Select GCR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Winning more contracts often necessitates small businesses to invest in better infrastructure and technology to meet the increased demands. HUBZone-certified businesses not only gain eligibility for set-aside contracts but also receive a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) set forth the policies and procedures for the evaluation and negotiation of “fair and reasonable” contract level pricing under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. volume commitments, mandatory use, and limited pool of contracts).

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Negotiation Price Government Government 59

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.

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Supplier Collaboration Management Negotiation 69

Whistleblower Network News

JULY 10, 2024

This allows the government to receive the benefit of any price concessions provided by drug manufacturers. Rite Aid and its Elixir subsidiaries lined their corporate pockets with millions of dollars of manufacturer rebates that should have been reported to Medicare,” said U.S. The bill is widely supported by whistleblower advocates.

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Insurance Manufacturing Negotiation Demand 111

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Through that leverage, Cunningham believes that governments can often secure better pricing and terms than they would individually.

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Purchasing Total Cost of Ownership Government Government 110

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For example, due to an increased focus on value with tighter margins, price disputes in LNG projects are becoming more likely and frequent. This contrasts with a more conciliatory approach leading to negotiated outcomes that had previously prevailed in Asia, as discussed further below. ICC, SIAC).

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Price Negotiation Finance Accountability 59

Federal News Network

JUNE 19, 2024

They say contracting officers are trying to re-negotiate finished contracts and making unreasonable demands for information. And the contracting officer now uses that as an occasion to reopen negotiations on everything and say, ‘Well, wait a minute, that maybe wasn’t a fair and reasonable price.’

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Whistle-blowing Contract Negotiation Data 99

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I’ve had clients who pushed back, delayed and then negotiated what the Justice Department really wanted. It was our operating assumption that you try to narrow it to lessen your burden, but you couldn’t say ‘no’ to the [civil investigative demand].” Other sources said the FBI and DCIS served Carahsoft on Sept. Why take the risk?

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Supply Chain Price Supplier Government 113

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) set forth the policies and procedures for the evaluation and negotiation of “fair and reasonable” contract level pricing under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. volume commitments, mandatory use, and limited pool of contracts).

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Negotiation Price Government Government 40

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

​ My job was to ensure I had enough stock to fulfil demand and beat my sales targets. I needed to predict when demand would peak and how fast it would decline. No matter how good a supply chain is, sudden peaks in demand can cause disruption. T rends came and went fast! On occasion, this didn't happen.

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Supply Chain IT Warehouse Demand 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers February 27, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley Last year, the Consumer Price Index was the highest it has been in four decades, making inflation one of the most concerning macroeconomic factors facing the business world today.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Procurement Supplier 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi stated in a recent post, “Our regional based employees aren’t going away, but this shift in our structure will meet the growing demand from our customers that FAS respond holistically when it comes to contracting assistance.” PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example.

Negotiation 40

Negotiation Price Transparency Data 40

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Parts of it were fixed price and parts of it were cost-plus. And so when DOE you wanted to see their internal records, it sounds like the company was worried that they would see the DOE would see their records concerned with the fixed price, which is none of the government’s business. There were actually two different audits.

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Government Government Contract Price 59

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Public and private sector tenders have stringent requirements which have to be followed, for instance, offering detailed pricing, commitment to timely delivery and adhering to rules and regulations. Negotiated Tenders: These are frequently used for complex or specialised projects, when the client and contractor negotiate directly.

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Tender Bidding Negotiation Price 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. In many cases, collaboration is simply an advanced state of negotiation.

Supplier 40

Supplier Collaboration Management Negotiation 40

ivalua

MARCH 1, 2022

Supplier spend is changing rapidly and organizations must manage supplier spend by identifying the shift in the current inflation (adjusted price of the supplier’s goods). While supplier relationships are priority, external factors such as currency, demand, and cost of energy are affecting pricing and supply.

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Supply Chain Procurement Team Supplier Procurement 52

The Contractor's Perspective

JANUARY 12, 2023

23, 2022) provides new authority for some defense contractors and subcontractors to obtain price increases that address the impacts of inflation. The new authority is welcome relief for contractors and subcontractors holding fixed-price defense contracts, which typically do not allow a price increase due solely to inflation.

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Price Accountability Negotiation Demand 40

Federal News Network

JANUARY 16, 2024

HomeSafe’s pricing was bid in 2019, and we’ve seen a lot of inflation in our industry. Under GHC, movers would have to find ways to simultaneously pay them the hourly rates the SCA demands while also compensating them with a cut of the tariffs that govern all other moves. It’s about $110,000 now,” he said.

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Contract Transportation Transportation Price 119

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

The FAR upholds the highest level of public trust, demanding complete impartiality and preventing preferential treatment in government business. For instance, FAR includes a provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, which ensures independent bids and prevents collusive pricing in government contracting.

