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2024 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group (PPG)

Scottish Government Procurement

In April we published the Annual report on procurement activity in Scotland for 21-22, which highlights how we performed against our Procurement Strategy, how we delivered procurement policy and capability throughout the Scottish public sector. They show that the 16 billion of public procurement spend, we generated 13.8

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

When the public sector increases SME participation, the results produce increased regional economic growth, enhanced innovation on pilot projects, and a better value for dollar. All parties involved reduced layers of bureaucracy and kept the process lean and innovative.

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3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? Developing and executing category strategies is critical to effective strategic sourcing.

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Three ways World Bank procurement can drive collaboration for the SDGs

Open Contracting Partnership

Expand and deepen capacity-building support for government procurement teams, including how to procure for best value rather than strictly on cost. It should be central to the World Bank’s mission which is to support development to help countries maximise the impact of that spending.

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Friday Flash 11/01/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Jeff Koses , Senior Procurement Executive, GSA John Tenaglia , Principal Director, DPCAP, DoD (confirmed) Karla Smith Jackson , Assistant Administrator for Procurement, NASA GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Panels: What’s Next? Time Remains to Secure Your Sponsorship for the Fall Training Conference!

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Collaborative Frameworks update: June 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

Framework Public Bodies will be notified in advance of the effective date of any new pricing and a new Lyreco catalogue will be uploaded in due course. Framework Public Bodies are encouraged to complete the RFI and confirm their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group (UIG) for the new procurement exercise.

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It’s time to evolve IT procurement

AWS Public Sector

But despite this advancement, many organizations still procure resources using methods suited for on-premises data centers, not cloud solutions. They are asking for faster horses while innovative organizations are speeding past them in cars. Organizations traditionally emphasize pricing to control costs when selecting vendors.