Hi, I'm Brigadier General Ted Harrison. I'm pleased to announce the fielding of a new tool in your contracting tool kit, Mapping the Acquisition and Procurement Process Application, or the MAPP APP.

In the next four posts, we will share guides specific to federal contracting as a minority-owned small business. Minority-owned businesses often face unique challenges in the public procurement ...

Used with permission from the Maine Office of Information Technology Over a period of nine days and multiple sessions, Office of Information Technology (OIT) staff along with representatives from the ...

Material procurement covers the entire process from need identification through receipt and payment for goods, including supplier management. Sourcing focuses on identifying, vetting, and establishing ...

Procurement operations are vital to building a resilient supply chain, and sourcing is critical to that success. Disruptions, shortages and unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters and war are ...

The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland yesterday signed two executive orders aimed at maximizing the state's purchasing power for cost savings and increasing the effectiveness of two programs that help grow Ohio's ...

Bid protests against a procurement process often center around claims of bias that result in flawed selection decisions. For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) put out a report in ...

Getting the right materials at the right time and price is incredibly important for any successful business. Material procurement affects everything from product quality to company profits. Smart ...

Procurement functions as the critical interface between an organization and its external resource providers. The process involves identifying needs, evaluating potential suppliers, negotiating terms, ...