[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1997, the State of Hawaii, Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), began implementing the PIPS process. Tired of the complaints they received on the traditional low-bid projects, DAGS was looking to...
How do you respond when a project isn’t going as planned? Large deviations lead to contract terminations and, in worst cases, litigation. But how do you respond when project deviations come from an unavoidable global crisis? In 2020, the COVID-19...
The interview plays a key role in identifying an expert supplier. The questions you ask are important but the process and approach you have when interviewing will determine its success. In this article we will first identify the principle of...
Prequalification is used in procurement and outsourcing to pre-screen vendors based on a set of criteria. The objective is to ensure the filtered list of vendors have the necessary capacity and capability to meet the buyer’s project requirement....
Today’s procurement tip is on how clients can rate million-dollar vendor proposals in less than 30 minutes. There are various procurement methods which use different submittals and rating criteria. In the end, each...
Today’s procurement tip is on the dangerous practice of transferring risk. The idea that a buyer can transfer risk to a vendor has become very popular. Buyers love the idea that, no matter what, their project will be completed with...
Finding a high performing vendor for a project is the best thing a client can do to ensure their expectations are met with the fewest issues. Unfortunately, the number of expert vendors who have the ability to deliver high performing...
The Best Value Approach (BVA) is a new supply chain management approach that assists organizations in the delivery of services from procurement to closeout. It was developed by Dr. Dean Kashiwagi in 1991 at Arizona ...
Some buyers have resorted to hiring consultants instead. This has its own problems—you still run into the same issue of how you hire an expert consultant in a field you know nothing about. Consultants only...
There are many methods proposed to write effective contracts. The approach is usually based on finding the perfect balance of pricing, incentives, distribution of risk and setting quality control measures. As contracting strategies have changed.....