Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Challenge : The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement processes and tools were insufficient. Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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Procurement Sustainability IT Bidding 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Government organisations can improve e-governance standards and enable on-demand digital services for citizens and businesses across India. Srinivas Pendyala, director of e-government initiatives with the ITE&C Dept in the Government of Telangana, said, “We are pleased that the AWS Hyderabad Region is empaneled for government workloads.

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E-auction Government Government E-procurement 76

Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Learn the ins and outs of maintaining compliance, crafting a competitive bid, and positioning your business for growth through federal opportunities, all through the lens of SAM’s pivotal role in government procurement. Accurate entity registration is the cornerstone of a successful federal contracting strategy.

Government Contracts 52

Government Contracts Government Government Contract 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

There are high economic stakes at play in public procurement—which represents around 12% of GDP and over a third of public expenditure in OECD countries , and even higher proportions in other economies. is perhaps particularly intense in this field of GovTech and RegTech. However, this model does not appeal to the public sector.

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Public Procurement Procurement Government Government 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 21, 2023

David is the founder of reAcción , a grassroots anti-corruption civil society organization that empowers young people in Paraguay to fight for government transparency and social accountability. Most e-governance technology that attempts to turn citizen feedback into actionable recommendations, is really about upward accountability.

Accountability 52

Accountability Education Corruption Demand 52

FedInsider

APRIL 22, 2024

Constituents must trust that their need for essential services can be met with transparency, without sacrificing their privacy and security. Employees of federal agencies seek equitable, inclusive workplaces, flexibility in where and how they work, transparent communications, and training in the latest technologies. DLA is the U.S.

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Logistics Data Leadership Management 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Correspondingly, it also will increase competition and access to commercial services, solutions, and products by eliminating the significant variations in the application of the key MAS procurement rules across the program, all to the benefits of customer agencies, GSA, and industry partners. Responses on the RFI are due November 10.

Price 52

Price E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Solutions that are user-friendly and that use data to measure and improve outcomes from procurement.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 84

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement IT 139

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Enormous, complex, global enterprises use procurement technology to manage their spend, suppliers, contracts and bids every day without seeming to run into the same stumbling blocks as the public sector, which operates on a smaller and more localized basis. Configuration is a far more logical and sustainable approach.

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End to End Bidding Supplier Buyers 45

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Almost all UK businesses say sustainability-led innovation has become a priority, but most lack plans to improve the sustainability of goods and services. In light of rising gas and oil prices, there should be a renewed focus on sustainable innovation, and identifying how being greener could cut costs.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier E-procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

At the heart of the initiative lies the Prosper Africa Tech for Trade Alliance , a collaboration uniting leading American and African tech companies behind the mission of accelerating e-commerce and digital trade in Africa. This effort focused on enabling the deployment of Choppies’ state-of-the-art Farmer’s app across its supplier network.

Public Private Partnership 61

Public Private Partnership Inventory E-procurement Supply Chain 61

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

To shed light on the value of having high-quality procurement data, we spoke to product owner Hans Minkes at TenderNed , the Dutch government’s online tendering system and one of the agencies furthest along in implementing eForms among the EU Member States. Transparency is key. The rest come from commercial applications.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For significant inflation, especially over a sustained time period where there may be multiple adjustments, the superior approach seems to be an Agency-designed clause which relies upon a cost index. procuring things made from a lot of steel), again, offerors arguably should have anticipated it. As stated by the U.S.

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Government Government Price Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

The vision is to go beyond supporting “just” a transparency and reporting portal to have a digital ecosystem that integrates real-time damage assessments, budgets, project planning, procurement and delivery. While this is an ambitious plan, the need is compelling.

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the relatively recent developments in the post-Brexit review of UK public procurement law is the February 2021 proposal for the replacement of the current rules on the commissioning of healthcare services for the purposes of the English NHS (for background, you can watch here ), with a new provider selection regime (‘the proposal’).

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This opportunity allows industry to submit white papers at any time that are aligned with one of the DPA’s areas of focus, including sustaining critical production, commercializing research and development investments, and scaling emerging technologies. or virtually HERE. Access the recording here.

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Inventory Price Contract Supply Chain 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Importantly, this process should be transparent, providing all stakeholders, including the public, the opportunity to provide feedback on any proposed revisions. Increasingly, the question for FSS contracting officers is which controls: PAP 2021-05 or the EPA deviations currently in effect? in the Federal marketplace. To register, click here.

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Supply Chain Price Contract E-procurement 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Latin America and the Caribbean are at a crossroads of environmental sustainability and inclusive development; and public governance plays a critical role in a fair green transition, especially given existing inequalities, limited fiscal capacity, and deteriorating public trust.

Government 52

Government Government Data Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 113