How to Systemize Bids to Make It Easier for Procurement Officers Ask any government procurement agent, and they’ll agree that wading through bid after bid to see if vendors meet minimum requirements is time-consuming! Government procurement agents already have so much on their plates, this… Read More »How to Efficiently Review RFP Bids
Pros and Cons of Working with Small Businesses There are many benefits to working with a small business. As procurement agents review bids from both big and small companies, they should consider the needs of the current project and select the right-sized company for the… Read More »Pros & Cons of Working with Small Businesses
Benefits of Procurement Automation to Find Government Work As the trillion-dollar Infrastructure Bill makes its way through the negotiation and approval process, vendors should start considering how they will find and apply for those projects once they come through. We all know that the RFP… Read More »Using Procurement Automation to Find Government Work
Benefits of eBidding system in Georgia Georgia is booming, with several areas experiencing rapid population growth. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, not only is Atlanta one of the fastest-growing large cities over the last decade, growing by 18.7 percent, but small Southern towns grew… Read More »Local Agency eBidding Benefits in Georgia
Offered through the Small Business Administration (SBA), HUBZone supports small business growth in historically underutilized business zones, aiding those small businesses which are in economically struggling communities.
When fiscal calendars wind down, procurement agents may be feeling confident about their performance, or they may feel like they could do with some changes. Either way, this is a good time to pause and review not only how the procurement planning has developed, but… Read More »Planning Tips for Procurement Officers at the End of the Fiscal Year
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