How to Find Government Contractors Who Deliver Emerging Technologies
Feb 7, 2020
Let’s say you’re a government contracting professional with an opportunity to step outside the ordinary and try one of the innovative acquisition methods to procure emerging technologies.
You and your customer are excited about introducing emerging technologies into your program and there’s...
Open contracting and the EU in 2020: What to expect
Jan 30, 2020
Open Contracting Partnership expects 2020 to be a year of great strides towards opening up public procurement across the EU. “Even a slight shift of 1% in efficiency would save the EU around EUR 20 billion per year,” it says. The European Commission (and member states) will be laying out a...
Buying Professional Services – Tips from the Experts
Jan 28, 2020
Brightman is a UK-based consultancy specialising in change management – but with a difference. What they focus on is people. In their own words: “We help organisations manage the most difficult part of any change, the people. Many organisations think that changing technology automatically...
Why are there so many permanent consultants in the public sector?
Jan 24, 2020
We are delighted to feature this guest post from one of our readers, Romy Hughes, director at change management consultancy, Brightman.
If you have primarily worked in the private sector, one thing that will stand out if you ever switch over to the public sector will be the sheer number of...
Phishing most common reason cited for cyber data breaches in UK
Jan 16, 2020
Intelligent cyber security awareness platform CybSafe conducted research into the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) data on security breaches between 2017 and 2019. It found that in 2019 UK organisations reported more cyber security breaches to the ICO than ever before, even though with...
Measuring sustainability down the construction supply chain – the PQQ
Jan 9, 2020
An article on LocalGov, from the University of Surrey, explores whether the PQQ can be considered a valuable tool for managing sustainability in the supply chain. It considers sustainability data captured down the supply chain, from public and private sector clients down to raw material suppliers....
Most Visited Articles and Pages on Public Spend Forum – 2019
Jan 6, 2020
At Public Spend Forum, we are lucky to get a global audience of public procurement and public sector market professionals engaging with us from across the world. We are also fortunate to have some amazing leaders from across the public procurement ecosystem provide their insights as guest...
Recap & Recording: Barriers to Entry – Survey Preview and Candid Supplier Perspectives
Sep 10, 2019
On Tuesday, September 10, Public Spend Forum hosted a panel discussion featuring representatives from the small business and startup community with an interest in selling their products and services to government.
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Host Raj Sharma was joined by an esteemed panel including:
Shelly Kapoor...
Recap & Recording: SBIR – America’s Seed Fund for Startups
Aug 27, 2019
Did you know there’s a multi-million dollar public investment fund where small business concerns can get access to seed capital? And they are encouraged to use that seed capital to commercialize their ideas with relatively little strings attached? It’s called the Small Business Innovation...
NIGP Forum 2019
Aug 25, 2019
Registration for Forum 2019 is Live.
Whether you are new to the profession or a seasoned veteran, we have something for you. Forum 2019 features over 70 workshop sessions with compelling content on these themes:
Construction
Procurement Basics
Procurement Case Studies
Emergency Management/Disaster...
Recap & Recording: Barriers to Entry in Government Markets
Aug 20, 2019
On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Public Spend Forum (PSF) convened experts from government and industry to discuss barriers to entry that small and emerging companies face when trying to enter the public sector market.
Featuring the perspectives of startup and federal agencies, the hour-long panel...
Recap & Recording: Understanding the AR/VR Market and Suppliers
Jun 27, 2019
Given the pace of technological and social change, we are in the midst of a transformation in the way we interact with computing machines. Augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are enabling engagement with data in three dimensions and changing the way that learning and training...
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Policies and Regulations
It’s no surprise President Trump has been systematically dismantling President Obama’s executive orders, since taking office. Obama himself knew it was a possibility: Frustrated by …
Past performance is an important step in being successful as a federal government contractor. Once firms get into the mid-tier range, they normally have amassed …
A few months back, we published several articles about the very interesting – and somewhat shocking – court case around the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning …
Perspectives and Insights
I have been interested in the question of getting successful commercial companies, especially tech companies, to sell to the government from the time I was …
The Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017 (S. 651), introduced by Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., is yet another example of a …
Think you know all about public sector owned professional buying organisations (PBOs) and what they do? Here are ten interesting facts that might just surprise …