ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

In light of existing rules, vendors can deter competition by driving prices down in competitive tenders. There is quite a substantial effort to participate in a public tender process, so most vendors have a limit to how many unsuccessful tenders they are willing to respond to before giving up.

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Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

The plan also formulates a series of core principles underpinning those goals, which include the need to Invest in becoming a great customer: government purchasing power can be a huge lever for improving public services, shaping new markets in AI, and boosting the domestic ecosystem. 41 PA23 and Sch.5

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Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

Through customised insights and tender notifications that link them to public sector contract possibilities and government procurement organisations, Tracker Intelligence assists suppliers in navigating this difficult market. Procurement laws in the United Kingdom are intended to guarantee value for money, competition, and transparency.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With the help of automated analytical tools, the agency has been able to focus its prevention and control efforts on transactions with the highest risk, and in turn, harness the power of data to institutionalize better purchasing practices among government entities that conduct procurement through the Mercado Publico online platform.

Procurement 62

Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

million), with plans for more purchases underway. Concerns were raised over suspicious tendering practices such as short bidding periods, overly rigid specifications, and potential collusion. While open data is a vital first step, it is not the only important factor in combating corruption.

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Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

Here we have listed out few insights about e tendering business that can help you make the right bid. As government bids follow a definite procurement process it is important for Bid Managers to meet all the deadlines and eligibility criteria of Government Procurement.

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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. An integrated, multifunctional team.

Public Procurement 62

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Ethics 62

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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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability.

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Transitional and Saving Arrangements - This sets out the transitional arrangements for existing procurements, framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems, which will generally continue under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and guidance for deciding when the Act applies to new procurements. The guidance note also covers notices.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Importance of Competition in Public Procurement The essence of competition is to allow multiple suppliers to compete for a government contract under the same conditions so that the best value is achieved. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Businesses must understand the key differences between the public and private procurement methods, regulations, and goals when c onsidering tender opportunities in either sector. 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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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 29, 2024

The benefits of sourcing from overseas include factors such as: Access to a wider market Access to expertise and technology Lower prices If you read last month’s blog you will have discovered or been reminded of understanding the importance between price and cost.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Results: A year after the new procurement law was passed, the public procurement agency (DNCP) is using machine-learning to identify tenders that are most likely to be awarded to smaller businesses. The work also informed new legislation that will require 20% of the value of contracts to be awarded to MSMEs, including through subcontracting.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

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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Procurement Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 57

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is not limited to transactional information (number of purchase orders, number of catalog items, number of supplier invoices ) or legal/contractual requirements. Learn to manage and control your suppliers to improve your purchasing efficiency and expand your supplier base. .

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Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Yet, many governments have not introduced policies and procedures for buying greener and even where it is possible to use green criteria for purchasing, many procurement officers are unsure of how to include them. When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

Government procurement refers to the purchase of common goods, works and services by government agencies, usually from private sector suppliers. The Advantages of Public Sector Contracts Tendering for government contracts can unlock amazing opportunities for your business. What is Government Contracting? What is Government Contracting?

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Government Contracts Innovation Procurement Government 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

An article published in Kazakhstan by Gulbarshyn Karabalina and Svetlana Garkusha prompted the social services department of the Mangystau Region to use a competitive tender for the first time in years. Unfortunately, many people do not know about the potential of monitoring public procurement tenders. Are the goals being achieved?

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

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.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

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. Building the e-GP systems that show the transparency of overall procurement is important to me, as it will help check that our national systems are ready and strong.”

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Transitional provisions With this delay, any procurements of new contracts, including frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems (DPS), that begin before February 24, 2025, will continue to be governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Understanding how this will work will be important for both contracting authorities and suppliers.

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Procurement Supplier Tender Procurement Strategies 52

VWV

MAY 19, 2021

The public procurement rules recognise there are certain circumstances when public bodies, including universities, can derogate from the general principle of advertising and tendering contract opportunities and directly award a contract. The two key derogations relate to the direct award of new contracts and modifying existing contracts.

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Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Long before you make a purchase decision, you must create the right structure for vendor relationships with your procurement organization. They host requests for bids and tenders from buyers and allow vendors to submit bids to multiple organizations.

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Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

It is one thing to make tenders public, and another to offer suppliers visibility into the end-to-end bid management process and final award decisions. They might be concerned with the amount of a purchase without realizing it is a tiny fraction of a budget or only a small part of a project.

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Transparency Procurement Supplier End to End 45

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

The most common public sector form of market analysis is a jurisdictional scan by contacting other provinces, municipalities or Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). Calculate the Procurement Value This step is important as it helps to determine the procurement approach and secures the necessary funding.

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Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

and qualifies it in two important ways: (1) the overall requirement is that the AI system’s operation should be ‘ sufficiently transparent’, with ‘sufficient’ creating a lot of potential issues here; and, (2) the reference to ‘Good Industry Practice’ [more on this below].

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ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Over the course of the year-long project, PKP Energetyka will implement the modules facilitating the registration of Contracts, e-Catalogs, Tender Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and finally, Invoice handling. The key goals are not only the safety or optimization and acceleration of the Procurement processes as such.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

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). The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

European Law: Public Procurement

JUNE 7, 2012

Ins Tiimi, a company which lost the tender, did not agree, claiming that the equipment could be used for civilian uses as well. Whether or not the tiltable turntable equipment qualified for the exemption was important because otherwise the procurement procedure had to comply with the public procurement directive ( directive 2004/18/EC ).

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Purchasing 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). This is an important clarification on the scope of article 53 of the directive.

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Procurement Award Criteria Public Procurement Manufacturing 40

The Procurement School

MARCH 22, 2024

I quickly found at the beginning of my journey into Indigenous Procurement that courses and procurement training, although important, would only be one part of my learning in the implementation of this innovative policy. The intent was more important than the words on the page. This shift prompted a change in approach.

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Procurement Public Procurement Collaboration Ethics 52

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State aid Decision made two important explicit points. The Slovak Government decided not to purchase the stadium and it instead challenged the compatibility with EU law of the State aid package due to a fundamental breach of procurement law. Once the stadium was built, NFŠ exercised the put option.

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Procurement Finance Purchasing Public Procurement 52

The Procurement School

MAY 27, 2024

Collective agreements offer some predictability, but lump sum tendered bids often must guess the future and buffer to avoid loss. Responsibility Owners have an important role in the construction marketplace to be progressive and demonstrate a growth mindset while also demonstrating a duty of fairness to bidders.

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Public Procurement Total Cost of Ownership Budget Collaboration 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED]. As the PPDS Communication stresses To unlock the full potential of public procurement, access to data and the ability to analyse it are essential. As always, ‘no data, no fun’ (see below 5).

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