Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the Kun Jarygy coalition’s first year, they detected 270 purchases with violations, resulting in five criminal cases and KZT 11.38 And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. The media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. What is Smart Public Procurement? In contrast, relational contracting emphasizes cooperation for mutual benefit.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We designed a data analysis project to show how public open datasets can be used to uncover important issues and bring public attention to who is supplying what, for how much and whether there are any links between suppliers and high-ranking public officials.

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DemandStar

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’re part of any government procurement team, you’ve likely been asked, “What are you doing to increase supplier diversity?” It’s also likely you’ve heard of and possibly conducted disparity studies to improve your procurement process and identify the needs of different types of suppliers. What Are Disparity Studies?

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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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ivalua

DECEMBER 20, 2019

One size does not fit all when it comes to supplier onboarding. Best practices have evolved to a tiered approach that segments suppliers and adapts to dynamic business needs. . A tiered approach to supplier onboarding helps Sourcing and Procurement leaders develop a sensible list of checks and resources.

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ivalua

AUGUST 29, 2019

At the same time, two-thirds (66%) of businesses admitted they were still reliant on such processes as part of their Procurement or supplier management function. Purchasing (45%), invoicing (41%) and budget management (39%) are the most digitised processes to date. please visit: [link]. About the study.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Their performance is crucial to achieving your financial, performance and quality objectives, and a poor supplier creates risks for everything from budget overruns to missed schedules and liability lawsuits.

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ivalua

MARCH 21, 2022

Our first day will feature Ivalua’s Founder and CEO, David Khuat-Duy , offering his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers. Breakout : Supplier collaboration and your Supply Chain Strategy.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

And then in August, Mr McKee, the Minister for Public Finance, visited Dovetail Enterprises to hear about the important role supported businesses continue to play in boosting the Scottish economy through delivering goods and services, and providing meaningful employment, training and support, for those of us who may otherwise be excluded.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Febrary 9, 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the agenda for its marquee event series, Ivalua NOW 2021, which brings thousands of procurement, supply chain and finance leaders together each year. Now is the time to show how a company’s spend and suppliers can also help restore growth.

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Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

Limited supplier reach: ERP systems don’t go far enough when it comes to reaching and managing suppliers. There’s often little visibility into supplier performance and risk, limited supplier collaboration and communication, and little or no ability to manage supplier contracts and agreements.

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Often, we see suppliers to the enterprise participating in the incubators. On the contrary, Procurement often plays the bad cop role, creating barriers to onboard new and innovative suppliers, asking for endless compliance documents, ending the magic of the incubation. Yet, these initiatives are rarely owned by Procurement.

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ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Remove of overhead of payment queries with real-time Supplier updates. The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order. Touchlessly matches Invoices to suppliers to master data.

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DemandStar

MARCH 28, 2022

“More and more local governments are resuming projects put on hold at the beginning of the pandemic, and they’re turning to online purchasing marketplaces like DemandStar for help.” ABOUT DEMANDSTAR DemandStar builds communities by connecting government agencies quickly and efficiently with quality suppliers of all sizes.

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ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

This approach ensures that business between a buyer and its suppliers is conducted in a manner that does not negatively impact society or the environment. . This includes understanding who their suppliers are, how they do business and what standards they operate by. Responsible sourcing requires a shift in thinking and priorities.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The project has streamlined processes from purchase to payment at an international level. The successful cooperation between Ivalua and Kronos Group has provided H.Essers with a highly efficient and complete system for all of its purchase, payment and contract management activities.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. The ultimate goal is to realize contracted savings and ensure that suppliers ‘perform to contract’. Treat your supplier as the expert, also in P2P-related matters .

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

For example, bad supplier choices can hurt your company’s reputation, lead to production line shutdowns, and contribute to loss of profits. For manufacturers, sales, marketing, finance, ops, and even risk and compliance all have upside. And get suppliers involved early in the process. Leverage their knowledge.

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VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Ministerial Statement highlighted that the extension aims to facilitate a smoother transition for both contracting authorities and suppliers. In the case of direct awards, procurements are treated as having commenced if a contracting authority has notified a supplier of its intention to direct award. Where are we now?

