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Competitive bid opportunities may be down, but strategic spending through cooperative purchasing agreements is on the rise. According to a recent procurement market analysis on strategic spending, government SLED (state, local and education) opportunities for vendors remained relatively flat in 2014. This study was performed by Onvia, which is a government data analytics firm. Bid activity and requests for proposals were up 0.2 percent for the entire year, but the last three of the four quarters reflected negative growth percentages for these competitive bid opportunities....More