Scottish Government Procurement

MAY 7, 2024

The Handbook has been developed in collaboration with stakeholders from across the Scottish public procurement landscape as well as policy experts within the Scottish Government. Please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with the updated Procurement Policy Handbook.

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Procurement Public Procurement Sustainability Finance 59

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. Our world runs on public contracts. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 88

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Improving transparency in public procurement, that is publishing more and better-quality data, supports accountability by enabling greater scrutiny over processes and outcomes as well as helping to achieve greater competition and better value for money. GTI-R/2020:1, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.”

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A crucial question is how to translate that finance into more effective projects and investments on the ground and prevent leakages against governance risks. How can the sector ensure the scarce financial resources are put into most effective use through public procurement? Now, an estimated 6.5

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Sustainability Contract Finance Public Procurement 57

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Some of these challenges are made more explicit in our most recent report, “India’s Federal Procurement Data Infrastructure: Observations and Recommendations.” This makes rigorous analysis impossible, since it is likely that our sample is biased and, moreover, it is impossible to determine the nature of any bias.

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Data Procurement Tender Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

His specialties include Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation. He joined the BLP team in 2023 as an associate, after having worked for more than 5 years in Public Administration Institutions of Honduras. Degree in Legal Sciences (cum laude), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, 2020.

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Public Procurement Export Procurement Collaboration 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries. Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. C as possible.

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Finance Price Sustainability Capacity 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023).

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How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

The UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published a report on Transparency in the procurement of algorithmic systems (for short, the ‘AI procurement report’). Some of DRCF’s findings in the AI procurement report are astonishing, and should attract significant attention.

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

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MAY 17, 2023

A strategic product marketer with pointed focus, her skillset also includes email marketing optimization, sales enablement collateral development, and bylines for multiple thought leadership publications. Eloise graduated from Providence College with a dual degree in Finance and Political Science.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process. Now current, closed, and awarded bids can be looked up online, increasing transparency throughout the process. The reforms also helped increase ownership of procurement by different city departments.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I The public procurement world is relatively small, and it seems everyone knows everyone, so reputations are important especially if you are just starting out in the profession. Why not” asked the VP.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

The Procurement School

MARCH 22, 2024

Could a local indigenous finance institution step into the role of a surety company and provide the bonding requirements to the local business community? Of course, there was still a need to increase understanding of procurement law and the limitations we have as public procurement professionals.

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Procurement Public Procurement Collaboration Ethics 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. They share educational resources with the general public and each other. And two-thirds of public spending is conducted through an opaque quasi-governmental sector.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 119

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A critical finding and recommendation of the World Bank report is to strengthen the transparency and efficiency of public spending and procurement, including through open data and digital procurement reforms. But I disagree. None of this money is ever really “lost” — someone always knows exactly where it is.

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Finance Public Procurement Procurement Transparency 57

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Public procurement can be used to promote social objectives, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. In 2022, 16 of the 19 surveyed countries in LAC (or 84%) had central e-procurement systems and reported having policies or strategies in this area to pursue social objectives. in OECD countries. percentage points (p.p.),

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