The government recently drew up its Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Policy 2023, facilitating the participation of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and women-owned business enterprises (WBEs) ...

Even small purchases for your company can add up to large amounts of wasted spending. You buy equipment cheap, and it breaks overnight. Someone orders fluorescent lightbulbs when you needed LEDs.

California is approaching a tipping point with respect to the near-term economic viability of existing non-utility generation. The procurement policies and practices implemented in response to the ...

Almost $15 billion has been spent via the federal government's Indigenous Procurement Policy, but after a decade critics say it's failed to make a significant difference to Indigenous people due to ...

NSW government agencies are exceeding their Aboriginal procurement targets by 80%. The state's ombud is still concerned.

Despite its revision, the IPP will continue to fail to guarantee greater Indigenous participation in obscure corporate structures that reserve authority for other powers ...

When a department decides to purchase IT equipment, software, and/or consumables, the first step is to determine if IT involvement is necessary. See Requirements section of IT Procurement policy. IT ...

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 ...

The struggles faced by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to bid and participate in government procurement opportunities are quite different from large enterprises, and the struggle is even ...

Procurement policies, often designed with transparency and cost-efficiency in mind, have long had unintended consequences for research and development. While preventing fraud, these frameworks ...