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Purpose transforms public procurement
The NIGP has played a key role in the transformation of public procurement over the years, including changes in the realms of stronger supplier relationships, consulting and facilitating access to the NIGP Commodity/Services Code.
In the last few decades, procurement has truly transformed and come of age, becoming increasingly more strategic and integral to an organization’s success. It has gone from paper-based processes and mainframe applications supporting the day-to-day function to full-blown SaaS-based procure-to-pay solutions; from a lack of automation to the ability to strategically analyze and make informed decisions based on quality, real-time data. These changes have been driven by the practitioners, who know procurement best – those...
An important element of
An important element of public procurement that touches efficiency, transparency, fairness, competitiveness and sustainability is overlooked from this article: Virtual Pre—Bid Meetings. When “Better Than Being There Matters” government agencies turn to Green Proposals to facilitate, from start to finish, a quality, reliable and sensible alternative to in person meetings. Increase contractor participation, eliminate the need for taking notes as everything, audio and video, is recorded, enjoy a legible sign in sheet through online registration and allow your contractors the ability to participate without unnecessary expense and time away from the office. The nominal fee is vendor funded and we’ve yet to run across a contractor that doesn’t appreciate the innovation produced by Green Proposals. Decrease the chances of a protest when everyone is treated equally and avoid the often heard accusation of lack of transparency. The solution works great with any eprocurement program and we guarantee once you’ve tried it you’ll be reluctant to have in person meeting s.