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Reverse Auctions: Turning the Procurement Process Upside Down!
Nov 23, 2016
Anyone who has ever attended an auction understands the excitement starts when the bidding commences. As the bid amounts increase higher and higher, tension begins to intensify. The last two bidders virtually “duke it out” by increasing their bids by slightly higher amounts, trying to edge...
Why does my boss hate networking?
Nov 22, 2016
It’s true: my boss Raj Sharma hates networking. That statement may raise a few eyebrows, but stick with me for a second, because what he really hates is the term and its implications. To Raj, “networking” implies a numbers game of quid pro quo transactions that looks good on paper. But what...
Public Procurement Round-Up 11/22
Nov 22, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
18F: GSA’s Fixes May Actually Break It
Nov 22, 2016
I’ve been wanting to do a longer post on 18F ever since the General Services Administration released its Inspector General’s report on the Office about a month ago. But I’ve been a bit, uh, distracted by some recent U.S. political news and haven’t had the time. However it’s been a month...
Public Procurement News Round-Up: 11/21
Nov 21, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
What Does President Trump Mean For European Public Procurement?
Nov 21, 2016
Yesterday was “Trump Day” on our Spend Matters UK/Europe website when we published several articles looking at last week’s US election and what it might mean for business people in Europe. Today, on Public Spend Forum, we will consider those specific points and issues that may impact on...
ASBL Files Appeal in Court Battle with SBA over Small Business Scorecard
Nov 21, 2016
As we wrote about last month, a federal judge dismissed the American Small Business League’s (ASBL) request for an injunction against the Small Business Administration (SBA). The injunction had called for the SBA to stop using the “grandfathering rule,” which allows small businesses that...
European Public Procurement Round-up: 11/18
Nov 21, 2016
This is our weekly European public procurement news round-up, where we bring you recent public sector stories and information from around Europe’s news portals, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.
Met Police issue tender for new IT procurement framework...
5 Minutes to Better Brainstorming
Nov 21, 2016
If you haven’t yet, you should check out our brand new Public Spend Forum YouTube channel, where we’re posting a lot of short videos that offer practical tips to help you in your job every day. In one of our latest, retired Air Force acquisition officer and author Dan Ward talks about a really...
U.S. Public Sector News 11/18
Nov 18, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
Don’t Spend When You Don’t Need to — Is It that Simple?
Nov 18, 2016
In previous articles in this series, we’ve talked about ways buyers can control costs, whether by achieving great competitive pricing or better managing lifecycle costs. But, the truth of the matter is, the best way to keep costs down is of course not to spend money in the first place. So in this...
United States Public Sector News 11/17
Nov 17, 2016
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...
