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New Study on Local Authorities Reporting under the Modern Slavery Act

Mar 23, 2018
The Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (BHRE) of Greenwich University has released the findings from its qualitative research into modern slavery statements from UK local authorities. The research studies public sector implementation of the Transparency in Supply Chains...

Publishing Data on Government Contracts – The Shortfall and How To Fix It

Mar 16, 2018
Research by the UK’s Open Contracting Partnership, and OpenOpps, an open data start-up analysing government contracting, shows that of about 450 public contracts of the 208 public bodies spending money with Carillion, less than 50 public contract notices could be verified by searching all of the...

When Things Go Wrong in Procurement: 5 Tips on What to Do

Mar 15, 2018
Over the course of the last decade, a lot has changed in public procurement. Among other developments, international organizations have gotten more involved in public procurement policy, creating toolkits (think O.E.C.D in Paris), and standardizing how procurement is integrated in national...

How Much Detail Should Buyers Have When Assessing Bids?

Mar 13, 2018
A recent outsourced services company’s unfair dismissals in a UK prison have raised more procurement-related questions. So here are two good questions you could use in your tender evaluation processes, particularly for complex outsourced services contracts that have a major “people...

Showcase Your Public Authority’s Procurement Process

Mar 9, 2018
It’s time again for the Procura+ awards which recognise sustainable and innovative public procurements which lead to real improvements in public goods, services, processes and infrastructure. They are co-ordinated by ICLEI, in co-operation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project. Call for...

Three Key Skills This Procurement Leader Thinks Everyone Should Have

Mar 5, 2018
Even into her third year as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jenny Doherty hasn’t stopped doing what she loves: bringing private sector best practices into government. Whether its saving money through innovative practices like reverse auctions or streamlining...

UK Government Issues Professional Standards for Contract Management

Feb 27, 2018
The UK government (via the “Government Commercial Function”) has issued a set of professional standards for Contract Management. The standards have been given a high profile, as can be seen by the fact that the foreword to the document is credited to Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and...

Latest Corruption Perceptions Index – Transparency International

Feb 23, 2018
Transparency International has published its latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. It uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. (Its methodology can be...

New Practices in IT Software Procurement

Feb 23, 2018
The Institute for Public Procurement (NIGP) released the second part of a series on IT Software Procurement. The first practice on IT Procurement provided an overview of the four commodity types of software, hardware, services, and support, and maintenance. This second practice explores the special...