GovCon Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Army has started soliciting information from stakeholders to help inform its acquisition approach for the planned Army Contracting Command Enterprise for Sourcing Services procurement program, also known as ACCESS.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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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WashngtonExec

APRIL 15, 2024

Leidos won a follow-on prime contract to provide the U.S. The Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order has a base period of 11 months, and a maximum value of $267 million if all four 1-year options are [.]

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The excitement over this potentially $5 billion multiple award indefinite delivery, indefinite quality contract among industry was a high as any opportunity on the street over the last few years. They have cancelled contracts because industry feedback made it clear the government wouldn’t be successful. It is in neither the U.S.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The task order was awarded under the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and has a one-year base period with two option years, Parsons said Thursday. Army's command and control applications.

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GovCon Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract vehicle was formed after the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground consolidated the IT Enterprise Solutions 3-Services and Responsive Strategic Sourcing

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GovCon Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The National Science Foundation seeks to inform industry regarding the upcoming Unified Network for Innovative Technology and Engineering, or UNITE, blanket purchase agreement procurement opportunity and has issued a draft solicitation for the strategic sourcing effort.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The award made under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract supports the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center’s Research & Technology Integration Directorate, the company said Monday.

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NASPO

JULY 23, 2021

Perfect for new staff, or a five-minute refresher, the first issues are available now: Issue 1 – Introduction to Procurement Issue 2 – Importance of Ethical Procurement Issue 3 – Market Research Issue 4 – Solicitation Methods Issue 5 – Contract Evaluation and Award Issue 6 – The Value of Negotiations Issue 7 – Contract Administration Issue 8 – Contract (..)

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Shift towards self-contracting and self-distribution: With health systems gaining significant scale and wanting more control over their supply chain, this shift is accelerating. Quite often there can be a general lack of spend and vendor management and strategic sourcing activities. Share on Twitter.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rapid Optimization of Contract Management, Supplier Management and Direct Materials Sourcing. Asian Paints conceptualized a technology solution using Ivalua’s Supplier Information Management , Sourcing and Contract Management solutions to streamline the end-to-end contract management and sourcing processes. .

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Art of Procurement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

“If you look at the strategic sourcing process, I think it was made for complex categories. That’s one of the. The post [Pod] Adopting a Challenger Attitude in Complex Spend Categories appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2019

in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.” Ivalua is now the only vendor positioned as a Leader in four separate reports — the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 and this report.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

in “ The Forrester Wave™: Source-to-Contract Suites, Q4 2019.” The current offering components scored include spend analytics, eSourcing capabilities, contract life-cycle management, supplier risk and performance management, integration, globalization and references for usability and vendor support. About Ivalua.

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Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

There’s often little visibility into supplier performance and risk, limited supplier collaboration and communication, and little or no ability to manage supplier contracts and agreements. Procurement software offers a one-stop solution that covers the whole range of contract management challenges.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

As part of the partnership with Consus, REV has implemented Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, to achieve a more focused and faster source-to-contract cycle. Benefits include: Shortened sourcing cycle times. 100% visibility of sourcing processes. Enforcement of procurement compliances.

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ivalua

JULY 4, 2021

The project, which was delivered in partnership with Efficio, the leading strategic procurement and supply chain consultancy firm, was focused on STG’s strategic sourcing process as the first stage of a longer term digital transformation. STG is a world leading manufacturer of cigars and traditional pipe tobacco with approx.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Our customers have seen anywhere between 4-24% cost reduction across a portfolio of initiatives including reduction in procure to pay (P2P) cycle time, increased transparency in the complete procurement life cycle, access to alternate local and global suppliers and effective ways of managing supply chain risks.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This way, if one supplier is impacted by a disruption, you can source goods from another supplier. Flexibility: Another way to reduce risk is to build flexibility into your supply contracts. This way, you’re not locked into long-term contracts with suppliers who may not be able to meet your needs in the event of a disruption.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Additionally, a purpose-built solution will enable you to measure and monitor buyer adherence to compliance purchasing, ensuring your team is taking advantage of preferred items and reaping the rewards of the contracts you have in place. Demand planning capabilities. It seems that the era of best-in-class supply chain solutions has arrived.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 13, 2024

We were excited to provide a forum for the acquisition community to continue the conversation on “What is Fair and Reasonable” when it comes to government market conditions, contract terms, procurement policies, and regulations.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2019

It is either a data input, such as what we gather and use in spend analysis, or it is a process by-product, such as the information we gather from prospective suppliers during strategic sourcing. The same is true for suppliers that are already under contract. How: The Advantages of Having a Single Platform.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2020

He focused initially on sourcing and category management, because that would give the biggest return on investment as the firm moved from contract administration, to tactical sourcing, to true CatMan and strategic sourcing. Simplification of systems and tools was a key part of the programme.

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GSA also has increased some of the mobility standards in its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to allow agencies to procure 5G technologies.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This helps organizations avoid supply disruptions in times of crisis such as during Covid-19, support strategic objectives such as increasing spend with diverse suppliers and improve quality and savings from strategic sourcing, especially for new categories where there is less knowledge of the market.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

contract compliance, procurement cycle efficiency). Prescriptive Analytics: Suggests optimal procurement strategies, for example, automating procure-to-pay processes or improving contract management protocols to offer strategic guidance. By identifying potential risks, procurement teams can proactively address vulnerabilities.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Ben is responsible for managing GSA’s Enterprise Wireless Mobility, Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM), and Earth Observation Solutions service offerings via multiple government contract solutions to include the Best in Class (BIC) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Special Item Numbers (SINs) for Wireless Mobility, COMSATCOM, and Earth Observation services; (..)

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ivalua

DECEMBER 1, 2022

TPRM is the process of identifying, analyzing and mitigating risks related to third parties–including suppliers, partners, contracts, service providers, etc). This is precisely where organizations see the benefits of a TPRM program built into or working seamlessly with a Strategic Sourcing or Source-to-Pay solution.

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ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

To support the company’s strategic objective to better serve its clients and members, Desjardins requires a more efficient and streamlined sourcing and contracting process. Fluxym is also a value-added reseller of the best Source-to-Contract (S2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Travel & Expense solutions on the market.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave™: Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. It covers spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier risk and performance management (SRPM), similar in scope to Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant.

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The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

demand aggregation As one strategy for meeting this obligation, both sectors look for opportunities for volume buying or ‘demand aggregation’ wherever possible and often approach strategic sourcing from a category management perspective. Canadian companies, for their part, now have greater access to EU government contracts.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

A form arrived on my desk that required us to list some key contracts – I’m not even sure where it came from, to be honest. Why did these outsiders want to know about our key strategic suppliers? . There is also a strong focus on contract exit provisions. But it seemed a bit of a cheek, really.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Creating Value occurs when sourcing and procurement uses relevant sourcing processes and tools to engage and select the best fit supplier. However, it is important to understand the differences and varying degrees of focus between direct and indirect spend in procurement and sourcing.

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ivalua

JANUARY 21, 2020

For example, smaller states have more incentive to work together to increase their buying power, running joint sourcing events, and using co-operative contracts.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

The financial interests at stake, the volume of transactions, and the close interaction between public and private sectors in the award of public contracts all pose risks to integrity. Jarrod holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

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