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Will the increase in numbers and opportunities continue for mid-tier suppliers? Given the uncertainty of 2017 budgets, that is an uncertain question. Nonetheless, the environment demonstrates that mid-tier suppliers can continue to do well in the federal sector. In this article on BGOV , Brian Friel ...

According to Kevin Brancato, director of government contracts research at Bloomberg Government, “the federal market is driven by budgets, and budgets are driven by the presidential budget request”, as commented in an April 27 webinar. “What I would advise federal contractors to look at is agency priorities ...

For growing firms, a business needs to be able to provide ways to expand understanding of an issue, and have the vision and forethought to provide something new on a particular topic. For federal government contractors, the audience that gets access to this new information may feel like this firm has ...

Government agencies are often incredibly complex and siloed organizations, obscuring who the key stakeholders are. In this brief, we identify the most important stakeholder groups that make public procurement work efficiently. Read More ... Download

The Institute for Public Procurement (NIGP) published a position paper in 2015 on the Strategic Value of Procurement in Public Entities. Still relatively fresh and very relevant, this paper parallels many of the critical themes discussed in recent Global Leaders Exchange forums, including getting right ...

At the October meeting of the Leaders Exchange, we asked public procurement leaders to rate the relative importance—and the improvement needed—for a set of draft (work-in-progress) critical public procurement practices necessary to achieve desired public procurement outcomes. This document ...

While slightly dated, this article strikingly highlights many of the critical practice improvement areas needed in public procurement (along with a comparison to the private sector) – the same practices recently highlighted by members of the Global Public Procurement Leaders Exchange. In addition, ...

NIGP describes the importance of transparency in public procurement with perspectives on federal, as well as state and local, organizations. NIGP reinforces the criticality of technology to enable transparency in a cost effective way and also provides general guidance on identifying technology solutions. ...

NIGP provides this short guide to performance metrics. The document lists disciplined tips on public procurement metrics with well-outlined guidance on: Types of metrics Using metrics with targets Recommended metrics Evaluating metrics See how these metrics compare with what you utilize. On a ...

As part of our study on public procurement performance metrics, we developed a picture of what metrics are currently used. We found limited consistency across organizations, in terms of what metrics were being collected, and that metrics were often heavily influenced by regulations. Read More ... ...

Hurd: IT Modernization Bill Will Rise Again Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) says the Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT Act) will be brought back up in the House "very soon." The bill, which would allow federal agencies to establish working capital funds to pay for IT modernization projects, ...

NIGP provides solid perspectives on the role of the public procurement function and how procurement’s overall positioning and the authority of the Chief Procurement Officer are cornerstones of supporting how well the procurement function can deliver against the organization’s mission. ...

Onvia’s latest State, Local and Education (SLED) Procurement Snapshot identifies emerging trends from bids and RFPs issued within the last quarter. The report also looks at longer-term trends, and features an interview with Brent Maas, spokesperson for NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement. ...

The Procurement of Innovation Platform aims to make public procurement of innovation a widespread reality in Europe. The Platform has been developed to help public authorities, procurers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders harness the power of PPI. In this detailed guide, The Procurement ...

At the last U.S. Leaders Exchange for Public Procurement meeting, participants (primarily senior executives within the procurement community) provided recommendations for priorities the Trump Administration should focus on. In addition to compiling the feedback provided by participants, we have also ...

FirstNet Expects Protest Decision "Within Days" FCW reports that FirstNet, the effort to create a national broadband network to connect public safety officers at every level of government, expects a decision "within days" regarding a protest of its first major contract. FirstNet had expected to ...

Trump Budget Calls for Massive Cuts The big news today is the release of President Donald Trump's budget recommendations, which as currently drafted would have a sizable impact on both federal agencies and state governments. The budget would increase defense spending by $54 billion, and would cut ...