September 2016 - Keystone Procurement

The Keystone Column - No 39. Reimagining Procurement.

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Keystone Column 39 – Reimagining Procurement

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week, we look at how the HSE has been reprimanded for its procurement approach, how banks are being challenged by FinTech start-ups, a legal expert that has embarked upon…

Ross McCarthy30th September 2016

The Keystone Column - No 38. Supporting start-ups

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Keystone Column 38 – Supporting start-ups

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week, we look at how government is supporting start-ups, and how businesses can gain a competitive edge when quoting. Our weekly list of open tenders in the Irish public…

Donnacha Phelan22nd September 2016

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Business growth with below threshold contracts

Below threshold contracts From working with SMEs, we know that the first question many ask when it comes to public sector tendering is – how do you get started? A simple question but the answer is not quite as straight forward as throwing the company headlong into the challenge of…

Ross McCarthy19th September 2016

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Keystone Column 37 – Procurement Strategy

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week, we focus on procurement strategy for upcoming frameworks, a framework for managing buyers as part of a procurement strategy and a team of inventors from Cork that have won…

Donnacha Phelan16th September 2016

The Keystone Column - No 36. Procurement trends

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Keystone Column 36 – Framework Agreements

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week, we focus on procurement trends: why in-house legal counsel seem less than impressed with the value for money they are getting from external legal advisors on framework agreements,…

Donnacha Phelan9th September 2016

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Keystone column 35 – Supplier debriefing

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Keystone Column containing business stories and public procurement opportunities that drive the commercial strategy of ambitious companies. This week, we focus on why marketing is different, more trouble in VW, what to expect from supplier debriefing and a recent story of an innovative development we have been following.…

Ross McCarthy1st September 2016