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A dirty dozen procurement trends
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Procurement is a strategic issue in the public sector. The expenditures are vast. In addition to fostering an ethical environment,...
How effective are your practices?
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What constitutes excellence in public procurement? How is it measured? You can evaluate your agency by asking 19 questions.
A policy framework for public procurement
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Every jurisdiction has a public procurement policy. In its simplest form, the policy consists of only seven words: we promote...
Resisting corruption: Lessons from the Toronto leasing inquiry
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Government executives are responsible for ensuring the integrity of the procurement function despite the politics of the day. There are...
Money, politics and the ‘requirements’ of defence procurement
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There is defence procurement, and then there is Defence Procurement. The Department of National Defence – by itself, or through...
Risk management evaluation and the doomed-for-failure project
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We all know the story, the one about the high-risk project that gets added to your task list.
Evaluating the risk factor
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How do you know what you don't know? How do you get vendors to tell you about potential problems with...
What’s UP? How unsolicited proposal policies can benefit your agency
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With few exceptions, public spending rightfully requires competition and due diligence to ensure fairness. We are not allowed to be...
Stopping the post-award freedom of information dance
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We all know the music and the steps that go with it. A large dollar, high profile contract is awarded.
Negotiated procurements: An alternative to high-risk, mediocre proposals
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Procurement today is often like buying horses from Thomas Hobson in Cambridge England during the 1600s: you took the horse...