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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. At the time, few complaints were submitted through the LKPP’s official procurement complaints handling mechanisms, e-pengaduan , due in part to the high burden of proof required before complaints were “approved” or progressed for follow-up.

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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. An updated version of the framework catalogue will be published this week (week commencing 24 June 2024) to include changes to Apple and Microsoft Surface products. to £281.31

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Dutch software company Negometrix to develop the national procurement system for all Bulgarian Public Entities

Mercell

The awarding criteria was 60% on quality and 40% on price. The modules of the system include publishing all tender opportunities, receiving and evaluating offers, digitally signing of offers and contracts, e-Ordering, e-Catalogues, e-Invoicing, e-Payment.

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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. NPIC is delivering a core programme across four themes: clinical deployment, research and AI, training and validation, and quality.

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What’s the Difference Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement?

ivalua

For manufacturers, the Direct Procurement process typically begins with the new product introduction (NPI) process which includes product design, product sourcing, quality and product launch and continues through production all the way to the product’s end-of-life. Direct vs Indirect Procurement.

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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

Public contracts matter, he says: “The government allocates 32% of the country’s budget towards goods, services, and public works, to secure the rights and enhance the quality of life for citizens. DCGP’s data quality has continuously improved over the last decade, enabling increasingly detailed analysis.

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Hurricane Disaster Contracting – Steps to take now

aptac

use the same company name, address, numbers, e-mail and web addresses). Make sure your company is well represented on the internet, with an up to date website that clearly describes the goods and services you offer and (if possible) includes a link to your catalogue. Note: your SAM registration must match your IRS and DUNS information.