Inside Public Procurement: Heroic Stories from the Frontlines
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Inside Public Procurement: Heroic Stories from the Frontlines
Inside Public Procurement is a podcast dedicated to exploring the real stories and strategies of those working on the frontlines of the procurement process within state and local governments across North America.Each episode, we gather insights from passionate leaders in the field and take an unflin...
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Sourcing with Heart: Connecting Purpose and Strategy in Nonprofit Procurement
Every year, around 3.6 million kids get opportunities to pursue their dreams with the support of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. That incredible impact...
Procurement’s Important Role in Grants Funding
Procurement departments know that federal grants play an important part in achieving their community goals. The good news is that there’s never been m...
Strategically Solving the Staffing & Capacity Puzzle
A “one-size-fits-all" solution is not something that applies to the procurement capacity puzzle, as so many factors can influence how your team handle...
Compliance and Reporting: Grants and Beyond
In the day-to-day of public procurement, things like sound recordkeeping or rigorous compliance checks can often get lost in the shuffle.
Now,...
Sustainable Procurement: From Buzzword to Action
Sustainability is not the buzz word it once was. Nowadays, it’s a tangible initiative. The private sector has been increasingly pushing sustainability...
Identifying Procurement Tech Need and Readiness
The crusade against paper-based processes is still very prevalent in some cases—and when you think about digital transformation, that’s most likely wh...
Why Procurement Needs to be Less “Behind-the-Scenes"
Procurement is the behind-the-scenes team keeping the show running for end users—whoever that may be in the public sector.
With so many little...
Secrets to Procurement Compliance and Internal Risk Management
Compliance and internal risk management in procurement is tricky business. A lot can go wrong, landing your team—and sometimes your whole organization...
How To Do More with Less in Procurement
How many procurement pros cringe when they hear “do more with less”?
You’re far from alone. Tightening operations budgets, hiring...
Teamwork Makes the (Procurement) Dream Work
Public procurement is a team sport, and you know what a winning team prioritizes? Communication!
Even a small misunderstanding can...
Lowering the Barriers to Vendor Diversity in Bid Competition
Over the past few years, we've seen more and more government agencies making vendor diversity a priority in their organizations. While the data we hav...
Education: The Key to Collaboration
Getting everyone on board with procurement is easier said than done.
All procurement pros face the stigma of “red tape” at one point or another...
Why Collaboration is a Procurement Superpower
After a two-year hiatus we were finally able to get together in person with our amazing users at an Ontario Meetup. After the last few years of isolat...
Innovating for Impact in Public Procurement
The transformative powers of technology on procurement is something we’ll talk about until we’re blue in the face—but hearing from the people who are...
Paving the Way for Cooperative Purchasing
Public procurement pros are the champions of creating positive, impactful change.
Every now and again, take a step back and appreciate the ways...
Becoming Your Agency's Trusted Advisor
How often have you heard procurement described as the “department of no”?
To your internal clients—who want their goods and services purchased y...
The Power of Community in Procurement
Have you ever met someone who grew up wanting to go into public procurement? When all of their friends were dressing up as doctors and firefighters fo...
Leading the Digital Transformation Charge
New technology can be scary to a lot of people which is why digital transformation can be a huge deal in an organization—especially in public sector a...
Unlocking Your Procurement Superpowers
What do public procurement professionals and superheroes have in common? More than you’d think.
While we don’t know many procurement pros with s...
Getting Your Procurement Process Audit-Ready
The mere mention of the word “audit” can cause the collective palms of public procurement to sweat. The reality is, audits are stressful and it’s not...
Why Vendor Diversity is a Smart Business Strategy
How can we build more relationships with small, diverse and historically underutilized organizations? It’s a question many procurement teams are actin...
Busting the Myth of the "Boring Procurement Job"
Purpose and priorities. They’re two things employees got serious about during the pandemic. Millions walked away from jobs that didn’t reflect their c...
Leveraging ARPA to Transform Your Community
If you’re responsible for managing and allocating federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), you know it’s an incredible opportunity fo...
Why You Need Strong Vendor Relationships—and How to Build Them
“You can’t make a sandwich without going to the grocery store,” says Latanya Figueroa. And if you want it to be especially delicious, you need to know...
The Value of Procurement That Thinks Outside the Box
Every day at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, some of the most innovative patient care and health research in the world happens. While rese...
Fostering Internal Collaboration and Public Trust in Procurement
A tale as old as time in public agencies: stunted communication between departments, barriers to collaboration, and a lack of transparency.
When...
Advancing Health Research with eProcurement
We’ve learned a lot over the last two years: for one, that responding to a global public health crisis depends on strong strategic sourcing partners;...
Why Being Resourceful is Procurement’s Hidden Superpower
Every profession has its superpowers and public procurement has more than a few. But there’s one hidden talent that’s especially handy: being resource...
The Secret to Fast, Efficient RFP Creation
You’ve seen it happen time and again. Procurement is brought into a project too late. And the timeline is all but impossible. You drop everything to a...
How Collaboration Fuels Small-But-Mighty Procurement Teams
Strategic procurement has the power to radically transform an organization — especially, says Sandra Nelson, when it involves rubbing elbows with the...
Embracing Continuous Improvement in Public Procurement
If there’s one piece of advice Marla Bossons has for public procurement professionals it’s never get too comfortable.
The philosophy has served...
Meeting the Needs of Your End Users Starts with Customer Service
When you’re sitting in the office running bids and updating your playbook, it’s easy to forget about the end user.
Today’s guest, Adam Stearns,...
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Procurement
What does 25 years in procurement teach you? Maybe the better question is, what doesn’t it?
Just ask Carrie Roberts, Director of Procurement at...
A Deep Dive into Supplier Diversity
Supplier diversity is a hot topic right now, seemingly born of the current cultural moment, which is why it may surprise you to learn that it was actu...
What's Next for Procurement Teams in 2022?
As we round the corner into 2022, procurement professionals are facing all the uncertainty of a post-pandemic world. How can you prepare to navigate t...
Settling the Great Debate Over Vendor-Paid eProcurement
Who should cover the cost of eProcurement? The suppliers who benefit from an easy, convenient online service or the buyers seeking the best vendor for...
What Public Procurement Can Learn From the Private Sector
You might think the world of private procurement differs greatly from the world of public procurement.
But you’d be surprised to learn that ther...
Why You Should Care About Supply Chain Management
Unless you’ve been in a coma for the last 2 years, you’ve probably heard a lot more about the supply chain in that time than, well, ever.
The pa...
Making Your Job Easier with eProcurement and Contract Management
Going through daily procurement processes can be a slog. Time-consuming tasks bog you down and often prevent you from spending time on the more impact...
Empathy: The Secret Sauce for Maintaining Compliance
One of the hardest jobs of a procurement professional is navigating a complex network of stakeholders and getting their buy-in. Particularly challengi...