August 2017 - Keystone Procurement

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Keystone Column 86: The Future of Procurement

Welcome to this week’s column. This week, we focus on a report issued by KPMG on the future of procurement. We conclude with links to the key sources of contract notices for Ireland and international markets. New paper on the future of procurement" Global Advisory Firm KPMG has published interesting research in…

Ross McCarthy30th August 2017

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Keystone Column 85 – Contract management & procurement trends

Welcome to this week's column. This week, we highlight some global trends and stories in the procurement space from Ireland and around the world. Our theme this week is contract management and aspects related to this area. We conclude with links to the key sources of contract notices in Ireland…

Ross McCarthy23rd August 2017

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Keystone Column 84 – Challenging a decision – the pros and cons

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week, we look at specific actions a company can take should they lose a bid. We also have an update on the Keystone tenders report. This post was originally published in June 2016 and concludes this series of three blogs on how to deal…

Ross McCarthy16th August 2017

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Keystone Column 83 – What are your options when you lose?

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week, we look at the options for suppliers that want to "do something" after losing in a tender process. As usual this week’s free weekly list of Irish government tenders is included in out e-Tenders report. *** This post from April 2016 is the second in…

Ross McCarthy11th August 2017

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Keystone Column 82 – When not to bid

Welcome to the Keystone Column. This week we look at how to deal with losing bids in a procurement process, and as usual this week's free weekly list of Irish government tenders is included in out e-Tenders report. Dealing with losing bids It can be hard to accept the submission of losing…

Donnacha Phelan4th August 2017