Your small business needs either supplies or raw materials in order to operate. You'll need to replenish these supplies as they deplete or you could face embarrassing delays serving your customers.

All software requests require advance IT clearance, and must now be made through ShopBlue. This is a change from previous procedures. This new process ensures that all software purchases receive ...

Low bid. These two words can, for some, be the beginning of a purchasing process that’s filled with frustration and disappointment, given the many variables that are involved in apparatus procurement.

A Blanket Order (BL) is a type of purchase order designed to consolidate repetitive small purchases of services/consumable supplies from a single vendor when multiple indexes and/or account codes are ...

The Space Force is leaning on rapid prototyping and new software pathways to keep up with the commercial sector and its growing suite of software and services for space, according to a top official. A ...

Product sourcing, also known as procurement, involves the selection of a supplier for goods as well as the agreements on specifications of the product and its delivery. It also can involve the ...

The life of a procurement professional is always oscillating between the highs of achievement and lows of failure. As another cliché goes, in procurement, the only certainty is more uncertainty. It is ...

Recently passed legislation that amends the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA) and changes the laws governing procurement delivery methods will take effect on July 1, 2024. Acts of Assembly ...