How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This guest post by Dr Matthew Paris* and Dr Zack Esmail** complements some of the earlier guests posts on AI use in the public sector by focusing on the use in public procurement and, in particular, in the review of procurement decisions. However, no public procurement department operates in isolation.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 28, 2024

We have published the Scottish Government’s Procurement Strategy 2024 to 2028, which sets out how we will use our spend and influence to promote a green, inclusive and just economic recovery. The strategy has been developed to align with, and support delivery of, the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Connected persons include individuals who have significant influence or control over the supplier. This has been expanded from the current Public Procurement Review Service which provided non-binding recommendations only. What would qualify as 'past poor performance' changed under the Act?

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As these common “green procurement” strategies are adopted by governments around the world, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on public procurement , last revised in 2011, could be updated to facilitate implementation. Contractor ¶ 60 (Thomson Reuters, 2024).

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Bestek Procurement

JUNE 14, 2024

Join us for an insightful panel discussion on "A Question of Trust and Cooperation," where we will delve into the crucial role of trust in public procurement systems and the legal frameworks that support them.

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The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. The 3rd party becomes the buying agency and represents the interests of the public entity. Outsourcing is getting attention.

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Tracker Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2024

Advantageous Strategy in Public Procurement through Tracker Businesses in the field of public procurement have a tactical edge when they utilise Tracker’s tender service. How Thresholds Influence the Find a Tender Solution Thresholds are crucial in the context of public bids and must be properly addressed.

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The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

As a company that provides education in public procurement , this is perhaps the most common question that arises. similarities of public and private procurement There are many similarities between public-and private-sector procurement practices. where do public sector procurement rules come from?

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The Procurement School

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Business decisions have been influenced by the theory of the Invisible Hand. Procurement decisions were largely one-dimensional – with economic interests being the first choice. ESG practices are driven in the supply sector by the largest player on the demand side, public procurement.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

In a new draft chapter for my monograph , I explore how, within the broader process of public sector digitalisation, and embroiled in the general ‘race for AI’ and ‘race for AI regulation’, public procurement has two roles. Public procurement is itself an area of public sector activity susceptible to digitalisation.

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Bonfire

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Craig says, “When the owner is paying for the system, with that I think comes some ability to influence maybe the long-term direction, maybe sometimes it’s simple functionality… We should always be trying to make this thing work better for our end users and for our vendors. Owner-paid eProcurement fosters healthy relationships.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Enhancing the transparency of government in general and of public procurement processes in particular has been increasingly on the agenda of governments, civil societies and businesses as evidenced by initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership which has seen 70 OGP members making 189 open contracting commitments by March 2019 [1].

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This may include posters with project progress, presentations, and the mobilization of internal influencers. If they are squarely on board and willing to advocate, in my experience, they will have a positive influence on outcomes. Ivalua for Public Sector was purpose-built for public sector organizations, enabling more.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

For example, after TenderNed noticed a high percentage of contracting procedures in the database had unrealistic award values, they activated their “team of e-procurement influencers” – external e-procurement experts with a large follower base. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Public procurement can be a powerful lever for achieving broader aims like equity and sustainability. We want to build and influence these practices through our own contracting power.” Screenshot via a City of Des Moines video.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We should not lose sight from the fact that, as AG Campos stressed in his Opinion ‘the mere grant of a State subsidy involving the movement of public funds … does not in itself amount to the conclusion of a public works contract. It is for the referring court to determine whether those circumstances are present in this case.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Policy irresistibility’ and hype in procurement digitalisation Public procurement is at its core an information-based exercise. This blog post provides a summary of the main findings so far. I will also be discussing them with a stellar panel on 15 December 2022 ( details and registration ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this connection, it is relevant to mention that the Public Administration in Brazil has been adopting dispute boards in their administrative contracts in several cities, including São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Rio de Janeiro where there are already local regulations authorizing such adoption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The Commission proposes that these standards do not apply to “ public procurement ” and “ subsidies or grants […] including government-supported loans, guarantees and insurance. National-Treatment (NT) and Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) Treatment The Model Clauses cover NT and MFN treatment.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In case of sole arbitrators, the appointing partys influence raises legitimate concerns of bias. It was held that unilateral arbitrator appointments undermine this principle, tilting the balance in favour of the appointing party.

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Public Procurement Intl

APRIL 6, 2025

policymakers hoped to include public procurement as part of a broader effort to open world markets so as to reduce the risks of war. State Department, in Article 8 would have included public procurement in a broader framework of free trade. procurement), U.S. Taking this approach, in Section 2.1

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 10, 2025

Another non-tariff tool is through legislation: a recent draft regulation mandates local rules to favour local production by allowing local products to be listed at 20% lower than the price compared to foreign products in public procurement contracts. with non-U.S. origin or products exported to China from a non-U.S.

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