Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data-driven decision-making enables procurement teams to improve performance and align with wider organisational goals including corporate social responsibility and risk management. What is Data Analytics in Procurement? Prior purchase data is also used for demand forecasting improving resource management and operational efficiency.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Procurement Data Supply Chain 52

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Harnessing AI is a useful way to advance modernization goals, but AI governance—including ethical considerations, data security, and compliance with federal regulations—must remain a top priority. And increased AI implementation demand that organizations rethink how they staff, develop, and run their day-to-day operations. .”

IT 97

IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. AI EVALUATIONS I am absolutely eavesdropping at this point and think: “now there’s a terrible idea!” Was it simply the evaluation question?

Bidder 52

Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2024

Right away, procurement and technology experts should be collaborating with whoever is seeking to make the AI purchase , and their involvement should continue through the evaluation and implementation phases. Know your data. Knowing your data will also help you proactively address the ethical considerations of your AI project.

Procurement 67

Procurement Purchasing Ethics Collaboration 67

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Whether through data-driven administrative decision-making, generative AI infrastructure for research, or enhanced learning tools for the classroom, higher education institutions are developing and applying technology in innovative and helpful ways. grade point equivalents.

Education 72

Education Ethics Innovation Evaluation 72

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems. According to IBM’s annual data breach report, 83 percent of organizations experienced more than one data breach in 2022.

Innovation 78

Innovation Data Education Evaluation 78

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

However, this technology has not yet registered a significant foothold when it comes to the evaluation process. Indeed, unlike other elements related to the monitoring and effectiveness of spending control, the issue of using AI tools contain its own legal and ethical quandaries. This process, at present, is not without its faults.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In those roles, she optimized NSA’s IT strategy for the CIO Inspector General and Policy, IT Accessibility, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Data Officer portfolios. He has led and executed a wide variety of computer security reviews to evaluate the adequacy of information systems general and application controls.

Engineering 98

Engineering Leadership Education Management 98

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

There seemed to be some recognition of the need for more State intervention through regulation, for more regulatory control of standard-setting, and for more attention to be paid to testing and evaluation in the procurement context. Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

Procurement 80

Procurement Evaluation Participation Collaboration 80

ivalua

JULY 28, 2020

The report evaluated the 10 SRPM vendors Forrester believed to be most relevant to its enterprise clients. According to the report, enterprise spend on SRPM solutions grew by 15% in 2019 as “CPOs need to protect their firm’s customers and brand by ensuring that all their suppliers are safe, secure, reliable, and ethical.

Supplier 10

Supplier Management Ethics Data 10

GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For instance, state and federal data privacy laws limit AI’s use of personal information. One feature that could become a nationwide trend: Rather than try to explain the mysteries of AI algorithms, the law evaluates bias based on AI impacts — that is, how it affects a protected group of job applicants.

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Transparency Data 52

Public Contracting Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

LPE submitted its proposal for Data Management Services to the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), but the award was made to MPZA, LLC. LPE protested that the agency improperly accepted MPZA’s past performance under a bridge contract, had improperly evaluated proposals technically, and made an improper best value selection.

Contract 52

Contract Price Evaluation Government Contracts 52

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

It typically involves the following steps: Identifying opportunities Reviewing solicitation documents Attending pre-bid meetings Preparing and submitting a responsive bid Participating in bid evaluation and negotiations To excel in the bidding process, consider enrolling in our Life Sciences Contracting 101 course.

Bidding 52

Bidding Government Government Negotiation 52

GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Her team also manages AI platforms, monitoring who uses them and what data flows through them. Think About Your Data Most of us have been blown away by ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies — and also by some of the mistakes they make, said Kinnard. Models must be trained to make decisions and in what data means in context.

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Data Transparency 52

FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The top concerns related to the risks of using generative AI include a lack of controls to ensure ethical/responsible information generation, a lack of ability to verify/explain generated output and potential abuse/distortion of government-generated content in the public domain.

Government 82

Government Government Ethics Balance 82

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

KPIs are key performance indicators and are a way in which procurement professionals can understand and evaluate a supplier’s ability to meet their contractual obligations. If a KPI meets all these five elements it provides valuable data to the organisation. A good tool to use to create KPIs is SMART.

Import 59

Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

How to incorporate ESG data into sourcing, procurement, and supplier management decisions. Ways to identify and gather ESG data in order to improve decision making. For a sourcing professional who may be primarily evaluated by savings and avoidance, ESG can be seen as cumbersome or a competing workstream.

