When a natural disaster strikes a community, one of the first lines of defense is the procurement process of the local government’s team. They knowingly accept the demanding challenge of responding, recovering, and rebuilding the community, a task with multiple high-stress obstacles. And if the… Read More »How Natural Disaster Funding Is Challenging the Government Procurement Process
Technology plays an integral part in today’s government procurement environment, especially as e-bidding allows agents to go paperless and reach a wider vendor range. Technology will drive government procurement advancements in the coming years through machine learning and AI integration. Read the full article on… Read More »Technology as a Driver of Government Procurement
When everything is eventually tallied up, digital procurement could end up as a big pandemic winner. One of the latest examples comes from Seattle-based DemandStar. The e-bidding procurement platform for state and local governments recently said that it had gained 200 new clients in the first… Read More »Digital Procurement Makes Big Gains During Pandemic
After a lengthy bout of political back-and-forth, President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal – the American Jobs Plan – is beginning to take shape. Last month, the president and centrist senators reached a bi-partisan agreement on the bill’s framework, which proposes $1.2 trillion to repair,… Read More »How Contractors Can Make the Most of the American Jobs Plan
Since 2013, just about every article and newsletter I receive about government procurement is on cooperative purchasing or how to write a good RFP. Like a bad song on repeat or an old ballad that’s been remade too many times, these conversations are getting, well…… Read More »The 4 Trends Procurement Managers Will Definitely Talk About the Rest of 2021
Following the pandemic, President Biden and Congress are currently negotiating the potential of a $1.9 trillion infrastructure plan. The final number may change, but the 2021 stimulus package will likely include billions of dollars dedicated to the public sector (state and local governments) over the… Read More »What the 2021 Infrastructure Plan Means for Government Vendors
Diversity classifications can help underrepresented groups secure government contracts. As supplier diversity programs become more popular in government procurement departments, businesses that meet diversity classifications would benefit from securing those certifications and including them on their bids. Especially as it was just announced that a… Read More »Diversity Classifications: Businesses Owned by People with Disabilities
When it comes to supplier diversity, President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill and the $1.2 trillion compromise that was just announced, could pose an outstanding opportunity for underrepresented suppliers. Even though the approval process for this massive bill is still underway, government procurement agents are likely ramping… Read More »Diversity Classifications: National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
One of the biggest stories right now is the bipartisan compromise on President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill in the amount of $1.2 trillion, which will now move on from the group of senators working on it and continue its way through the legislative process. Even though… Read More »Diversity Classifications: Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)
Since 2013 just about every article and newsletter I receive about government procurement news is on cooperative purchasing or how to write a good RFP. Like a song on repeat or a great old ballad that has been remade too many times I think we… Read More »4 Topics Procurement Teams Will Be Discussing in the 2nd Half of 2021