ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

By bridging their finance gaps, their business as seen significant growth and expansion. . By bridging the gaps, Amrest could even start the tendering process earlier with a wider range of suppliers. Part of procurement, driven by finance–payment is a key part of the supply chain partnership. . Part 1 HERE. Part of the Solution.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 5, 2024

We recently published a blog post that provides a gentle introduction to AI in procurement, illustrating the thinking and work that needs to go into even relatively straightforward processes such as comparing green criteria for public contracts against real tender notices.

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BLP

JULY 20, 2023

Through the official letter MH-DCoP-OF-0458-2023 of the Public Procurement Directorate of the Ministry of Finance, an interpretation has been made of Article 44 of the Regulations to the new Public Procurement Law regarding the obligation of the Administration to conduc t market research.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

In India, according to the Ministry of Finance General Financial Rules (2017), all procuring authorities are responsible and accountable for ensuring transparency, fairness, equality, competition, and appeal rights in contracting. Collect information on more details of the tender process and in standardised formats (e.g.,

Data 52

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To tackle this problem, the country has proposed wide-ranging legislation , including an anti-corruption package with measures to standardize the operations of Mongolia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and ensure they follow consistent rules throughout processes like tendering and procurement, among others.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs launched an ambitious initiative to accelerate the digital transformation of public services in Iceland in 2019. Learn more about Iceland’s digital transformation journey in this AWS Institute video series.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Similarly, Lithuania is now tracking the use of “green” criteria to promote the procurement of environmentally friendly products and services, and Paraguay uses machine-learning to advertise tenders suitable for small businesses.

Procurement 88

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 88

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The urgent need to stem these ills led to the first wave of reforms that saw an overhaul of colonial era and post-independence procurement structures in the form of Tender Boards that were characterized by centralized procurement, lack of transparency, outdated legal framework and weak dispute management mechanisms.

Public Procurement 69

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 69

VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Engaging stakeholders from legal, finance, and contract management teams early in the process is advisable, as obtaining necessary approvals can often take longer than anticipated. One option may be to try and make use of the delay by carrying out market engagement and getting all the tender documents ready to go for 24 February.

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Procurement Supplier Tender Procurement Strategies 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

I’d like to welcome Mr. McKee as the Minister for Public Finance and as the Minister responsible for procurement. Welcome to my first vlog of 2024, highlighting what we’ve achieved over the first quarter of the year and taking a look at what’s coming up. Obviously we’ve got some breaking news.

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Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Strategies Buyers 59

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.

Procurement 59

Procurement Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 59

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This model was made possible through CDL collaborating with the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) to combine procurement data with dozens of other datasets, as well as working with Assam’s Finance Department to structure and standardize data on all flood-related procurement from the last five years.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

With a background in banking, finance, and economics, she worked at Rwanda’s Development Board and in the private sector before entering public procurement and she’s a current member of the MAPS steering committee for the period of 2024-2026. Procurement does not start from the publication of tenders.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 79

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

They host requests for bids and tenders from buyers and allow vendors to submit bids to multiple organizations. Some are financed through subscription fees paid by vendors, a model that some procurement experts feel leads to lower supplier quality. However, private portals have their own drawbacks.

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Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

European Law: Public Procurement

MAY 11, 2012

In 2008, the Dutch province of North Holland announced in a tendering procedure that it wished to procure coffee machines and the products necessary to make them function (coffee, tea, sugar, milk, cups).

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Procurement Award Criteria Public Procurement Manufacturing 40

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State aid Decision also explicitly stated that ‘The construction works financed through the grant … will be subject to a competitive process, respecting the applicable procurement rules’ (para 8). Should the beneficiary decide to exercise the option, the Stadium would become a property of the State’ (para 22).

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Procurement Finance Contract Purchasing 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

On a (trite) humoristic note: a first idea to slow any task down would be to leave its implementation to a cumbersome public tender procedure. Giuseppe Bitti Giuseppe Bitti is a Procurement Expert in the Directorate Finance of the European Central Bank (ECB). However, it might also be used to steer it towards complementary dimensions.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In Uganda, the process of translating procurement transparency commitments into open contracting data has been largely bottom-up, driven by CSOs (with financing by international donors such as the World Bank). The role of civil society organisations (CSOs), however, varies.

Public Procurement 40

Public Procurement Transparency E-procurement Procurement 40

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a few pre-tender market consultations, we came out with demanding GPP criteria. Klaipeda is far from the only public agency in Lithuania using innovative approaches to procurement to make its city greener and healthier. We tried to meet markets where they were.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Once the project is selected for funding, it can be tracked through the full implementation pipeline: developing procurement needs, tendering, choosing suppliers, construction, and auditing. Projects financed by the European Investment Bank, World Bank, and USAID are already uploaded to DREAM.

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 7, 2024

Questions ranging from how the situation may evolve into an ISDS case, whether it is possible to deal with the potential dispute inhouse or how to establish the tender procedure for outside counsel require immediate attention by the state. A quick analysis of the situation is therefore warranted.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 20, 2024

Although these steps largely depend on the specific circumstances of each case, the panel agreed on the fundamental importance of having a good pluridisciplinary team, i.e. including for instance finance or tax people, that can cooperate with the legal team. Lawyers need to be on top on that.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 12, 2024

Peru (where the claimant argued that the tender of the project, which was the subject of the dispute, had been rigged as part of a corruption scheme involving high ranking officials in the government), this year, Julio Olortegui and Nennele Rivadeneira reported on the decision in Panamericana Television S.A

Corruption 52

Corruption Telecommunication Tender Insurance 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 29, 2023

As a result, many debt lawsuits followed, including one filed by the Ministry of Economy and Finances (“MEF”) which required the channel to pay considerable loan installments (which is still unable to pay up to this date). Amorrortu alleged the existence of corruption as a component of his fair and equitable treatment claim.

Corruption 52

Corruption Bidder Tender Management 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities. ” Scott Sanders Des Moines City Manager Open contracting approach In 2021, a team from the City Manager’s office and Division of Finance-Procurement began investigating how they might better fold equity and inclusion into Des Moines’ purchasing practices.

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Procurement Sustainability IT Bidding 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

This risk is particularly acute for high-risk applications of [algorithmic systems], for example where an [algorithmic system] determines a person's access to employment or housing or where the application is in a highly regulated sector such as finance ’ (at 10).

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Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

The Procurement School

MARCH 22, 2024

Yukon Government has used bid bonding as a risk mitigation tool on many procurements, particularly on construction-related tenders. Could a local indigenous finance institution step into the role of a surety company and provide the bonding requirements to the local business community? Could we explore ideas such as cash securities?

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Collaboration Ethics 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. Civic procurement monitoring in Kazakhstan at a glance Members of Kun Jarygy have monitored 1,222 tenders worth KZT 346 billion (~US$725 million) in the coalition’s first year.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 119

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.

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