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Purchasing IT: Billions In The Balance
Oct 5, 2016
Public Spend Forum CEO Raj Sharma and Professor David Wyld conducted secondary research and interviewed dozens of public and private sector leaders to identify issues that challenge public procurement of IT and practical ways to fix it. This report presents practical recommendations for improving...
Purchasing Insights – Personal Computers
Oct 5, 2016
Managing a category like the personal computer market can be tricky, not only because of the breadth of offerings, but the number of potential suppliers.
This quick reference guide for buyers in the PC market should help inform your buy.
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Purchasing Insights – Printers And MFDs
Oct 3, 2016
With so many options and configurations, printers and other hardware is often cited as a difficult category to wrangle. With that in mind, we’ve put together a quick reference guide with data and market insights, to help inform your buy.
The following document is a part of Public Spend Forum’s...
Purchasing Insights – Food Services
Oct 3, 2016
Food services are contracted by every type of organization: commercial businesses, institutions like universities and hospitals and governments. There are many techniques to improve sourcing of this service to manage costs and satisfy customers.
As part of Public Spend Forum’s category...
Doing The People’s Business: Key Competencies for Effective Public Procurement
Sep 30, 2016
Public procurement organizations are only proficient in four of the 12 key competencies the workforce needs to be effective, according to the more than 40 experts interviewed for this report: “Doing the People’s Business: Key Competencies for Effective Public Procurement.”
The Volcker...
News from the U.S. Public Sector Market
Sep 21, 2016
With so much happening at the local, state and federal levels, public procurement in the United States is always changing. Here are the latest headlines from the last (busy!) week of news:
Federal Court Grants Injunction Halting Fair Pay Rule
The Eastern District of Texas has issued a preliminary...
Army’s Latest AI “Teammates”
Picture this: You show up to work, but instead of asking your colleague how their day is, a futuristic robotic vehicle is at your command. This is the Department of Defense’s vision for troop-helping technology on the battlefield. The end goal is for robots to act as artificial intelligence...
Resource: The Digital Services Playbook
The American people expect to interact with government through digital channels such as websites, email, and mobile applications. By building digital services that meet their needs, we can make the delivery of our policy and programs more effective.
Today, too many of our digital services projects...
Florence Kasule`s Story: Procurement Director, Acquisition Nerd, and Bureaucracy Slayer
Episode 22 of the Public Sector Heroes Podcast feat. Florence Kasule
Written by Talia Semaan
On the latest episode of the Public Sector Heroes podcast, we welcome self-described acquisition nerd and bureaucracy slayer, Florence Kasule. Florence is currently the Director of Procurement at United...
Resource: The Ad Hoc Government Digital Services Playbook
The Ad Hoc Government Digital Services Playbook compiles what we’ve learned from four years of delivering digital services for government clients. Our playbook builds on and extends the Digital Services Playbook by the United States Digital Service. The USDS playbook is a valuable set of...
Resource: The Contract-Awarded Labor Category (CALC) Tool
The CALC (Contract Awarded Labor Category) tool searches awarded hourly rate prices on the eight GSA professional services schedules and returns comparable labor categories and prices based on search criteria and filters used.
The tool was built to assist contracting officers and contracting...
Resource: GWAC Prices Paid Tool
The GWAC Prices Paid Suite of tools provide customer agencies with data that will aid in conducting (a) realistic price analysis; (b) negotiations; (c) independent government cost estimates (IGCE); and (d) aid in benchmarking competitive pricing.
The GWAC Prices Paid Suite of tools provide agencies...
