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Embracing Technology: How Epping, NH Revolutionized Its Purchasing Process

American City & Country

The Challenge: Limited Resources, Lengthy Research, and Cumbersome RFP Process The Town of Epping faced a significant challenge in streamlining its procurement operations due to the intricate and heavily regulated nature of government purchasing. “Securing three quotes for our purchases poses a significant challenge.

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Friends not Foes, Supplier Relationships Made to Last

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A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

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Understanding the new Procurement Act 2023: What suppliers need to know - Part 1

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The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. Part 2 will cover the debarment list; contract award process and what options are available to suppliers if things go wrong.

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

Scottish Government Procurement

The latter has delivered workplace benefits such as over 60 Modern Apprentices and all current suppliers now commit to paying the real Living Wage (RLW) to directly engaged employees. This included not just how MPIP provided a procurement service but also to accommodate remote supplier delivery during the crisis.

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Rome wasn’t Built in a Day, Neither was your Supplier Relationship

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A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

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Why Disparity Studies Aren’t Enough to Improve Supplier Diversity

DemandStar

If you’re part of any government procurement team, you’ve likely been asked, “What are you doing to increase supplier diversity?” It’s also likely you’ve heard of and possibly conducted disparity studies to improve your procurement process and identify the needs of different types of suppliers.