When the procurement process is efficient, inviting, and inclusive, more firms and organizations will want to participate in contracting opportunities, resulting in greater competition. Positive relationships between vendors and governments during the course of a contract can lead to more...

When drafting an RFP, it's sometimes easy to get caught up in all the compliance requirements, specifications, and legal language and to forget what it's like to actually read and respond to the solicitation. This activity is designed to help participants understand what it’s like to respond...

Active contract management (ACM) is a set of strategies that apply high-frequency use of data and purposeful management of interactions between departments or agencies and vendors to improve outcomes from contracted social services. ACM consists of frequent, data-informed meetings designed to...