Publisher Lexis Nexis has launched the The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa, the very first comprehensive analysis of this topic. It systematically covers the entire field of law applicable to government procurement and examines the scope and effect of the current procurement legislation in the light of existing case law and commentary. This […]
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Recently on Procurementtips.com (SmartProcurement’s forum for procurement professionals) the following question about forecasting procurement requirements was asked. We received a useful and in depth reply from David van der Walt in Australia: Q: We all know how important forecasts are for us (buyers), to insure accurate flow of items and does indeed have a direct
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“In an environment where no verification agency has been accredited by government, which verification agencies certificates are valid? When are self assessments applicable? What are the risks to investing resources into an unaccredited process, and what are the risks of doing nothing until accreditation is issued? Wade van Rooyen of IQuad Verification Service tells SmartProcurement that..
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Obtaining BBBEE procurement recognition for your organization is usually not a simple exercise. The task can be daunting even for the most pro-active procurement officers. Wade van Rooyen of IQuad Verification Services shares 7 excellent tips for quickly achieving BEE targets. 1. More than 20% of suppliers may be irrelevant “Not surprisingly, Pareto’s principle also
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The commercial agreement between the principal buyer and the service provider of outsourced logistics has far reaching, long term consequences for both parties. Cobus Rossouw of Volition shares some practical insights with Smart Procurement on how to extract the maximum value from your service provider…. “There are some common ideas being put forward as being
“Open Book Costing” and “Cost Plus” can hamper Outsourced Logistics contracts. Read More »
It’s Friday noon hour and you’re about to leave for a supplier meeting when the CPO buzzes and says that the FD just flew in from HQ and urgently ( for their impromptu Board Meeting at 14h00) requires your Commodity Report on your total BEE Spend: – for the past 6 months; – broken down
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In the recent past Supplier Directory’s matched the procurement departments enquiry with the required goods or services and ranked the supplier(s) according to region, reputation and such like criteria. The BBBEE Codes of Good Practice, as issued by the Department of Trade and Industry and, gazetted in February this year, changed all that. Detailed Supplier
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“By rights, the issuing of a tender should mean the company is serious about placing orders – after all, respondents approach tenders with a belief that the company has realised a pressing need for the equipment, system and or services in question,” Billy Bell of Bell Output Strategies told Smart Procurement. “However, in many instances
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With the release of the final BEE Codes of Good practice=, the government has listened to small and medium business concerns about their difficulty in becoming compliant Johan Giliomee of NERA tells Smart Procurement. “Their biggest complaint has been that they do not always have the resources and money to become compliant and that a
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Many organisations have introduced Strategic Sourcing techniques to reduce their costs. Normally this is based on a methodology where the ‘A Team’, comprising top procurement, technical and other skills, completes a cost-management project and then hands these new arrangements over to other staff to continue to manage on a day-to-day basis. After the initial successes
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