Supplier 52

Supplier Sustainability Data Integrity 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The presence of clear evaluation criteria, coupled with some opportunities for further competition during call-offs, gives SMEs the opportunity to show their value. Evaluating Supplier Performance and Quality Assurance Contracting authorities assess suppliers on technical ability, quality assurance, and adherence to terms.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2023

Legal feasibility: Does the proposed project conform to the necessary legal, ethical, and contractual requirements and obligations, such as federal and state laws, security requirements and agency-specific policies? ACT-IAC recommends developing a high- fidelity prototype to test technical feasibility and get stakeholder buy-in.

Ethics 59

Ethics Distribution IT Evaluation 59

The Softly Spark

JULY 6, 2023

Achieving a sustainability certification signifies a business’s dedication to minimizing its ecological footprint, promoting ethical practices, and contributing to a better future. Organization-based certifications Evaluate a company’s overall sustainability practices and management systems.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Evaluation Retail Transparency 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In this regard, it is noteworthy that the AI Act entrusts the Commission (and specifically the EU’s AI Office) with the task of “ evaluating and promoting the convergence of best practices in public procurement procedures in relation to AI systems ” [Article 62(3)(d) EU AI Act ]. facial recognition via CCTV footage scraping).

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Third, there is the issue of the use of AI by contracting authorities, eg in relation to qualitative selection/exclusion, or evaluation/award decisions. Data and information generated under contracts already in place may not be subject to adequate data governance frameworks. The AI PPN covers aspects of. How to deal with it? —

Tender 72

Tender Contract Bidding Supplier 72

Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2024

And two federal employees at the departments of Veterans Affairs and Commerce’s Census Bureau submitted an idea to translate ethical artificial intelligence principles into technical steps by developing processes to assess AI at every level, from inception to development, production and continuous performance evaluation.

Ethics 52

Ethics Sustainability Evaluation IT 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 9, 2024

A strong compliance program should thus cover at least six core training topics: (1) employee responsibilities, (2) government contractor commitments, (3) doing business with the federal government, (4) working with government officials, (5) protecting data and government information, and (6) monitoring and disclosing misconduct.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Government Contracts Ethics Government 52

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Its resources are too often consumed in labor-intensive tasks of lower added-value like gathering data from scattered legacy systems. Also, the gates to become a supplier to a large company are typically designed with bigger organizations in mind : dependency criteria, environmental charters, ethical declaration, quality labels, etc.

Procurement 72

Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Communicate goals, objectives and policies to your suppliers, whether it is around a code of ethics or more specific goals per segment. Establish an onboarding process for new suppliers and use third-party data sources to assess them against requirements and goals.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Management Warehouse 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Transparent criteria for evaluating social value proposals allow for fair competition among suppliers while keeping them liable for their commitments. Ethical labour standards are non-negotiable, ensuring workers’ rights and well-being are protected throughout the supply chain. How Does Tracker Intelligence Help In All This?

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Import and Trade Remedies

MAY 23, 2024

This reform also encourages EU to be more in control of its trade policy, by requesting more data from traders to tackle customs tax fraud, illicit trade and set high standards on products (including EU Forced Labour, Deforestation, and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism obligations).

Supply Chain 45

Supply Chain Warehouse Import Data 45

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Take Control of Your Supplier Data Dealing with so many objectives and changing conditions requires more information than ever before, particularly regarding suppliers. Without sufficient data, you end up making unknown and sometimes unnecessary compromises, exposing organizations to other risks. Yet it remains a fundamental problem.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 20, 2024

laws, treaties, domestic statues, ethical rules, etc.) It therefore encompasses the publicly known generative AI as well as evaluative or discriminative AI. However, it should once again be noted that the broad definition might also include future AI tools which therefore would have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Thresholds Ethics Accountability 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This language would require suppliers to adhere to specified actions that are “consistent with the Framework” (although the bills do not specify what these actions will be) and provide “appropriate access to data, models, and parameters…to enable sufficient test and evaluation, verification, and validation.”

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Negotiation Utilities Procurement 52

The Softly Spark

JANUARY 13, 2025

Aligning with partners who share your values can promote ethical practices. Its important to isolate and find a partner that can provide the data back to you on what is being collected. Recommendation: Find the right sustainability certification solution for your brand and back it up with data.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Transparency Retail Education 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

To properly assess risk, reduce carbon emissions and avoid ethics violations, leaders must map and assess the multi-tier supply chain. Collecting dependent sub tier suppliers via email at such volumes, mapping them to identify common dependencies and augmenting with additional data to assess sub-tier risk is not practical and prone to error.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

Offerors with more than one certification did not receive extra points or receive an evaluation preference, they simply had an inherent advantage under the experience and past performance subfactor, which was not prohibited by SBA’s regulation. [2] 1] The Government Accountability Office denied the protest.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Bidding Procurement Consulting 52

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Contractors are required to submit contract data reports, which include financial data, performance metrics, and deliverable statuses. Compliance isn’t just about submitting reports; it involves adhering to federal acquisition regulations and maintaining ethical standards.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52