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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

Organizational procurement policies often establish thresholds for the application of RFQs, RFPs, REOIs, and IFBs, defining their use within specific procurement methods or strategies. The choice of a procurement method is often determined by the cost of the item to be procured or the nature of the requirement.

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The nexus between data management tools, transparency and procurement policy

Federal News Network

Just last month, at the Coalition’s Spring Training Conference, a panel of government and industry practitioners engaged in a fascinating discussion on how AI supports agency procurement operations. The potential is enormous. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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The Nexus Between Data Management Tools, Transparency and Procurement Policy

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Just last month, at the Coalition’s Spring Training Conference, a panel of government and industry practitioners engaged in a fascinating discussion on how AI supports agency procurement operations. The potential is enormous. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Improved procurement strategies could reduce public debt by as much as 1.8% In our region and within multilateral developing banks, it is a common practice to rely exclusively on monetary thresholds to decide on selection methods, which can be problematic as it is not the optimal solution for all cases.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

A number of webinars we have held at GW Law School, including a July 2024 series on emerging international best practices, confirmed that there are many parallels between these “green procurementstrategies. Strategies In “Green Procurement,” 66 Gov. Planning The first strategy looks to procurement planning.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

With bundling, the requirements may eliminate SMEs from contention, and the bidding market may become constrained to a shrinking pool of participants with greater resources to meet the higher thresholds. Escalating bonding and insurance values directly increase bid pricing and that cost flows through to an owner, no matter what.

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New Federal and State PFAS Requirements Pose Unique Challenges to the Government Contracting Community

Government Contracts Legal Forum

Finally, there is no minimum production (or import) threshold that triggers reporting and no “de minimis” level of PFAS content below which reporting is not required. At the state level, a growing list of states are enacting total bans on the sale and distribution of such products and components.