Sentences with phrase «in procurement practices»

The IoE is also committed to greater levels of collaboration and shared management practices: «Our relationship with other universities working in proximity to us is being scrutinised, and we will look at ways that we can work with them, in procurement practices or sharing management staff, for example.»

He instead wants to create a new inspector general under the executive branch to root out potential corruption in procurement practices.

Not exact matches

Just - in - time (JIT) procurement, which is much facilitated by the selection of a single, well - qualified supplier, arose from Japanese practice aimed at taking cost out of inventory control while maintaining very - high quality.

Participate in The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's procurement practices through its Small / Local / Minority / Women Business Enterprise Stakeholder Group Meetings to review and comment on the SWA's Disparity Study findings and recommendations and feedback on policy options.

The trend is particularly pronounced in the toy sector, where retailers have shifted their procurement practices so that the merchants will have little wiggle room if a toy emerges as a must - have item.

The Procurement by Co-Design program is led by healthcare delivery organizations (providers) that are open to participating in a new innovation procurement approach using design challenge bestProcurement by Co-Design program is led by healthcare delivery organizations (providers) that are open to participating in a new innovation procurement approach using design challenge bestprocurement approach using design challenge best practices.

Steve has specialized in providing executive leadership and best practices in the finance function including accounting, treasury, finance, M&A, planning and procurement.

In spite of obvious religious objections to these proposals, considerable scholarship across denominational and religious lines endorses the practice of organ donation, procurement, and transplantation.

Learn how schools can maximize food resources through proven best practices in procurement, menu planning, marketing, and food safety as well as utilization of any excess food items through donation and / or recycling.

Scholastic Canada Ltd. is dedicated to responsible stewardship of the environment in all of its paper procurement practices.

Explain the essential elements of school meal program operations, including production models, facilities, and procurement practices, and how they differ in a scratch - cook model

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«While the sector has made some progress in improving its procurement capabilities and practices, a great deal more can be done,» Sir John said.

«The budget does not include needed reforms to the state's procurement practices to better ensure spending accountability and transparency,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

The report also examines how faults in the procurement process allow exploitative practices to remain hidden in building materials supply chains.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of RiProcurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Riprocurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Picente said that «in addition to the examination of the hiring and procurement practices of the Board of Elections, I am also seeking a full reconciliation of all of the revenue and expense lines within the budget of the Board of Elections.

And, in fact, the way they do business is sometimes out of step with the procurement practices of the Research Foundation and other state entities.

When his house passed it, Morelle said the state's procurement practices for too long «have favored foreign manufactured products rather than domestic and, in turn, hindered our economic growth, threatened American jobs and encouraged outsourcing.»

Sir Andrews also commended the NAF for overhauling its procurement process and adhering to international best practices in procurement procedures.

The practice also directly violates the Procurement Act 2007 which regulates the mode of procurement of goods and services in any government or governmental institutions, thus promoting public accountability, probity, transparency and openness in such transactiProcurement Act 2007 which regulates the mode of procurement of goods and services in any government or governmental institutions, thus promoting public accountability, probity, transparency and openness in such transactiprocurement of goods and services in any government or governmental institutions, thus promoting public accountability, probity, transparency and openness in such transactions.»

The Comptroller was equally pointed on the state's procurement practices, which have come under fire due to rampant corruption in the state's contracting process, stating that the changes were needed to «ensure spending accountability and transparency» in a statement.

«The City is really behind on procurement practices — they're not following general best practices in the ways the City buys things in general,» she said.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

12.7 promote public procurement practices that are sustainable in accordance with national policies and priorities

From this point forward, more and more states may reason that ACT is likelier to have its tests ready to go come spring 2015 at a price that is certain and without all of the potential problems inherent in a multi-state procurement - practice - policy initiative.

It outlined best practice procurement advice including: «Know why you want a learning platform, be confident and clear in your vision, procure carefully, formulate clear questions to ask suppliers, know that the learning platform will relate to the other systems you want it to, make the learning platform belong to your organisation and plan your implementation.»

