Procurement Processes – Page 2

Managing overload in procurement

Post author:PME4U
Post published:January 18, 2014
Post category:Capability Development Procurement Processes Procurement Systems Tools
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I have found that generally ten concurrent procurement projects of varying complexity per practitioner is about the upper limit of being able to ensure enough focus is placed on each job. Right now though, with the combination of team members being on leave and the new year projects kicking off, I find myself with closer to 30 concurrent jobs. As I was attempting to review a complex plan, I could see the Outlook popups fading in and out in an almost constant stream. I likened it to sitting in a boat under a waterfall trying to bail it out with a thimble. So what tactics can we use to manage these periods of intense overload?

What is so bad about single sourcing?

Post author:PME4U
Post published:January 12, 2014
Post category:Market Engagement Probity And Ethics Procurement Policy Procurement Processes
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Proponents of single sourcing will identify value for money in the close working relationship, saved time through removal of ramp up requirements and extensive knowledge of the organisation. So why do procurement professionals frown upon single sourcing to the point of implementing policies and extended approvals in an attempt to deter it?

Weightings or no weightings, that is the question

Post author:PME4U
Post published:December 21, 2013
Post category:Capability Development Evaluation Market Engagement Probity And Ethics Procurement Policy Procurement Processes
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Establishing a detailed and concise set of response criteria not only facilitates the extraction of key information in vendors responses, helping to align their solution with the actual requirements, it also allows easier evaluation and scoring of those responses, but not all criteria has equal importance. This is where applying a method of weighting the criteria provides the ability to define which criterion will have the greatest benefit to delivering the requirement and is therefore more important. But the question is, should the weighting be published as part of the invitation for offer, or should it be for internal information only?

Establish and Maintain Competitive Tension in Procurement Processes

Post author:PME4U
Post published:December 10, 2013
Post category:Contract Management Market Engagement Probity And Ethics Procurement Processes
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Establishing and maintaining competitive tension in your procurement processes is the easiest and most effective method of driving value for money outcomes. So what is competitive tension? The most elegant description I have seen is that a proponent perceives a creditable threat to their ability to win the bid. The three key words are "perceives" and "credible threat".