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Online Auctions - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the use of online auctions or e-auctions by government.
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- Online and Reverse Auctions - Archive
- A selection of resources and articles relating to online auctions and especially those involving government.
Added: 2 December 2005
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- Online auctions - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to online auctions in the United Kingdom.
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- Office of Government Commerce announces its eAuction strategy
- ePractice.eu, 7 April 2010. Country United Kingdom; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, eProcurement, Services for Businesses, Infrastructure. "The UK's Office of Government Commerce's (OGC's) Centre for e-Auctions published on 16 March 2010 a Forward Plan for e-auctions and launched a website dedicated to electronic auctions; both initiatives aim to save the public sector's costs..."
Added: 8 April 2010;
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- Auditor-General discounts reverse auction concerns
- In 2008 Auditor-General advised against 'Dutch auctions', By Stephen Bell - Wellington. Computerworld, Tuesday, 16 February, 2010. "The Office of the Auditor General has discounted fears that the Ministry of Economic Development may be flouting OAG procurement guidelines in looking at reverse auctions for government procurement..."
Added: 17 February 2010;
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- OGC plans for e-auction centre
- The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has announced it is to set up a pan-government e-auction Centre of Excellence. Kable, Wednesday 4 November 2009. "It said the centre will have a remit to coordinate and support e-auctions across the public sector, particularly where there is scope for increased collaboration..."
Added: 12 November 2009;
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- 12 eAuctions bring substantial savings for the public sector
- Public Technology, 19 May 2009. "It's not just eBay that saves buyers' money. Buying Solutions says that a series of eAuctions have enabled public sector organisations to make 13 per cent to 29 per cent savings across a range of products and services, including mobile solutions, IT hardware and furniture..."
Added: 20 May 2009;
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- Auctions on eBay: A Dying Breed
- As consumers opt for fixed-price purchases, what happens to the company that perfected the art of online bidding—and the scores of e-auctioneers? by Catherine Holahan. Business Week, June 3, 2008. "... Auctions were once a pillar of e-commerce. People didn't simply shop on eBay. They hunted, they fought, they sweated, they won. These days, consumers are less enamored of the hassle of auctions, preferring to buy stuff quickly at a fixed price..."
Added: 4 June 2008;
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- eAuction for simple product procurement in public administrations
- by Laszlo Szabados (eeeBid). ePractice.eu, 10 March 2008. "Case Abstract - The Directorate of Central Services in Hungary decided to run some pilot electronic auctions to see how this awarding procedure can be used for public procurement. The gained experience should be exploited for guiding the definition of the new national law. The Directorate has chosen the Hungarian subsidiary of the eeeBid.com Inc. company, due to its flexible solution and its (also international) experience. The first auction has been used for awarding the procurement of Cleaning Supplies for the central government..."
Added: 11 March 2008;
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- Can Government be a good eBayer? Using online auctions to sell surplus property
- by Enrico Ferro, Lucy Dadayan. European Journal of ePractice, 5 February 2008. Topic: Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Other; Country: North America. "E-commerce in general, and online auctions in particular, represent important examples of how information and communication technologies have been employed by public organizations to gain benefits in both efficiency and effectiveness. While online auctions have widely been used by governments around the world to drive down procurement costs, they have been seldom used as means for revenue maximization. In this article, we discuss the three-year experience gained by New York State in the use of online auctions for the sale of surplus inventory and property..."
Added: 7 February 2008;
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- Going, going, gone – Hungarian Inland Revenue Office introduces eAuctions
- ePractice.eu - 21 January 2008. Country Hungary; Domain eGovernment; Topic eServices for Citizens. "APEH, the Hungarian Inland Revenue Office, has introduced eAuctions allowing the on-line sale, to the highest bidder, of goods seized by the tax authorities..."
Added: 30 January 2008;
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- UK Government sets up new eAuction Framework Agreement
- Public Technology, 4 December 2007. "As an organisation that is charged with enabling public sector purchasers to achieve best value for money in procurement activities, OGCbuying.solutions has set up a new eAuction Framework Agreement. The new agreement, (which will be effective from 9 December 2007) has been designed to facilitate public sector purchasers to save money and reduce costs through the use of eAuctions..."
Added: 7 December 2007;
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- e-Auction saves Wales 6 million a year with massive new PC & laptop contract
- Public Technology,9 August 2007. "A new deal for buying IT equipment for the Welsh public sector will result in massive savings of over £6 million a year, Welsh Assembly Government Andrew Davies Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery announced yesterday (Wednesday 8 August)..."
Added: 10 August 2007;
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- OGC claims e-auction success
- Kablenet, 14 May 2007. "The Office of Government Government Commerce has reported that a group of councils and NHS trusts saved almost 50% of the previous cost of IT hardware in an electronic auction. The 14 local authorities and six health trusts spent £6.9m on six lots benchmarked at £13.7m in an auction taking place on 10 May 2007..."
Added: 16 May 2007;
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- New rules aim to centralize government sales
- By Matthew Weigelt. Federal Computer Week, April 3, 2007. "The government is selling its assets on the Internet, but it's now backing the sales avenue with regulations..."
Added: 4 April 2007;
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- City uses energy auction to save money
- By John Moore. Federal Computer Week, February 21, 2007. "The city of Worcester, Mass., expects to save more than $870,000 on electricity it acquired through an online energy auction..."
Added: 26 February 2007;
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- Online auction site launched to dispose of surplus Government equipment
- Source: Ministry of Defence. eGov Monitor, 19 February 2007. "An online auction website, which allows the public to bid for surplus Government equipment, including Green Goddess fire-trucks, has been launched..."
Added: 21 February 2007;
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- Councils save £5.8m in e-auctions
- Kablenet, 18 December 2006. "A consortium of councils in the north east of England has made a big saving by using an online e-auctions system..."
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