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Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 22, 2019
DHS demonstrates how agencies can address fear of failure and enhance innovation efforts with cultural support, CenturyLink authorized to begin selling on GSA’s EIS contract, and GSA issues RFQ for new CoE acquisition model. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 22,...
More Reciprocity Called For in European Public Sector Contracts
Mar 21, 2019
New rules that would make it harder for Chinese companies to win public sector contracts in Europe are being called for by European heads of government. Draft conclusions, seen by POLITICO, calls on the EU to kickstart internal negotiations on a new law that would enforce “reciprocity” in...
Relative Pricing of Commercial Items: GSA Advantage Pricing vs. State, Local and Educational Institutions
Mar 19, 2019
By Daria Mathew, VP of XSB
Federal, State, Local, and Educational (SLED) institutions buy tens of billions of catalog-type items (e.g., office supplies, MRO, IT, janitorial and sanitation supplies, electrical parts, medical supplies, emergency supplies, etc.) every year. Public sector buyers...
5 Tips for Better Communication Between Buyers and Suppliers
Mar 19, 2019
A guide to better industry communication to get the most out of your contracting outcomes
It’s a well-known problem in the government contracting industry that the lines of communication between the government agencies and the suppliers bidding for their business don’t always flow freely....
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 15, 2019
GSA is closing in on a plan for e-commerce portal, federal IT leaders discuss progress in speeding up modernizing IT acquisition, and what Trump’s 2020 budget proposal means for civilian agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 15, 2019.
GSA Closes in on...
Businesses Must Prove Social Value to Bid
Mar 14, 2019
On the flip side of the coin, businesses have to show they can improve society and tackle the social value outcomes to win government contracts. The announcement is the latest in a host of policy announcements from Cabinet Office minister David Lidington following the collapse of Carillion. It is...
CMA Says Government Staff Need Training on Market Analysis
Mar 14, 2019
We wrote last month about the UK Gov outsourcing playbook to help improve government procurement, how government works with industry and deliver better public services. Catering Insight this month writes that the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) recommends that staff need to be trained in...
Social Value in UK Public Procurement
Mar 11, 2019
Peter Smith recently spent a stimulating morning at a round-table discussion with Demos, one of the more thoughtful political “think tanks” in the UK (cross-party from a political standpoint, innovative and research-driven).
He writes: While the broad topic was supposed to be “public...
New Meeting Rules for Effective Meetings Within Your Procurement Organization
Mar 11, 2019
Spoiler alert: it’s all about preparation.
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and will never achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’ – Dave Barry, American Humorist
Meetings: where minutes are kept and hours are lost....
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 8, 2019
DHS to end EAGLE II and launch NextGen program for new contract vehicles, FBI is investigating the JEDI cloud procurement contract, and officials look at what governments can do to better use disruptive tech. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 8, 2019.
DHS to Move...
The Best Free Tools to Take the GovCon Market by Storm
Mar 8, 2019
A comprehensive list of free GovCon tools contractors can use to stay up to date, respond to market trends and, snag those contracts.
We all know that the GovCon market has some of the fiercest competition in the US. With over 435,000 registered and active contractors and most competitive bids...
How to Find Qualified Government Contractors
Mar 7, 2019
A look at the ways market experts determine which suppliers are reliable contractors and which will only cause problems
Suppliers and reliable contractors are vital to almost every business. As such, your relationship with the government contractors you choose to do business with will be some of...
