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GovShop: Simple Market Research for Government Contractors and Procurement Professionals
Jun 26, 2018
At Public Spend Forum, we know the government marketplace is difficult for everyone to navigate. Government buyers have to jump through many hurdles and hoops to conduct market research and find the best contractors. At the same time, contractors and suppliers find working with government difficult...
Speeding Up Government Buying – Some Different Approaches
Jun 5, 2018
Buying with public money is difficult; it requires many things, not least scruples, skill, integrity (if done well) – the list goes on. But one thing is certain, the outcome must be about Value and Transparency. That brings us to a very useful article in Government Technology (and thanks to Hal...
Recap & Recording: Aligning Public Procurement Roles with Key Skills
Apr 25, 2018
As a continuing part of our webinar series focused on helping chief procurement officers and acquisition executives understand the key skills and gaps of the procurement workforce, Public Spend Forum, in collaboration with NIGP, presented a second webinar covering the importance of developing a...
UK Government Commercial Career Framework Tool
Apr 11, 2018
We’ve been writing over the past year or so about the Public Spend Forum (PSF) initiative – the public procurement workforce competency model. As part of our commitment to driving long-term, sustainable change in public procurement, we worked with the Volcker Alliance to develop a public...
Three Key Skills This Procurement Leader Thinks Everyone Should Have
Mar 5, 2018
Even into her third year as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jenny Doherty hasn’t stopped doing what she loves: bringing private sector best practices into government. Whether its saving money through innovative practices like reverse auctions or streamlining...
Strict GAO Timeliness Rules Apply to Supplemental Protests
Jan 29, 2018
GAO interprets its bid protest timeliness rules very strictly, as readers of this blog will know. These timeliness rules typically pertain to the initial protest, but are equally important when a protester files a supplemental protest. Often, supplemental protests are filed after the protester...
Buying Procurement Technology Webinar: Meet our Panel
Jan 16, 2018
We’re just a few days away from the next in our series of How to Buy Procurement Technology webinars. What started with advice on how to get started with a procurement technology acquisition has evolved to a panel of expert suppliers and industry consultants ready to share their wisdom with our...
3 Steps to Increase Your Agency’s FITARA Incremental Development Score
Jan 10, 2018
In our last blog, we addressed three steps your agency can take to get a better MEGABYTE grade on the FITARA scorecard. In the second installation of this series, we address steps your agency can take to improve your Incremental Development score.
Agencies have historically struggled to...
Satisfied with your procurement expertise? Jack Pellegrino shares advice for continual learning.
Jan 8, 2018
On this most recent episode of the Public Procurement Leaders podcast, host Raj Sharma interviewed Jack Pellegrino, Director of the Office of Purchasing and Contracting for the County of San Diego about what excites him about his job, his organization’s response to the wildfires that impacted...
Recap & Recording: Creating a Culture of Customer Service in Public Procurement
Aug 8, 2017
On August 8, Jack Pellegrino, Director of Purchasing & Contracting for the County of San Diego, presented a webinar on how public procurement is a service profession and the importance of customer service within this area. While providing good customer service takes a little extra time,...
Buying Procurement Technology? Listen to this CPO’s Advice
Dec 6, 2017
Last week we re-launched our podcasting channel with a new series called Public Procurement Leaders. In each episode, Chairman and CEO of Public Spend Forum Raj Sharma sits down with leaders from the public and private sector to get their perspectives and insights.Given our recent work around...
Unique Series of Short Videos on Successful Innovation Procurement Implementations from eafip
Dec 1, 2017
The eafip initiative has created a series of short videos showcasing successful European innovation procurement implementations. They feature individuals, including both public procurers and suppliers, talking about how they successfully developed and put into practice innovation procurement...
