Fiona Hunt

Creating Export Opportunities With Government Procurement Data

Data, Export, Procurement / By / March 22, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading

In today’s global economy, export-oriented businesses face increasing competition and challenges in identifying the right markets and opportunities for their products and services. One source of information that can help businesses overcome these challenges is government procurement data. For export-oriented businesses, unlocking the value of government procurement data requires understanding how this data can inform their export strategies and decision-making processes. …

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AUKUS Defence Procurement Deal

Procurement / By / March 21, 2023 / 2 minutes of reading

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined the US President Joe Biden, and the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in San Diego this week to announce the signing of a trilateral security pact under which the latter two countries will assist Australia in acquiring and building  nuclear-powered submarines. The  plans included the production of up to five of the UK-designed Virginia-class nuclear-powered …

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Australian Government Responds to COVID-19 Procurement Review

Government, Procurement / By / March 14, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading

Many governments around the world have faced pressure regarding their procurement of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, so it is encouraging to see The Australian Government releasing its response to the Halton review into procurement of Covid 19 vaccine and treatment. In June 2022, a review was called into Covid purchasing and procurement by the Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care, …

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EU Joint Ammunition Procurement

Procurement / By / March 8, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

EU ministers will meet today in Stockholm to decide whether to  jointly procure  ammunition to aid Ukraine and replenish domestic stockpiles. EU defence ministers will informally discuss plans to speed up the supply of ammunition to Ukraine, which is seeking more ammunition to fight Russia’s invasion. NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton are also expected to …

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Denial Of Service By Wall Of Text

AI, Suppliers / By / March 7, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

Clarkesworld Magazine is a publisher of science fiction short stories. They accept and pay for submissions from anyone. As of last week, they closed submissions due to an overwhelming influx of spam submissions that appear to have been generated by AI algorithms. Editor Neil Clarke’s article, A Concerning Trend outlines the incident and includes this graph showing the scale of the …

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Canadian Government Announces Rail Procurement Process

Government, Procurement / By / March 1, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading

This week, the Canadian Government announced a major step in the procurement process for their High Frequency Rail project: the launch of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The purpose of the RFQ is to identify and qualify up to three top candidates who will be invited to participate in the Request for Proposals (RFP) process, anticipated to begin in summer 2023. …

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Deduplication Routines

Analysis, Data / By / February 28, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

Deduplication is a deceptively complex problem to handle at scale. There’s a simple, ugly and brutal way to do it, where you compare two records and determine if they are exactly the same, but this doesn’t work if the records are very slightly different. A missing comma is enough to render that algorithm useless. Doing deduplication properly means more than just …

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Policy Proposal: Analysts In Place

AI, Government, Open data, Procurement / By / February 23, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

Data is critical to the functioning of government. Policies and services live or die on the quality of data. Successes and failures can often be shaped by the decisions teams make at the outset of a project, especially regarding data. Data integrity, good data design and proper policies to govern data are too vital to ignore. That’s why we think we …

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Hallucination As A Service

AI, Data, Procurement / By / February 23, 2023 / 1 minute of reading

I asked Chat-GPT to find me some academic papers that highlight the usefulness of combining two different machine learning techniques. I hoped that it might be able to point me to some new insights for some research we’re doing into document clustering. The results were surprising: These look credible enough, but none of these papers exists. The researchers are fabrications and …

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Future Trends in Government Procurement

AI, Data, Government, Procurement / By / February 20, 2023 / 2 minutes of reading

Over the years, government procurement has undergone significant changes, with new trends emerging that are reshaping the way governments buy goods and services. One of the most notable trends in government procurement is the shift towards digital procurement. Governments are increasingly leveraging technology to streamline the procurement process, reduce costs, and improve transparency. Online procurement portals, e-auctions, and e-tendering systems are …

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Making Your Own Export Platform?

Data, Procurement / By / February 15, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading

If you are building your own export platform, sourcing, organising and analysing your data has its challenges. Here are some of the most common challenges we see: Finding The Right Data. Bid teams’ time is valuable, and poor information can make the difference between a useful product or not. It’s common to have questions around potential sources of leads, whether leads …

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Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains – Guidance

Frameworks, Procurement, Suppliers / By / February 14, 2023 / 2 minutes of reading

On 26 March 2020, the UK became the first country to publish a Government Modern Slavery Statement, setting out the steps government was taking to identify and prevent modern slavery in its own supply chains[footnote]. In November 2021, Ministerial departments published their own annual modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’ve taken to address modern slavery risks in their operations …

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Securing The Competitive Edge.

Data, Procurement, Services / By / February 8, 2023 / 2 minutes of reading

Are you an exporter looking for leads for your exporters? Do you want to help your in-country teams build more partnerships within their territories? Why not tap into our database filled with millions of global leads and opportunities. We are your key to a $13 trillion government procurement market. 🌍Bulk Data: We have millions of points of Tender data, Contracts data …

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The Benefits of Data Tech 101

AI, Government, Procurement / By / February 7, 2023 / 3 minutes of reading

Government procurement, the process by which government entities purchase goods, services and works from private businesses, is being revolutionised by the integration of data technology. The increase in data analytics and digital platforms is making government procurement around the world progressively more efficient, transparent and cost-effective. The implementation of data technology in government procurement is  beginning to transform the way public …

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EU Awards New Gas Aggregation Contract

Suppliers, Sustainable Procurement / By / February 1, 2023 / 2 minutes of reading

In December 2022, EU energy ministers agreed to create a platform for the collective demand aggregation and joint procurement of gas, with a goal of providing up to 15% of gas, to fill each member country’s storage facilities up to 90% of capacity. The platform will allow gas companies to contract either jointly or individually. This week, the European Commission has …

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