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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery.

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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

No question, government procurement is different from acquisitions outside the public sector, Cunningham believes. When local governments purchase technology, it’s crucial they understand the unique constraints and responsibilities they face. Prioritize stakeholder engagement, including community input.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Specialist for Kitsap Transit

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Kitsap Transit Position: Purchasing Specialist Location: Bremerton, Washington Closing Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 4:00 pm Salary: $22.29 - $29.98 Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC - [link]

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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

It all starts with procurement. Their comments are all published on the site, along with any responses from the procuring entity. For procuring officials, the pre-bidding documents module also streamlines their workload by consolidating feedback in a single, organized platform.

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Is e-Procurement Free For Buyers?

Mercell

The 2 purchasers were highly interested and impressed in the solicitation and contract modules we showed and discussed. Although our solution was clearly superior in increasing their efficiency and raising the quality of their work, the manager insisted on the no cost option …. Less competition increases cost and lowers quality.

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CKS Benelux and Ivalua partner with Punch Powertrain to digitalise strategic sourcing

ivalua

The Belgium-based automotive supplier, specialising in sustainable and affordable propulsion system solutions, deployed Ivalua’s platform in September 2020 for the sourcing of components for the DT2 program, within the company’s Joint Venture operations: Punch Powertrain PSA e-transmissions.

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

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.