Insights on Buying Strategies for the Public Sector

Public procurement veteran Steve Gordon talks best practices, future of cooperative purchasing, and much more. In interviews he’s conducted with officials at large public procurement agencies, Gordon has found that procurement teams tend to focus their research on price and cost-savings and not enough analysis of other factors that should be considered. “Procurement agents need to approach this very carefully, because there’s a lot more that needs to be considered before relying on a cooperative contract in the acquisition process,” Gordon says.

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