June 2016 - Keystone Procurement

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Keystone Column 26 – Post-Brexit Consequences

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy in winning tenders developed by ambitious SMEs. This week, we look at what Brexit means for the EU’s public procurement system and possible impacts on companies selling into Northern Ireland or other…

Ross McCarthy30th June 2016

procurement training and the collaborative economy

Bid Management Business Growth Keystone Column Procurement Sourcing Procurement Strategy

Keystone Column 25 – The collaborative economy

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column as we focus on procurement training and the collaborative economy stories. This week, we look at the growth of the collaborative economy and explore the procurement risks highlighted by the UEFA European Championships. Also an important OGP announcement on Irish public procurement…

Donnacha Phelan24th June 2016

Bid Management

Dealing with a losing bid – part 3

In previous posts we have dealt with scenarios where companies have submitted a deficient or defective losing bid and with scenarios where they submitted a good bid and were hoping to be successful. In this bid management posting, we will outline three options for companies seeking to take specific action…

Ross McCarthy22nd June 2016

Bid Management Business Growth Keystone Column Procurement Strategy

Keystone Column 24 – Innovation opportunities and challenges

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column where we focus on innovation opportunities and how they help with the development of winning bids and propositions in the public procurement and general procurement ecosystems. Business stories Keeping up with innovation opportunities is a challenge for the Central Bank Innovation…

Donnacha Phelan17th June 2016

Bid Management Brexit Business Growth Keystone Column Procurement Strategy

Keystone Column 23 – Access to public procurement

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and advice on how businesses can prepare winning bids in public procurement tenders. This week, we focus on how procurement teams can prepare for Brexit, whose interests should regulators prioritise and levels of access to public procurement for small business -…

Donnacha Phelan10th June 2016

Keystone Column Procurement Sourcing Procurement Strategy

Keystone Column 22 – Innovation Procurement and Business Growth

This week, we focus on innovation procurement and how innovation partnerships can drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. As usual, we also include our listing of open Irish public procurement tenders. Business stories The US risk solutions firm Sedgwick has acquired Irish-owned outsourcing provider OSG Group. The deal marks the US-headquartered company's first investment…

Donnacha Phelan3rd June 2016