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Solving fiscal issues without reinventing the wheel
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Don't pay for what you can get for free. We've heard this old adage for years from generations of thrifty...
Procurement reaches the next frontier
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Our fascination with the future has long roots. Back in the days of boxy televisions, we all tuned in to...
Better proposals mean better choice
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Once upon a time, the King was looking for a really cool systems solution to improve the kingdom's energy efficiency....
Leverage procurement to save money and reduce risk
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Like any small part that runs our cars, procurement is largely invisible. Governments assume it will always work and for...
A patch with hopeful possibilities
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Many policy organizations have learned from sad experience that the best 'on-paper' approach will fail if real life implementation does...
Procurement cube-anomics: The spend management paradigm
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When he was younger, our son liked to play with Rubik's cubes. For most people, solving this iconic puzzle seems...
Avoiding the attack of the disgruntled vendor
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Sore losers: we all know they like to involve their lawyers and deliver threats of legal action.
Combined market: Western provinces remove business barriers
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The New West Partnership (NWP) cements the West as an economic powerhouse.
Smooth sailing: A model procurement
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Canada's shipbuilding industry is now on the cusp of resurgence thanks to the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.
Fitting P3s into public procurement
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In most democracies public procurement is expected to be fair, transparent and provide equal opportunity.