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2 New Books I've Written

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

The main sections of the book are as follows: Foundations Competition Bidding Documents Implementation Compliance Resources Memoir: I have also written a candid and vulnerable memoir titled Reflections of an Uncertain Journey about my now almost four-year journey dealing with a lethal and incurable cancer (metastatic prostate cancer).

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Gunvor to Pay $661 Million to Resolve FCPA Bribery Case

Whistleblower Network News

This structure allowed Gunvor and its co-conspirators to avoid a competitive bidding process and to obtain contractual terms that it could not have obtained otherwise.”

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YOU MAY NOT INCREASE YOUR PRICE IN A BID EXTENSION

Public Contracting Institute

Bidders are not permitted to revise bids when granting an extension to their bid because this is tantamount to submitting a second bid after bid opening—something that is contrary to competitive bidding principles.

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Using Volunteers on Public Works Projects

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Do competitive bidding requirements apply? This state law enables certain types of public agencies to contract with certain community service organizations for certain public works projects without going through a competitive bidding process to select the community service organization.

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Rev Group Partners with Consus Global to Drive Supply Chain Efficiencies

ivalua

“Partnering with Consus Global and our successful deployment of Ivalua will accelerate our progress in supply chain optimization at REV Group by applying a powerful toolset of data, supplier management, and competitive bidding capabilities to our team,” says Rob Vislosky, Chief Supply Officer of REV Group. “We

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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Solution: Open contracting fosters competition among vendors, reducing costs through competitive bidding. Managing investment and securing value for money Problem: Government reform often requires large-scale investment.

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Finding the 2nd Right Answer: The Planning Phase of Procurement

The Procurement School

Everybody knew that a competitive bid would be issued to the usual suspects and that was the best way to determine value. When a contract for copy paper was due to expire, there was relatively little discussion about doing anything different but having procurement running an RFX.