Procurement

Highlights

Illinois airport consolidates purchasing operations

Supply-chain veteran achieves efficiencies, trims costs

Sterling tapped as screening provider for OMNIA Partners for public sector

Sterling, a leading provider of background and identity services, today announced its expanded...

Procurement data: the key to unlocking strategic sourcing

Now more than ever, procurement is gaining recognition as a strategic contributor to the...

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Procurement reform: transparency leads to accountability and efficiency

Procurement is one of the largest budget items for most jurisdictions and New York City is no exception, with nearly $20 billion spent on contracted services. Yet in many cities and states, procurement has evolved over decades into a sprawling, decentralized, technologically inadequate function that lacks coordination, strategic functionality and systems that ensure both efficiency […]

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New approaches to cooperative contracting

Combining spend to leverage savings is a contracting method that brings more “bang for the buck” purchasing for any organization. Cooperative procurement takes the concept further by combining the spend of multiple government entities for an awarded contract, thereby creating even greater savings. Endorsed by the American Bar Association, and widely adopted by states, municipalities, […]

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Are leaders made, or do they emerge?

Much emphasis is placed on leadership. What is leadership? Is leadership a skill that can be taught or is it, rather, something so innate that its possessor may not even be aware of its existence until circumstances compel them to action? There are different types of leaders, as varied as the individuals that accept the […]

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Top 10 Energy Buying Mistakes You Didn’t Realize You Were Making (& How to Avoid Them) No. 6: Using a Decentralized Approach

We are now halfway through our series on energy buying mistakes. The first five articles discussed the mistakes of not procuring proactively, missing the most competitive rates, developing an inappropriate procurement strategy for your specific needs, not having a predetermined goal of what you want to achieve, and utilizing an aggregation for purchasing energy. Some […]

Fastenal helps increase Sarasota County Fla. School Board parts and supplies efficiency

The School Board of Sarasota County realized great success and savings through the Fastenal onsite inventory management program.

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Processing more complex RFPs with the same budget

Using cooperative purchasing, term bids and other tools can help process complicated requests-for-proposal

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Procurement teams need training in non-traditional areas

Areas like performance management and negotiating would increase procurement teams’ value

Daikin stock chillers provide school money and time-saving solutions

Issue: Sometimes it takes a less-than-ideal situation to achieve a solution that can provide the best customer outcomes. For example, when Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Tampa, Florida started having difficulties with two of their aging air-cooled chillers, they needed a replacement as soon as possible. As a short-term solution, the school lined up an […]

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Socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing

Responsible Purchasing Network helps governments succeed at those goals

Procurement

Highlights

Illinois airport consolidates purchasing operations

Sterling tapped as screening provider for OMNIA Partners for public sector

Procurement data: the key to unlocking strategic sourcing

Article

Procurement reform: transparency leads to accountability and efficiency

Article

New approaches to cooperative contracting

Article

Are leaders made, or do they emerge?

Article

Top 10 Energy Buying Mistakes You Didn’t Realize You Were Making (& How to Avoid Them) No. 6: Using a Decentralized Approach

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Fastenal helps increase Sarasota County Fla. School Board parts and supplies efficiency

Article

Processing more complex RFPs with the same budget

Article

Procurement teams need training in non-traditional areas

Sponsored

Daikin stock chillers provide school money and time-saving solutions

Article

Socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing

Article

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