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Contract Negotiation in Procurement Process: Successfully Land the Contract You Want
...wider business objectives, challenges, and biases. For example: What non-financial incentives could you offer, like a reference or introduction? Who will attend the negotiation for them, and what are their...
Modern Trends in Procurement for Higher Education in 2024 and Beyond
...can get a no-cost Strategic Spend Assessment to compare current contracts and pricing to identify immediate savings opportunities, consolidation potential, and ways to streamline the process. Deeper Data Analysis Data...
Unlocking the Power of RFP Contracts for Higher Education Procurement Professionals
...intelligence and benchmarking data to ensure fair market pricing. GPOs handle the RFP, solicitation, review, and negotiation process. This frees up procurement teams to spend more time on analysis rather...
The Value of GPO Contracts During Financial Challenges for Universities
...saving opportunities. Spend analysis: Data analytics can help you uncover trends and patterns that indicate inefficiencies. For example, digging into energy consumption data might reveal opportunities to implement energy-saving measures...
Maximizing Value Despite Rising Costs: The Case for Educational Purchasing Cooperatives
...best practices and overcome common challenges. Spend Analysis Another area where some purchasing cooperatives can help is by doing a deep dive into spending and comparing it to pre-negotiated contracts...
Higher Education Procurement Demystified
...Spend Assessment (SSA) is a structured analysis of your spending data to identify opportunities to reduce costs, bring more purchasing under contracts, and maximize spend control. SSAs assess: E&I Supplier...
Innovative Approaches to Title IX Training: Engaging College Students in the Learning Process
...competitively solicited to achieve best-in-class pricing and terms favorable to educational institutions. Through these organizations, you can get help with training, policy development, equity analysis, compliance audits, investigations, and more....
What Is a GPO Contract? Key Differences of Cooperatives for Higher Education
...categories: Assess whether the GPO contracting or cooperative agreements include the specific products and services you need. Pricing and potential cost savings: Conduct a thorough cost-benefit analysis, considering not only...
What Makes a Great Group Purchasing Org? Key Features and Benefits
...depending on the type of group purchasing org you choose. You might want an eProcurement platform or eCommerce solutions, training, or other services. You might also want an independent analysis...