How to lease well Before obtaining quotations or conducting a tender procedure for equipment, the school or academy should conduct normal good practice pre-procurement steps as for any other procurement, such as: a pre-procurement review, identification of the school's requirements; preparation of a statement of requirements in a form suitable for use as the specification for the invitation to tender; preparation of evaluation criteria; and careful consideration of the cost of leasing against the cost of an outright purchase, is the item in question suitable for an operating lease, will it need replacing frequently and what are the associated costs?

The old fashion procurement practice with its low levels of productivity, often poor quality finishes, most certainly more material waste and on site control, over run on contract periods and in turn costs.

The benefits of effective procurement practices includes: Financial savings that can then be re-invested in your priorities for driving up standards; goods or services purchased are fit for purpose; suppliers deliver (and continue to deliver) as agreed; legal and financial obligations are complied with.

In Northern Ireland, the education minister Catriona Ruane ordered an investigation into how professional procurement and supply chain practices were being conducted and made necessary changes.

Both at that time and today, the problem is a lack of understanding in schools about what to buy; little guidance is given to schools on best practice furniture procurement!

The marketing and procurement practices Todd Oppenheimer describes («Selling Software,» features, Spring 2007) were in place decades before NCLB.

The department utilizes demographic information, educational specifications, procurement practices, architectural and engineering parameters, and budget data to deliver planning and construction related services in support of High Student Achievement.

Mr. Dahlberg's practice includes representation of school districts, charter schools, other public entities and nonprofits in all areas including civil litigation, employment discrimination and retaliation, governmental immunity, real estate transactions and construction services procurement.

We have also ended the status quo way of doing business with CPS by implementing rigorous private sector procurement practices that will ensure less money ends up in the pockets of vendors and more goes to our schools.

Promotes best practices in procurement for Bureau projects by developing procurement benchmarks to ensure accountable expenditure of Federal assistance.

Honors attorneys find themselves working in practice areas such as administrative, aviation, litigation, environmental, constitutional, torts, legislation, labor and employment, and contract and procurement law.

Mr. Carlson was previously a staff attorney in the Office of General Law, where his areas of practice included fiscal law, procurement, financial assistance, innovative financing and public private partnerships.

The structure of the program, in which we complete four - month rotations in each agency, allows us to explore a wide range of practice areas, spanning from intellectual property to procurement law.

This manual provides directions to information and communication technology (ICT) companies to promote and establish effective and efficient procurement practices and to make «green» solutions available to their customers, embedding greater awareness of environmental issues in their business transactions.

Comprising of campaigners, corporate responsibility specialists and academics, the group has an ambitious program which includes working on ethical procurement programmes, creating educational materials for schools and training for businesses, and even, potentially, the ranking of corporations based on their ethical practices, like those in Ethical Consumer.

The Energy Commission will invite the California Public Utilities Commission to participate in a more complete evaluation of the existing hybrid market structure as part of the 2010 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update to identify possible market enhancements and changes to utility procurement practices that would facilitate the reemergence of merchant investment.

South Africa is a focal point for CSP and other renewables, having launched the largest renewable energy program on the African continent and relying on best practices learned in other renewable markets to guide procurement, program design and implementation.

His practice covers contentious work, in particular international arbitration, and non-contentious matters such as drafting and advising on physical commodities contracts (including storage, warehousing, marketing and distribution agreements), structured trade contracts, procurement contracts and project documentation for use in shipbuilding and offshore projects.

Real Estate: Expertise in all aspects of real estate sector work including: premium real estate investment, M&A, development and leasing advice, sale and leasebacks, joint ventures, real estate funds, financing and tax, real estate investment trusts, construction advice, planning / zoning law, policy and practice, rent review, public procurements and PPP and real estate - related disputes.

He has received national recognition in transport, procurement and health and safety and is closely involved in policy, strategic and operational work, helping develop the firm's strong specialist practices in each of those areas.

15 of our barristers have been ranked for the first time, and 17 have been promoted, in all of our key practice areas including Admin & Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Employment, Education, Professional Discipline & Regulatory Law and Public Procurement.

We continue to be recognised as a leading set in our other specialist practice areas including Public Law («the go - to set for any heavyweight piece of work»), Civil Liberties and Human Rights («a strong choice for a wide range of civil liberties work»), and Public Procurement («for many the top set for public and EU law»).

This will include topics such as changes in procurement best practices, conflict of interest, dispute resolution, updates to templates and processes, and more.