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In Conversation: Increase Communication and Transparency to Lower Supplier Barriers to Entry
Sep 3, 2020
A $10 trillion sector globally, the government market is enormous by any standard—and extremely complex. Although changes have been made over the years to streamline certain processes and practices, several barriers still stand in the way of companies seeking to do business with governments...
Responding to COVID-19: GovShop’s Supplier Resource Guide Download Available
Sep 3, 2020
GovShop is continuing to directly support the COVID-19 response with free, up-to-date data on suppliers and inventory. We are working closely with government organizations to address critical shortages for ventilators, respirators, personal protective equipment (PPE), and more....
How is Your State Supporting Small Businesses During Pandemic?
Sep 2, 2020
This article discusses the research conducted concerning the level of support that states offer to small businesses. States are analyzed and ranked throughout multiple charts based on a multitude of criteria. Intelligence concerning statistics such as the top five states for small businesses, as...
New White Paper on How to Help Early-Stage Tech Companies Address Challenging Barriers
Sep 1, 2020
In this white paper, Orin Hoffman, a Venture Partner at The Engine, proposes a new approach to help early-stage technology companies face some of the most challenging barriers to success.
As Hoffman, former Chief Technology Officer for Defense Innovation Unit, notes, “Tough Tech startups face...
AI & Military Procurement: what computers still can’t do
Aug 21, 2020
An article in ‘War on the Rocks’ gives some advice on avoiding fielding AI prematurely, the risks it carries and offers guidelines for the military procurement of AI.
“Not all artificial intelligence (AI) is made equal,” it says. “A wide range of different techniques and applications fall...
GovShop Feature: Generate a Summary Report
Aug 21, 2020
GovShop‘s summary report feature allows you to quickly generate reports that include a comprehensive look at supplier data across various data points like size, ownership, government set-aside program, annual revenue, and more.
Watch this quick video below and, if you haven’t already, log in to...
64% of surveyed UK purchasing and procurement decision makers say they will buy British at any cost
Aug 21, 2020
Made in Britain, an organisation that represents almost 1,300 UK manufacturing companies, has conducted a survey of 1,000 purchasing and procurement decision makers at British firms. The aim was to understand the extent of the willingness to ‘buy British’ as the UK officially enters a recession...
COVID-19 Testing Kits: Suppliers, Efficacy, Costs & More
Aug 18, 2020
Download the Catalog on COVID-19 Testing Kit Ranking & Validity.
Public Spend Forum recently conducted a study on the validity of various COVID-19 testing kits from various manufacturers. This study was conducted as part of an ongoing effort by GovShop, to directly support the COVID-19 response...
GovShop Data: A Look at the Cyber Security Market
Aug 18, 2020
GovShop has a huge database with information on minority-owned and small, emerging businesses within the cyber security market
Cyberthreats to government agencies continue to increase, putting civilian and classified information at risk. While many agencies are vulnerable to security breaches, more...
Procurement specialist launches UK-wide £500m solution to help education institutions
Aug 13, 2020
2buy2 supports more than 1,000 UK education professionals ranging from teachers to school business managers and CFOs of multi-academy trusts with its procurement tool. It helps schools source everything from energy to stationery in a more time and cost-effective way. Now, it has created a...
Workshop on results of Europe-wide benchmarking of national innovation procurement investments
Aug 13, 2020
The Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission which is responsible for managing the Digital Agenda. To benchmark the national innovation procurement investments and policy frameworks across Europe, DG CNECT...
Buying artificial intelligence – a guide from the WEF
Aug 13, 2020
As part of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Shaping the Future of Technology Governance: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Platform’ project, the WEF is co-designing guidelines for the responsible and effective procurement of artificial intelligence by governments to better meet the...
