How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

Consistent use of a framework for how to source AI - whether to build in-house, buy, or run innovation challenges - that evolves over time, given data, capability, industry contexts and evaluation of whats worked. Mission-focussed national AI tenders to support rapid adoption across de-centralised systems led by the mission delivery boards.

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Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2020

No organisation does everything itself, and whether we’re looking at buying raw materials, components, innovative technology, or sourcing the best in marketing or professional services, the whole process of engaging and working with suppliers must reflect this need for speed and agility. .

Collaboration 65

Collaboration Innovation Procurement Supplier 65

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

Conversely, some Procurement departments have discovered that non-strategic suppliers, or even tier two suppliers, offer them innovative solutions to alleviate the shortage. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), Learning from Supplier Relationships.

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Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 98

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

The Advantages of Public Sector Contracts Tendering for government contracts can unlock amazing opportunities for your business. Being paid reliably means more risks can be undertaken elsewhere, using your new resources to innovate and expand your offering. For any business, collaboration begets innovation.

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Government Contracts Innovation Procurement Government 52

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

Tendersinfo

APRIL 8, 2021

Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) is the measure for selecting the best out of the incoming bids based on factors that are related to the subject matter of the contract. This criterion of selecting the tender was announced by European Parliament in January 2014. Tender Evaluation is done as an aggregate of both aspects.

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Procurement Team Evaluation Tender Procurement 52

Nitrous: Public Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2020

It’s a crucial element needed to improve the health of the economy and grow more innovative public services. These figures aren’t helped by the fact that the proportion of public sector contracts awarded without a competitive tender is rising ( 15 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent in 2017 and then 23 per cent in 2018 ).

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Procurement Tender Supplier Bidding 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. 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

MARCH 16, 2024

Numerous opportunities exist for businesses specialising in cleaning services to participate in railway tenders and cleaning contracts. Tracker Intelligence helps companies by providing the right knowledge and tools to find and win railway cleaning tenders. Tracker Intelligence helps to make this process simpler.

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Tender Market Analysis Bidding Demand 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

One of its most innovative applications has been to assist government auditors, helping them to prioritize which procurement procedures to investigate, to gather evidence for their investigations, and to act on reports of suspicious contracts from the public. Opentender currently features data on more than 4.6

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

How Transparency is Ensured in Procurement Transparency is achieved through open contract notices, public tenders, and clear evaluation criteria. The best bid is not always the cheapestit is the one offering the highest overall benefit considering durability, innovation, and economic impact.

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Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For open tenders, monitoring has a preventive function, since the review is conducted from the moment the tender is announced, through to the awarding and issuing of purchase orders, including when the bidders submit their offers. million relates to open tendering processes that were awarded, US$17.7 Of these, US$19.5

Procurement 62

Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

The initial step involved calling up a comprehensive tender to establish a secure, scalable, and flexible data platform. Seeking an innovative solution, EVe initiated a meticulous tendering process, inviting vendors to propose software as a service (SaaS)-based solutions that could effectively address these challenges.

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Data Total Cost of Ownership Distribution Transportation 84

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements define terms, conditions and price for goods and services and allow authorities to procure without having to re-run lengthy tender processes. Tracker Intelligence is a great tool to help vendors precisely and easily negotiate the complexity of the tendering process.

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Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. It’s the same reason why a buyer might be wary of using AI to write invitations to tender. This seems draconian for the vast majority of tenders.

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Nitrous has been working with the Greater London Authority and the London Office of Technology & Innovation (LOTI) to provide greater access to local government for SMEs through innovative procurement. Boroughs need guidance on innovative procurement practices and making tenders be more SME-friendly.

Tender 52

Tender Joint Procurement Supplier Procurement 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Expanding capability The ministry took an innovative approach to resourcing the project. Rather than contract a single, large vendor offering the lowest bid price, the public tender aimed to select multiple specialist teams, from multiple vendors, each offering important capabilities and knowledge.

