Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Around the world, governments are embracing “green procurement” – environmentally sustainable strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. A ” catalogue ” of green procurement strategies in the European Union and the United States, prepared by the European Commission and the Office of the U.S.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5%

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Solutions that are user-friendly and that use data to measure and improve outcomes from procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Procurement authorities become the initiators,“ says Uwingeneye.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Procurement Leaders Webinar. With mounting pressure for organizations to make tangible contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, the procurement function must strategize to implement and report their collective efforts. Speakers: Arnaud Malardé, Ivalua | Hélène Vermont, Michelin Group.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

Difference Between Procure to Pay and eProcurement. Procure-to-Pay is the sequential process we described earlier. Eprocurement or e-procurement comes from electronic procurement. Cloud-based Procure to Pay platforms are a must-have for any company that wants to become best-class in P2P.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A newly released 2024 E-Government Survey from the United Nations paints a picture of significant progress in the global pursuit of digital government. Europe continues to lead in e-government development, followed by Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and Africa, based on the UN’s E-Government Development Index (EGDI).

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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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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. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years. Transparency is key.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) sustained the Service-Disabled Small Business (SDVOSB) status protest of BTNG Enterprises, LLC (BTNG). 134.1003(e)(1).” In Mckenna Brytan Indus. LLC , SBA No. VSBC-334, 2023 (Feb. 8, 2024) , the U.S. Questions about this post? Need legal assistance?

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The basic idea is to set aside the traditional colors of money DoD uses for various phases of the development of a big weapons platform — R&D, procurement and sustainment — and instead, let IT program managers draw from one bucket of money throughout a program’s lifecycle as they continuously improve what they’re offering.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Last week in Rome, we brought together over 100 leaders from 26 European governments , EU institutions, global organizations like the World Bank, OECD, EBRD, and UNOPS, civil society, and the private sector for the 3rd International Open and Sustainable Public Procurement Conference 2024. Who bears the costs of lowest prices?

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. Procurement was long seen as a clerical administrative function, rather than a strategic lever. This was not always the case.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 31, 2023

The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s 2023 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. All through 2023, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision each month. Below, Crowell Partner Cherie Owen discusses Kupono Gov’t Servs.,

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

South Korea has been a pioneer of green public procurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible. This allows organizations such as the Korea Institute of Procurement (KIP) to analyze the impact of the reforms.

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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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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 12, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to announce the 2023 recipients of the Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Awards! This year, we received nominations across four categories: Lifetime Acquisition Excellence , Acquisition Excellence , Sustainability/Green Excellence , and Advocating for Veterans.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

Public procurement can shape our world. On 15-16 June, together with the governments of Albania, Italy and the Netherlands, we held a conference on Open and Sustainable Procurement in Europe for about 100 procurement leaders from 25 European countries. There were many, many more great examples to share.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When we asked which issue areas are most important to you, we saw a deep alignment with our own increased investment in anticorruption, sustainability, and electronic procurement. Sustainability is a newer, mid-strategy entry but has seen rapid and steady growth, coming in at #2 for the past two years.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. Demand planning capabilities.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Thus is the always entertaining world of federal procurement — on step forward, one step back. The three deficiencies were: GSA said ePS-NDVSB didn’t provide the ability to have a minimum order quantity; didn’t demonstrate a data dashboard; and didn’t have a marketplace unique for government use.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Latin America and the Caribbean are at a crossroads of environmental sustainability and inclusive development; and public governance plays a critical role in a fair green transition, especially given existing inequalities, limited fiscal capacity, and deteriorating public trust. On average, 36.3% percentage points (p.p.)

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Almost all UK businesses say sustainability-led innovation has become a priority, but most lack plans to improve the sustainability of goods and services. In light of rising gas and oil prices, there should be a renewed focus on sustainable innovation, and identifying how being greener could cut costs.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021? In a recent webinar hosted by Ivalua , Chris Sawchuck, Principal and Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader from The Hackett Group shared 10 key issues that will have a significant impact on Procurement organizations in 2021.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

There are high economic stakes at play in public procurement—which represents around 12% of GDP and over a third of public expenditure in OECD countries , and even higher proportions in other economies. Oracles are data interfaces that connect a blockchain to a database or a source of data.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 1, 2024

This week, the Coalition for Government Procurement held two important training courses for our members – MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts and GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel.

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ivalua

MAY 23, 2022

The PwC / Ivalua team was awarded first place for their Sustainability Tracker. Second place was awarded to the Capgemini / Ivalua team for their CO2 Data Compounder. Third place was awarded to the Bengs / e-Attestations team for their Carbonator solution. About Ivalua. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us at @Ivalua.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

Spring also means it is time for a Procurement Policy Spring Cleaning Checklist highlighting the key initiatives that will shape procurement operations for customer agencies and industry partners. Increasingly, AI is making its way into procurement operations. And what of the data that is the “fuel” powering AI?

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Government Contracts & Investigations

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Most of these protests involved interpretation of procurement law, which may be the reason why the protesters chose to pursue their protest in Court rather than at the GAO. 5] In this case, the procurement had two phases. Here is a brief summary of the other successful protests before the Court and what made them victorious.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis. What is Direct Procurement?

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Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

They are the one that drives the organization’s success by using their analytical skills to help the organization build its market place and move towards sustainable business development. Here we have listed out few insights about e tendering business that can help you make the right bid.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. The last phase of the process, also known as Procure-to-Pay includes the ordering of goods/services, receiving of these, invoicing and payment to suppliers.

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