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Public Safety Starts with Smart Procurement

American City & Country

With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. Procurement teams must source reliable security services that can scale up depending on the size and complexity of the event.

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Modernizing Public Infrastructure: The Power of Strategic Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Public procurement will either propel us toward the digital future Gates describes or hold us back with outdated processes and institutional inertia. To succeed, governments must embrace innovation, integrate cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, and empower procurement teams to lead the way.

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BRAVIDA’s PROCUREMENT TEAM ACCELERATES ITS DIGITIZATION JOURNEY WITH IVALUA 

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“Ivalua’s platform uniquely combines industry best practices for both direct and indirect spend, with the flexibility to deliver bespoke capabilities and empower our procurement strategy to provide Bravida with an additional competitive edge”, said Mattias Johansson, CEO and Group president at Bravida Holding AB. About Bravida Holding AB.

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4 ways IT & Procurement team collaboration increases resilience

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The Hackett Group study, “ Strengthening the Procurement-IT Partnership Elevating performance and accelerating value ”, July 2020 is one of a series of great reports which seek to provide guidance on what Procurement teams are doing well and on how they can improve. Blending of IT and procurement teams.

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Supporting the introduction of Social Security Benefits in Scotland – Major Programmes Implementation Procurement Team (MPIP)

Scottish Government Procurement

Many of the procurements were digital in nature requiring an innovative approach which successfully secured a platform that drives the production, creation and operation of the benefits devolved to the Scottish Parliament. These adaptions have remained as an integral constituent of post COVID-19 contracts.

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Did you know many Procurement Team in govt use MEAT as part of evaluation?

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Government Procurement Professionals aim to achieve the best value for money in the process of procurement of goods and services for the public. A weightage-based criterion helps the procurement team to select the best out of the lot that gives the best value in terms of Cost, Quality, and experience.

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Friends not Foes, Supplier Relationships Made to Last

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Reviewing pandemic responses and strategies, some CPOs and Procurement teams managed a bit better than their peers as uncertainty and change mounted. These teams were able to quickly communicate and negotiate with their key suppliers to establish a “supplier of choice” solution. . Learning from Supplier Relationships.