Category Archives: Contracting Challenges (Procurement Contests)
Are procurement contests just another way for government to pass the innovation buck to a preferred outside vendor?
The basic idea of a procurement contest — sometimes called a prize or challenge — is to set out a performance requirement for a capability that needs development work and offer a prize, usually money, for the first or best entity to produce a product or capability meeting the requirement. from the Contracting Education Academy …
Colin Cram’s 5 Recommendations for a Successful Government Procurement Contest
piblogger ♦ September 27, 2011 ♦ Leave a Comment
Similar to the Coles Notes or, the . . . For Dummies series of books, 30 year plus UK public sector veteran Colin Cram has, as a lead in to our October interview on the PI Window on Blog Talk Radio, provided his five recommendations for a successful procurement contest initiative. For those who may …
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