The purpose of this policy is to maintain strong business practices, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and promote the best possible value in the sourcing of products and services at the ...

Getting the right materials at the right time and price is incredibly important for any successful business. Material procurement affects everything from product quality to company profits. Smart ...

Maintaining an efficient and effective procurement process plays an essential role in meeting the operational and financial needs of the University. The Office of Strategic Procurement facilitates ...

Eldar Tuvey, is CEO and cofounder of Vertice, a spend optimization platform that saves companies up to 25% on their SaaS and cloud costs. The turbulence of recent years has underscored the critical ...

The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...

The time‑tested request-for-proposal (RFP) model that has underpinned enterprise buying for six decades now feels outmoded. It is a the deepening mistrust between buyers and vendors that drives the ...

Policy and procurement play important roles at Miami University. Miami strives to ensure that Electronic and Informational Technology (E&IT) that is purchased, used, developed or maintained by the ...

Artificial intelligence is a hot commodity, but government agencies need to be cautious about buying it, experts say. The biggest consideration is security. “It’s a challenge. There’s no other way to ...

Bid protests against a procurement process often center around claims of bias that result in flawed selection decisions. For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) put out a report in ...

Pennsylvania’s Office of Administration (OA) and its Department of General Services (DGS) have worked together to modernize IT procurement through policy and processes. Pennsylvania’s efforts aim to ...

Sourcing, contracting and paying external vendors for goods and services – all of which fall under the big umbrella of procurement – are a big part of New York City government. The city spends about ...