Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

But timelines, bureaucratic hurdles, and intricacies of the procurement process prevent the swift adoption of cutting-edge technology and potential for collaboration with innovative organizations that are essential for reforming existing processes. There is research to show that every additional tenderer leads to a price reduction.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

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.

Supplier 98

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).

Strategic Sourcing 98

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.

Public Procurement 52

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.

Tender 52

Tender Market Analysis Demand Bidding 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.

Public Procurement 52

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

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

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

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

Key elements of the proposal In a nutshell, the proposal seeks to debunk tendering as the sole (or rather, primary, for there are exceptions in reg.32 Each of these criteria are explained in more detail in the proposal’s Annex. Comments on the ‘three route’ model Tendering optionality.

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 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

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.

Public Procurement 62

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Ethics 62

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.

Collaboration 87

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: .

Supply Chain 97

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

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It is rather more plausible for the tender and contract to seek to bind the technology provider to practices and procedures seeking to ensure high levels of cyber security (by reference to some relevant metrics, where they are available), as well as protocols and mechanisms to anticipate and react to any (potential) security breaches.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

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.

Supply Chain 67

Supply Chain Tender Public Procurement Sustainability 67

Telles.eu

MAY 11, 2023

If one were to multiply that with additional objectives such as innovation, SME engagement, social considerations it is easy to see where we are headed. One of the reasons why MEAT criteria has not taken off is the added difficulty in deploying it in practice, plus the skills and associated resources to do so.

Public Procurement 100

Public Procurement Procurement Accountability Efficiency 100

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 21, 2023

The procurement function is expected to design tender procedures and contracts capable of attaining goals of AI regulation (such as trustworthiness, explainability, or compliance with data protection and human and fundamental rights) that are so far eluding more general regulation. Registration: [link].

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Innovation 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Tendering and Bidding A contract notice is published, inviting suppliers to submit bids. It covers everything from tendering and bidding to contract management. Invitation To Tender What does ITT mean in procurement? Unlike an Invitation to Tender (ITT), RFPs allow for more flexibility in responses.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

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

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