Public procurement has for several years been portrayed as a “brick wall negotiation” where seller and buyer exchange information by “throwing it over the wall” without any dialogue. The last couple ...

In South Africa, there's been growing concern about government organisations publishing tenders and RFQs with tight deadlines. This trend, while indicative of a dynamic economic environment, poses ...

There is an urgent need to review the entire tendering process in the public sector. The tendering rules and regulations should be tied to whether the services or goods sought serve an economic ...

The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has signed a strategic agreement with Procural, a Bahrain-based digital procurement and tendering platform. The colla ...

This is part 3 of a 3-part series. “Some companies still keep their procurement records in containers,” says Marvin Tumbo, a former digital director to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and the founder ...

UNPD wants to take advantage of web-based technology and provide its vendors with the possibility to submit Bids and Proposals in a convenient and secure electronic manner. The main objectives we are ...

We’re living in tender times, and no, not Otis Redding’s soft-hearted kind. We’re talking about a procurement landscape where being on the treasury’s restricted suppliers list (even temporarily) can ...

Sri Lanka‘s coal procurement process marred by irregularities and corruption in the recent past has been reviewed under the new administration and an amended tender has been issued recently to ...

Uttar Pradesh embraced GeM for all government purchases. This move replaced over 33 old procurement rules. The state expects to save over Rs 2,000 crore yearly. The shift ensures transparency and ...