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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

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. Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of.

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Collaborative Frameworks update: June 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

Framework Public Bodies will be notified in advance of the effective date of any new pricing and a new Lyreco catalogue will be uploaded in due course. Framework Public Bodies are encouraged to complete the RFI and confirm their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group (UIG) for the new procurement exercise. to £281.31

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AWS helps Genomics England’s Multimodal programme accelerate research with whole slide images

AWS Public Sector

Pathologists have been looking at morphological patterns in patients’ tissue sections highlighted by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining for more than a century. This is done along with manifests to enable identification of the relevant participants and provide additional metadata. This is a guest post from Genomics England.

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The power of collaboration accelerates public sector transformation in Iceland

AWS Public Sector

Though Iceland is a small country, it now ranks fifth in the UN’s global E-Government Survey from 19th when the project started. My company, Andes, participated in the project as a technical consultant on technology infrastructure and cloud adoption.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Although the agency had made improvements in competition, adopting a transactional e-GP platform and working to include more women businesses , it continued to face major challenges. In particular, outdated regulations and a lack of capacity in purchasing agencies using the platform held back further progress.

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The user experience ensures that procurement policy is followed

ivalua

Intuitive” is a notion that comes from our experience with B2C applications, whether on e-commerce sites or using mobile applications that supply content. But individuals must have a positive feeling about the way they use the application and, above all, want to continue with it.

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Friday Flash 04/26/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Erv Koehler , Assistant Commissioner of the Office of General Supplies and Services; Mike Shepherd , Director of the Catalog Management Office; and Peter Han , Branch Chief of the Catalog Management Office will participate on the “Catalog, General Supplies and Services” Panel. To view the draft agenda for day two, click here.