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Sustainability needs to be seen as a wider issue, not just green purchasing and the environment, but also supporting women businesses and local economic development. Rwanda also introduced sanctions for delayed payments and addressed a common issue of suppliers not submitting all required documents.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The city government of Klaipeda runs the Dancer bus service through a comprehensive, 10-year lease agreement that is the first purchase of its kind in the country, a result of Lithuania’s shift to using green criteria for public contracts. You can see how green different procurement procedures are too. For example, in October 2023, 97.5%

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Aside from mitigating risk and saving organizations money, Procurement teams have an opportunity to add value by working closely with suppliers to reduce carbon emissions while ensuring supply chain continuity through diversity and proper forecasting. Ardent found that many didn’t even know how many suppliers are high risk.

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ivalua

MARCH 5, 2023

We’ll also hear from Otto Tell, Business Navigation Manager & Digital Leader – Global Purchasing Development at IKEA and Karolina Hagberg Chinell, CPO at Ahlsell. Breakout Sessions This year, we’ve invited industry thought leaders to join 8 expert panels covering data, supplier collaboration, procurement finance, and vendor management.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It generally goes something like this: “If we can promote greater cross-functional teamwork, engage our suppliers more effectively and share important information more broadly, we can improve profitability, get to market faster, serve our customers better, etc.”. Great stuff.

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ivalua

APRIL 28, 2023

These credit cards issued by banks provide quick payments and improved automation – plus there’s the potential of rewards with each purchase! What is a Purchase Card (P-card)? A Purchase Card or P-Card represents the physical plastic cards associated with a user. View our Payment Cards Resource Page HERE.

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ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

In this week’s Procurement Leaders webinar recap, we address leveraging the tremendous power of data with Alex Saric, Ivalua’s Chief Marketing Officer and Johan Duba, CTO of Finance at Booz Allen Hamilton. So, then we must ask ourselves, how can you partner with your suppliers to leverage this insightful data?

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

This article, which compares public and private procurement, gives suppliers the confidence to move in both markets. Private sector companies are interested in purchasing goods and services that will make them more competitive, increase production, and ultimately increase profits.

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Procureware

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My favorite new features for 2017 include: • API • Approval workflows • Certifications • Connected bid events • Invite unregistered bidders • My Dashboard • PDF reports • Ranked reverse auction • Supplier view of contracts API Long before ProcureWare was developed, we envisioned an application that would easily connect to other business systems.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It generally goes something like this: “If we can promote greater cross-functional teamwork, engage our suppliers more effectively and share important information more broadly, we can improve profitability, get to market faster, serve our customers better, etc.”. Great stuff.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

– Editor/Co-Author CIPS Finance for Purchasers Level 6 Graduate diploma. 2.7bn and total group purchasing population of circa 900, and Group Spend of c £8bn. Development of effective (Direct & Indirect) Supplier engagement and relationship management. – Studied @ Michigan Business School – MEP.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Leader Forrester Supplier Value Management Platforms, Q1 2022. The group covered localizing suppliers, right shoring, ESG, and managing risk. NEW Payments Solution. 750 plus employees. 1100 + certified consultants (+56% growth). Leader Forrester CLM for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice 2022 .

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ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

Kicking off the day with our first keynote, Ivalua’s Founder and CEO David Khuat-Duy will present his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers. Director Strategic Sourcing Digital & Functional Transformation, .

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

New strategies included implementing an electronic bidding platform, piloting approaches to vendor outreach for high-priority purchases, and incorporating bonus point questions for sustainability and equity in all their requests for proposals (RFPs). For example, the city fleet was able to streamline and standardize their purchasing process.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement. These reactions can lead to strict risk management and purchasing policies with overly complicated bid documents and onerous requirements that are imposing on potential SME bidders.

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European Law: Public Procurement

MAY 11, 2012

According to the file, that label is based on four criteria, that is to say: the price must cover all the costs; it must contain a supplementary premium compared to the market price; production must be subject to pre-financing and the importer must have long-term trading relationships with the producers.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

This ensures transparency and encourages innovation, because as providers introduce new services and products, they become automatically purchasable under the framework agreement. Governments can also explore innovative financing models, such as public-private partnerships, to share the financial burden of large-scale projects.

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