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Recent Changes to Public Contracts Scotland

Scottish Government Procurement

No changes have been made to the SPD questions or the SPD functionality in PCS-Tender. Updates for Supplier users include: Answer automatic recall – Users no longer need to manually recall your answers. Suppliers will also be able to format the text in their responses making it easier to read their responses.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

Results: A year after the new procurement law was passed, the public procurement agency (DNCP) is using machine-learning to identify tenders that are most likely to be awarded to smaller businesses. The work also informed new legislation that will require 20% of the value of contracts to be awarded to MSMEs, including through subcontracting.

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PKP ENERGETYKA ON TRACK TOWARDS FULL PROCESS AUTOMATION

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It employs 5500 employees in 9 facilities throughout Poland and as the only Distribution System Operator [DSO], it has its own distribution network in the country. The Company also cares about the user experience, suppliers and the transparency of Procurement operations within the entire organization.

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Seven Steps To More Transparent Sourcing

Procureware

Some regions and government offices still publish notices in local newspapers; today, however, the internet is the primary platform for posting bid/RFx solicitation notices and distributing bid documents. To give vendors the control that they expect, you need an online vendor registration that creates a self-managed supplier profile.

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Advancements in Transparency and Integrity through Blockchain in Public Procurements

Public Contracting Institute

By recording each transaction on a distributed ledger, blockchain allows all authorized participants in the network to access the same information in real-time. This not only eliminates information silos but also ensures that every step of the procurement process, from tender issuance to contract fulfillment, is visible and auditable.

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In the Middle East, the Need for Risk Management Guides the Transformation Journey to Procurement 4.0

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Organizations will move away from what he calls “tail spend automation,” in which processes related to managing low-value tenders are automated, freeing up purchasers to focus on strategic suppliers. Finally, the emergence of virtual purchasing assistants will automate communications between suppliers and procurement teams.

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The Procurement Act 2023’s Kaleidoscopic View of the Public Interest

University of Bristol

And those difficulties and clashes are exacerbated by several layers of multi-level governance and decision-making in public procurement, which create additional scope for conflict and contestation in the process of translating general legislative and policy goals into decisions on the design of public tenders and public contracts.