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Collaboration E-catalogue Data Tender 87

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Working with SMEs and local businesses enhances their ability to seek tenders, thus fostering inclusiveness and innovation. Tracker Intelligence enables organisations to enhance the social value of procurement through innovative functionalities and data interpretation. How Does Tracker Intelligence Help In All This?

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It feeds the economy by making it more innovative, resourceful, and socially inclusive. Integrity All tender documents must have clear and dependable information free of bias. What Is Tendering When working with public sector contracts, you will hear the terms “tender” or “tendering.”

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Conversely, some Procurement departments have discovered that non-strategic suppliers, or even tier two suppliers, offer them innovative solutions to alleviate the shortage. It knows that its most innovative suppliers are sometimes start-ups which spend amount classifies as tail spend. To whom will they offer their latest innovation?

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

Being banned from public tenders for up to three years . The commitment to these changes not only improves their reputation and builds trust with stakeholders, but also drives innovation and improves their global competitive positioning. BAFA can impose penalties on businesses that don’t comply with regulations, including: .

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Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Ethics 97

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Conversely, some Procurement departments have discovered that non-strategic suppliers, or even tier two suppliers, offer them innovative solutions to alleviate the shortage. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), Learning from Supplier Relationships.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The team developed a three-pronged strategy: talk to MSMEs and build their capacity to bid on contracts; simplify the bidding process for smaller businesses; and use innovative technology to better measure and manage opportunities for small business vendors. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

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E-procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 53

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. Work on the re-let has commenced and currently it is out to Tender.

Collaboration 67

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Case Study: Shetland Peatland Restoration Services Following a procurement process to bring contractors on board, new entrants into the peatland restoration sector David Murray and father-and-son team Magnus and Steven Johnson successfully tendered for peatland restoration works on the Taits Park and Lochend areas in Shetland.

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Tender Supply Chain Public Procurement Sustainability 67

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have become a crucial part of the digital economy driving change, and providing new opportunities supported by technological innovation. Their use of AI in the tender bidding process, including responding to supplier requests.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Ethics Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the public procurement system.

Tender 52

Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

This not only eliminates information silos but also ensures that every step of the procurement process, from tender issuance to contract fulfillment, is visible and auditable. By recording each transaction on a distributed ledger, blockchain allows all authorized participants in the network to access the same information in real-time.

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Public Procurement Transparency Integration Integrity 52

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility). Please visit our website: www.cks-consulting.com/en. About Punch Powertrain.

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Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

The latest innovations of the e-procurement system include an e-contracts module and integrating payments through the e-invoicing module, so the full procurement process is now electronic. Procurement does not start from the publication of tenders. “So we started with a pilot of nine institutions and then opened up.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 29, 2024

Having sent out your RFQs (requests for quotations) or ITT (invitations to tender) you have received quotations and bids back. Similarly, if economies of scale, expertise, or innovation is achieved from an overseas supplier this makes the deal more attractive.

Global Sourcing 59

Global Sourcing IT Supplier Price 59

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We have released an update in November 2019 on the datasets collected on development projects, public tenders, and contracts for three major donor agencies: the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and EuropeAid.

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Data Corruption Tender Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

So OCP supported Vitaliy Trenkenshu and his Datanomix team to prepare for the prestigious World Commerce & Contracting Innovation & Excellence Awards in 2021. Unfortunately, many people do not know about the potential of monitoring public procurement tenders.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement E-procurement Participation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The plan is to replace the current pre award systems (PCS and PCS-t), innovation notices and contract and supplier management, with a single system. We will be running a tender later in the year, and there is plenty of opportunity for buyers and suppliers to input into the specification.

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Procurement Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 57

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Similarly, Lithuania is now tracking the use of “green” criteria to promote the procurement of environmentally friendly products and services, and Paraguay uses machine-learning to advertise tenders suitable for small businesses.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

When given opportunities, these businesses excel in delivering quality and innovation. Also, women lack awareness of tender opportunities, struggle to connect with relevant business networks, and struggle to break open the “boys club.” According to the World Bank, women-owned SMEs contribute 20% to the global GDP.

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Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80