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Lost in Public Space: Exploring the Unknown with the Norwegian Public Sector Segment

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The result– the market has turned into almost a monopoly where there is one dominant provider and the threshold for other vendors is so high that entry is incredibly difficult. In Norway there has been a long period of consolidation on the vendor side where vendors have been bought to be discontinued or bought to be sold under a common brand.

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what is the difference between public and private sector procurement?

The Procurement School

demand aggregation As one strategy for meeting this obligation, both sectors look for opportunities for volume buying or ‘demand aggregation’ wherever possible and often approach strategic sourcing from a category management perspective.

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Supplier Risk and Performance Management

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Establish the strategic sourcing program objectives and identify the owners of these objectives. Define the attributes to be measured (including data sources) for each supplier life-cycle phase. Supplier risk criteria, tolerance thresholds, and monitoring requirements. Secure executive sponsorship.

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Friday Flash 09/20/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Further, confirming the broad applicability of CMMC, DOD confirmed that these requirements will be applicable to contracts below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (which currently sits at $250,000). The CMMC 2.0 According to the proposed rule, DoD plans to implement a phased rollout of CMMC.

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Friday Flash 01/17/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

If a multiple-award acquisition is expected to meet or exceed the substantial bundling dollar threshold the agencys small business specialist would be required to notify the PCR if the agency expects less than 30% of the contract awardees to be small businesses. The public has until January 28, 2025, to submit comments.

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Friday Flash 11/10/23

The Coalition for Government Procurement

There is no exception for contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold, for commercial products and services, or for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products. The new FAR provisions are to be included in all solicitations and contracts.