Hungarian Payment Deadlines Among Strictest in the EU
Jul 18, 2019
“Hungarian firms tend to determine increasingly strict deadlines, leading to many clients asking for delays, which may become a challenge for companies in case of an economic downturn, according to a report by debt management firm Intrum,” reports The Budapest Business Journal. In a recent...
How Effective Is Public Sector Procurement Really?
Jul 16, 2019
Public sector procurement – we’re speaking generally and specifically in the UK (because that’s where our experience lies) – is difficult to measure in terms of success, or even effectiveness. Why is that? According to an article by Peter Smith, it’s partly because “so much of what...
Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
Jul 11, 2019
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN on SP), is a group of 14 cities that have come together to accelerate the implementation of sustainable procurement worldwide through: setting ambitious, quantified targets on sustainable procurement, reporting on their achievements, and...
Bahrain and UK to Pilot AI Public Procurement Guidelines
Jul 4, 2019
The World Economic Forum and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) announced at the WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, that they will pilot new guidelines for the procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector, produced by the WEF Centre for the...
UK Government Must Report on Modern Slavery Prevention in Its Supply Chains
Jul 4, 2019
Under the Modern Slavery Act, companies with a turnover of £36 million must publish statements about what they are doing to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains. Last December, at the G20 summit in Argentina, the UK Prime Minister revealed her plans to apply this to the public...
UK Police Forensics Cyber Attack Repercussions
Jun 27, 2019
News spread this week about the UK police force supplier of forensics services being held to ransomware, and the subsequent suspension of their use by the police. The supplier now says everything is back to normal, but data breach repercussions can be lasting for the judicial system, including...
World Economic Forum Report on Gender Equality and Smart Procurement
Jun 27, 2019
“Public procurement has emerged as a pioneering frontier for provision of jobs and opportunities, especially for women and other marginalised groups at most risk of exclusion from social and economic growth. Cities such as Amsterdam deliberately use public procurement to boost young people’s...
Evolving Procurement Through Technology, Diversity, and Cooperative Purchasing
Jun 19, 2019
Episode 16 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast featuring Tammy Rimes
As a career purchasing agent for the City of San Diego, Tammy Rimes has witnessed procurement evolution firsthand. “In the past, for something as simple as a streetlight, we’d look at the specs and buy the same light...
Smart Cities Public Private Partnership Model Barriers Explained
Jun 13, 2019
“The rise of smart cities is providing unprecedented opportunities for mutually beneficial public-private partnerships to provide new business opportunities, cost efficiencies, and greater access to specialist skills and expertise,” writes Raconteur. But, “deflecting initial costs from the...
A Procurement Tech Tale of Two Cities: Price Differentials Investigated by Spend Matters Analyst
Jun 12, 2019
Following recent media reports which alleged that New York City has been overpaying for its implementation of procurement software, Spend Matters’ US analyst Pierre Mitchell went on a mission to set the record straight. The reports have used a watchdog group’s analysis to attempt to compare the...
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Keywords for your Government Market Research
Jun 7, 2019
Conducting market research can be a long and difficult process in certain cases, especially for complex items and services or items that you may have never purchased. Many government contracting professionals don’t know where to begin, or how to research effectively, so they waste time and energy...
Norway Makes e-Invoices Mandatory for the Public Sector
Jun 7, 2019
The Norwegian government has made e-invoicing mandatory for all parts of the public sector, both state and local government. Suppliers will demand e-invoices from their suppliers, and suppliers that want to compete for government contracs will have to comply. “The use of e-invoices saved the...
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