The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 21, 2024

As AI evolves and algorithms are fine-tuned, agencies will increase the use of these tools, leading to new procurement strategies, practices, and analytics with the potential to enhance customer agency mission support for the American people. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JULY 28, 2023

Quality Improvements By reducing and automating manual tasks, AI helps to ensure consistent standards of quality by limiting the risk of error. AI is capable of improving quality throughout the entire supply chain, from procurement to supplier relations and more.

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ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

Why is it Important? So today, many leading Procurement organizations look beyond cost factors to make decisions based on quality, reliability, innovation and social and environmental practices. Source: Sustainable Procurement: DrivingExponential Impact Across theSupply Chain, Procurious .

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MAY 28, 2024

As procurement professionals we spend a lot of time categorising our products, services and suppliers. It is important to see things from a supplier’s perspective to help us ensure we manage the sellers correctly and that they have the right impression of us and our organisation. Final Quadrant The final quadrant is nuisance.

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These steps may not apply to every procurement but once completed they will inform the procurement strategy which then leads to development of procurement document. Needs analysis ensures an accurate understanding of the goods / services being procured. which provides a high level procurement overview.

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Procurement Bidder Procurement Strategies Evaluation 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Monitoring and measuring value is where the procurement organization takes a holistic view of the Source-to-pay process and supplier relationships. However, it is important to understand the differences and varying degrees of focus between direct and indirect spend in procurement and sourcing. Direct vs Indirect Procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

It is an underfunded, paper-based government chore: we want to turn procurement into a smart, user-friendly, digital public service. We want to unlock its power to improve economic inclusion and sustainability, rebuild integrity and trust, and deliver the quality public services that we all deserve.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

It is therefore important to promote a well-planned transition that will result in a more robust growth path and sustainable development, thus contributing to fiscal sustainability. In this regard, ministries of finance face the challenge of strengthening their capacities for early identification and management of transition risks.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This analysis will explore the main NAO findings, look at their wider significance and propose steps to reinvigorate competition in government procurement. Robust competition in public procurement can bring these promising outcomes. Yet, limited competition in the procurement landscape can be disastrous.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021? Supply Chain Transformation is ongoing but never more important than in 2021. Procurement has a big role to play here. Every year, The Hackett Group surveys global organizations to better understand their top priorities.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

CPO’s and CFO’s will join forces to combat inflation and supply risk, supply assurance will be perceived as more important than price, convenience and customer service gaining significant popularity, and vigilance against commodity and supply market manipulation will be critical. #3. What can we expect in 2022?

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Purchasing: The first part of the Procure-to-Pay process where someone in an organization has a need (product and/or service); the process for buying approval, supplier selection (ideally a contracted supplier), sending a purchase order, receiving the item or service and all the parts in between (there can be a lot).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Under the Rule of Two, unless an exception applies, “an agency must set aside the award for small businesses where there is a reasonable expectation of receiving offers from two or more small-business contract holders under the multiple-award contract that are competitive in terms of price, quality, and delivery.”

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Effective procurement practices allow the establishment of a closed-loop circular supply chain that helps deliver more efficiency, from end-to-end and supports the formalisation of different services, including e-waste management, recycling, resource sharing, and supplier regulatory development.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MARCH 12, 2024

At the federal level, contractors that import products, parts, packaging, equipment or other articles with components that contain PFAS must confront new and extensive regulatory reporting requirements relating to such imports going back to 2011, and they must do so by May 2025. What Information Must be Reported?

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Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 9, 2025

James King, Procurement Coordinator at Falkirk Council. The case study recognises the importance of sharing lessons learned with colleagues.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

Aimed primarily at imports from key trading partners, these tariffs are set to significantly affect a wide array of goods, directly highlighting the impact of US tariffs on UK supply chains. For procurement professionals, this development presents new challenges in cost management, supplier relationships, and regulatory compliance.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

And as always, procurement will have an important contribution to make. We also introduced a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note covering changes to the Scottish procurement legislation, reflecting updates at various International Trade Agreements and to fulfil some of our international obligations.

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