How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 3, 2024

So far, AI has already obtained credible influence in the way public procurement tenders can be drafted and submitted. The adjudicators or evaluators of a tender act as both gatekeepers on behalf of the tendering process. Such an inflexible state of affairs may do well in the bulk of tendering processes. IF A, THEN B.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Evaluation 59

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

The report highlights that 55% of every pound spent with suppliers in Scotland went to an SME, but we continue to look and build on these figures and I am pleased that the Scottish Government published our SME and Third Sector Action Plan. Well, that’s all for now. I’ll be back with a further update in the summer.

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Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Strategies Buyers 59

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Collaborative Framework for the provision of Legal Services A new Category B (Central Government) multi-lot, multi-supplier framework for the provision of Legal Services commenced on 1 September 2023 for a maximum period of 4 years to 31 August 2027. Initial contracts meetings were held with all suppliers.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 45

Procureware

JANUARY 22, 2018

One of the most common questions I hear from procurement staff during implementation is, “how should the supplier bid responses be structured?” They want to know if they should create online forms or simply have suppliers upload bid documents. My answer is always “yes.” That typically gets a confused reaction.

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Bidding Buyers Evaluation Price 40

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Collaborative Framework for the provision of Legal Services A new Category B (Central Government) multi-lot, multi-supplier framework for the provision of Legal Services commenced on 1 September 2023 for a maximum period of 4 years to 31 August 2027. Initial contracts meetings were held with all suppliers.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 40

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Results : About a year after the launch of the new strategies, vendor registration has tripled, with local businesses representing 21% of their suppliers, with 9% women-owned, and 6% minority-owned businesses (from 373 to 1113 registered vendors, as of 20 June). The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Public buyers have the freedom to use the green criteria either as part of technical specifications, selection or award criteria, through contract implementation and through supplier qualification, for example by requiring an environmental management system certificate,” says Darius Vedrickas, Director the LPPO.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As we’ll discuss, tender contracts are becoming an increasingly viable option for businesses to attract new suppliers and contracts. However, many businesses may not know where to turn when it comes to tender contracts. As a result, the UK labour shortage has been the subject of significant media attention since Brexit.

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Tender Demand Export Contract 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. The media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A company may be blacklisted for one of three reasons: 1) the company does not carry out the work according to the contract; 2) it resigned after being selected as the winner of the tender; or 3) it engaged in bribery to secure a project. Review Project Implementation This method can only be done for construction works.

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Procurement Tender E-procurement Bidder 62