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Ethics Procurement Procurement Contracts Price 52

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 22, 2024

PCI offers focused training on topics like subcontract management , contract pricing , and equitable adjustments. For a deeper dive into the world of government contracting, check out PCI’s full library of 100+ on-demand training courses. Explore our catalog and start charting your path to government contracting success today!

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Consulting Government Contracts Government Government 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

Stafford raised an important practical point of settlement negotiations with States, noting that, in practice, States are rarely prepared to settle a dispute, since government representatives often do not wish to be responsible for such a decision.

Negotiation 52

Negotiation Import Corruption Demand 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi stated in a recent post, “Our regional based employees aren’t going away, but this shift in our structure will meet the growing demand from our customers that FAS respond holistically when it comes to contracting assistance.” PAP 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing, is one such example.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Supply Chain Procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

According to the study, “ the most common disputes were related to business contracts, corporate demands, construction and energy ”. All in all, the panelists agreed that the increasing use of mediation and negotiation imply a change of mindset within Brazil, although there is still much room for growth. In any event, Ms.

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Efficiency Negotiation Buyers Price 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Customers may select the best offer from submitted tenders based on quality, price, and terms thanks to its transparency, equity, and efficiency of the tender process. It consists of the quoted price, timelines, and method of implementation of the project as stipulated in the tender documents.

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Tender Bidding Bidder Competitive Bidding 52

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

It starts with identifying the right suppliers for a need, sharing requirements and evaluating supplier offers, selecting the most appropriate supplier, negotiating terms and contracting with them to receive goods and/or services. Either through data analysis or demand from the business–there is a need to execute a sourcing event.

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

The Procurement School

APRIL 17, 2023

The price of carpet @ $10.00 per m² has a strong influence on any other price we see-higher or lower. Vested outsourcing is based on the premise that the supply side of the market knows more than the demand side of the market. When other colleagues adopt similar methods, it suggests we do the same. The anchor is the $10.00

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Procurement Inventory Competitive Bidding Influencing 52

Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

8] That is, lending out money for a longer time period increases the return—because more can be done with the money, and an investor demands a better yield for the prolonged risk and opportunity cost of the longer commitment. [9] 12] Conversely, because demand is dropping on the shorter term T-bills, the U.S. treasuries. [13]

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

Contract Lifecycle management is an area we have seen huge demand in over the last year or two. Similar clauses appear close in the visualization, for example, those with pricing/licencing information would be grouped. Christopher Bourez, Artificial Intelligence Architect at Ivalua.

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Data Management Contract E-procurement 60

ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

Companies that maintained zero-sum, hard negotiation relationships with suppliers cannot suddenly reset those in a more collaborative mold. We are under financial stress so you need to help us out by dropping our contracted prices, and accepting later payment.” That can’t be established overnight. Digitization is quite simply a must.

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Supply Chain Management Supplier E-procurement 40

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

Contract Lifecycle management is an area we have seen huge demand in over the last year or two. Similar clauses appear close in the visualization, for example, those with pricing/licencing information would be grouped. Christopher Bourez, Artificial Intelligence Architect at Ivalua.

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Contract E-procurement Data Management 58

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Amrest onboards new vendors at competitively-positioned pricing on a regular and consistent basis. With an optimistic opening schedule (150 new locations per year), the team must accurately assess current market challenges, price increases, and delivery lead times. They also must fulfill contractual obligations with some suppliers.

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Finance Supply Chain Procurement Supplier 52

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

If the lead agency that negotiates the contract has more experience than your organization, you can benefit from their expertise. And the pricing under these contracts may not be the absolute lowest. On the downside, you will not have full control over the buying process or vendor qualification criteria.

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Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This year’s tables include: November 20: GSA MAS PMO GSA Pricing Tools Medical/Surgical Supply BPAs SAM.gov PMO VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) November 21: VA FSS Community Care Network (CCN) View the agendas for more details. Pricing details included in the prospectus. Thus, the VA set the solicitation aside for small business.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Price Procurement Logistics 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To thrive in federal contracting, having an active registration on SAM is non-negotiable. Regular reporting on subcontracts is particularly crucial under certain federal programs that demand transparency about subcontractor involvement. This will help them stand out to procurement officers and government officials.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 31, 2024

The agreed price was USD 337,500 per month, at a rate of USD 2,500 per ton, resulting in a total of USD 4,050,000, payable in 12 months. On February 6, 2020, the Buyer paid the Seller – as an advance payment and against the fixed price – the total amount of USD 101,250. The seat of the arbitration was Singapore.

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Buyers Balance Price Contract 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Pricing details included in the prospectus. The deadline to avoid a government shutdown is September 30, although Friday, September 27 is seen as the target date for lawmakers to finalize negotiations before returning to their home districts to campaign until the election. 8, A3 Price Template V.2 What is the funding profile?

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