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Procurement and planning: how to manage scope of work effectively
Procurement and planning: how to manage scope of work effectively
Author: Liz Busch How well you manage the scope of your contracts can significantly enhance your chance of success, or...
Dude, Whose Team Are You On? Negotiation Skills in Procurement Processes
Dude, Whose Team Are You On? Negotiation Skills in Procurement Processes
  Author: Larry Berglund Of all our interpersonal skills we can improve, negotiation is one of the best to focus...
Local is Good Donkey: How Social Procurement Changed Shrek
Local is Good Donkey: How Social Procurement Changed Shrek
author: Larry Berglund Want to make a deep-rooted difference in your career?  Step 1: Adopt a social procurement strategy for...
7 Key Negotiation Strategies for Contract Renewal
7 Key Negotiation Strategies for Contract Renewal
By Liz Busch Many of the public sector’s contracts for ongoing needs are multi-year, with options to renew or extend. ...
Communication Tips for Better Vendor Performance Management
Communication Tips for Better Vendor Performance Management
By The Procurement School Without effective communication, relationships with your procurement partners can quickly become stagnant. This and undoubtedly negatively...
6 Best Practices for Public Procurement in IT within Canada
6 Best Practices for Public Procurement in IT within Canada
The procurement of IT components and services comes with its own unique set of challenges and responsibilities.  This encompasses cyber...
Why Procurement’s Statement of Work/ Requirements is Essential for Effective Contract Negotiations
Why Procurement’s Statement of Work/ Requirements is Essential for Effective Contract Negotiations
By The Procurement School A Statement of Work (SOW), also referred to as Statement of Requirements (SOR), is a detailed...
Canada, We Have a Problem
Canada, We Have a Problem
The era of whistleblowing and the need for transparency and supportive legislation in public procurement By The Procurement School Whistleblowers...
Improve Supplier Assessment Protocols to Skirt Procurement Challenges
Improve Supplier Assessment Protocols to Skirt Procurement Challenges
It is often said that the best defence is a good offence.  This proactive thinking is prevalent throughout our public...
Innovative Vendor Performance Management at the City of Ottawa
Innovative Vendor Performance Management at the City of Ottawa
It is easy for procurement professionals to understand that the best indicator of how a contractor will do in the...