TI-UK) just dropped a damning report on the UK’s pandemic-era procurement of PPE. It was even worse than we thought: Massive Spending: The UK government handed out a staggering £48 billion in Covid-related contracts across 400 public bodies and 5,000 deals. Yes, it was chaotic.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Scorpene submarine affair and the more recent Littoral Combat Ship scandal centered around mismanagement within defence procurement. Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 10, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of the Federal Addendum to the Standard Contract for AWS Marketplace (SCMP). The SCMP has helped accelerate contract approvals by up to 80 percent. It addresses common federal government requirements for commercial supplier agreements, such as removing unenforceable clauses.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

Procurement is all about achieving value for money. In order to evaluate whether suppliers offers are giving a business the optimum value, benchmarking is required. Price forms part of cost, and cost is what we should be benchmarking, therefore in procurement areas such as the following should be regularly checked against standards.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a follow up to the publication of Scotland’s journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes 2002-2022: independent review , we have interviewed key organisations representing and working with the business and the third sector in Scotland about sustainable procurement outcomes.

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Art of Procurement

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In challenging economic times, each company has to eke the most value out of every contract. The post [Pod] Who is responsible for making sure suppliers break even? w/ Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner appeared first on Art of Procurement. But are there limitations.

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USFCR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Government contracts come in various forms, each designed to fit specific needs. Whether you're new to federal contracting or an experienced supplier, knowing the differences between contract types is crucial for success in this complex industry.

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Spend Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The UK government's new tightened payment terms for suppliers in public procurement contracts signals a vital move that will have far-reaching impacts across the business landscape when bidding for contracts.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

A procure-to-pay solution offers a seamless process from point of order to payment. At Ivalua, we’ve seen how a Procure-to-Pay business process ensures sustained benefits through good buying practices, improves visibility and swifter issue resolution, and enables proactive management of suppliers. Reduced errors, fraud and risk.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

A rule going back several years lets Defense Department contracting officers treat stuff from so-called non-traditional vendors — known as NCDs — as commercial. Just this month, the Defense Pricing and Contracting unit issued a memo underscoring that authority. He’s a procurement attorney with Haynes Boone.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

Redwood City/Warsaw/ Hamburg – March 17th, 2020 | Ivalua, a leading global provider of procurement management solutions, and OptiBuy, Ivalua’s long-standing implementation partner, announced their selection by Körber to enable a digital procurement transformation.

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Telles.eu

APRIL 13, 2023

“Gentlemen, there’s only two ways I know of to make money: bundling and unbundling.” - Marc Andreesen Over the last decade I have become increasingly concerned with the move to bolt on ever more objectives to be pursued by public procurement, from the compliance requirements of exclusion grounds to 'strategic' objectives.

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VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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. Part 2 will cover the debarment list; contract award process and what options are available to suppliers if things go wrong.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

Like every industry Procurement & Supply Chain software vendors are having to find new approaches in the pandemic world, and firms are coming up with ways of holding events virtually, some of which work better than others. The May 5 th programme is open to everyone, while the 6 th is limited to current Ivalua customers. .

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Art of Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Supplier diversity is not just a box to tick on a corporate social responsibility checklist; it is a dynamic strategy. The post Supplier Diversity: How to Achieve Impact at Scale appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Select GCR

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Need to bid on federal contracts or receive federal grants? Key Takeaways Successful SAM registration is crucial for entities aiming to secure federal contracts and financial assistance, providing eligibility for programs like SBIR, STTR, and OTA grants. Start by registering in SAM.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Federal Monthly Insights — Contract Management Modernization — 09/10/2024 [link] Download audio Defense contractors aren’t the only ones preparing for the launch of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0. That’s part of the supplier performance risk system, DLA’s authoritative source for vendor performance.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Contract termination in public procurement under the Procurement Act 2023directs to the lawful termination of a contract between acontracting authorityand a supplier, providing compliance withpublic contracts regulations.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Linking budgets and procurement But the fact the government didn’t have a working budget to implement this infrastructure and other public transport initiatives was a major constraint. Eager to see how the budgeted funds were spent, the coalition began tracking the bike lanes’ procurement processes. “ But they didn’t stop there.

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