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A New Day, A New Way: The Vested Model and Vancouver Island Health Authority

Jan 31, 2019
How to co-create a win-win contract for both sides Sometimes it is extremely difficult for two sides to agree on a contract. That is exactly where Vancouver Island Health Authority hospitalists and administrators found themselves when their contract expired on June 30, 2014. Island Health serves...

CIPS Qualifications Restructured for ‘More Agile and Creative Thinkers’

Jan 31, 2019
A review of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) qualifications has been launched. The institute has reviewed and restructured its qualifications to develop more agile and creative thinkers, focused on strategy and relationship building, it says. “Following a review of the CIPS...

New e-Learning Course on Green Public Procurement

Jan 31, 2019
Green Public Procurement for Furniture is an open, free-to-use e-training course that addresses the main aspects of public procurement. The course provides the basic knowledge necessary to submit bids in public tenders for the furniture sector. It also introduces the student to green public...

Unlearning to Learn: A Vested Approach to Services Acquisition

Jan 16, 2019
Episode 13 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Kate Vitasek   Have you ever seen the popular YouTube video, The Backwards Brain Bicycle? It’s a great demonstration of how our minds work. In the video, a man attempts to ride an otherwise-normal bike that does the exact opposite...

Executive Interview Series: Public Procurement Insights

Jan 10, 2019
As part of the National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP) insights series the organisation talks to its Executive Director, with many years of experience in public procurement and in multiple roles, about her experience with the NCPP, changes in the procurement landscape and how to handle...

Scotland – Workshop on How To Bid For Public Contracts

May 4, 2018
A joint initiative between Scotland’s Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils is supporting local businesses in developing their capability to bid successfully for public procurement contracts. The Positive Procurement Programme (PPP) takes attendees through what a good tender looks like. It’s...

Recap & Recording: Draining the Data Swamp with Smarter Procurement Analytics

Mar 9, 2018
What’s the Number One most important thing that an organization can do succeed with procurement analytics? That question and several more were answered in a recent Public Spend Forum webinar with special guest Rob Handfied, Professor of Supply Chain Management at NC State University and Executive...

Pragmatic, Progressive & Agile: Modernizing Procurement In Canada

Oct 29, 2018
Episode 11 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Emilio Franco   In what will surely be a familiar refrain for many of our readers, Emilio Franco didn’t set out to become a public procurement professionals. It wasn’t until a program at his Canadian university offered a...

Techniques for Conducting Efficient, Effective Government Market Research

Sep 11, 2018
Find Your Top Government Contractors with Information as Your Superpower Conducting market research and gathering market intelligence is a critical part of any acquisition and procurement process. It can also take a good amount of time that most procurement professionals don’t have, given they...

Five Core Steps to Take in Response to BlackHat/Defcon Presentations

Sep 11, 2018
By Jean-Paul Bergeaux, Federal CTO, GuidePoint Security In the recap of things seen at BlackHat and DefCon, there were several things that were intended to make the point that security tools and processes are not going to stop adversaries if they really want to get in. Each of those has a...

Six Tips for Your Best Market Research

Aug 17, 2018
Your Guide to Finding the Top Government Contractors for your Procurement Requirements Market research is an essential chore for contracting professionals looking for top government contractors who offer the best value for their customer and agency missions. Simple in concept but more difficult in...