The Washington state legislature recently (April 2016) passed legislation (Substitute House Bill 2427) eliminating some of the roadblocks to conducting online bidding. The text of the bill can be viewed here. With changes to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW)…
I recently had an opportunity to meet a client, Sal Amadeo, Purchasing Manager at the Town of Wallingford Connecticut. In our conversation, he raved about how much he loved eBid eXchange and noted that “the phone stopped ringing.” I’ve heard…
The best sourcing strategies for Facility Managers… and everyone else Some folks subscribe to the idea that suppliers are advisories to be squeezed for every dime while others embrace the old-boys network. As we saw in part 1 of “Suppliers:…
Eight rules to ensure a more competitive bidding process In order for a competitive bidding process to be successful, organizations, whether private or public, need to ensure that the process is fair and equitable. If companies invited to bid do…
How two property management firms took different approaches to the same problem Most property management companies that I talk to generally have a decentralized organizational structure where individual property managers are onsite at the locations they operate. A question that…
For those of you considering an e-sourcing implementation project, there are a number of alternatives for you to consider that have varying degrees of performance risk, up-front investment, and assignment of cost and revenue to the buying organization, suppliers, and…
