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Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Jun 1, 2018
GSA issues multibillion-dollar presolicitation for SaaS procurement program, signed a governmentwide deal with IBM, and keeps encouraging agencies to apply for TMF money. This is Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for June 1, 2018.
GSA Issues Presolicitation for $2.5 Billion SaaS Procurement...
Crown Marketplace To Transform How Public Sector Buys Common Goods and Services
May 31, 2018
The UK central government buying organisation Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has made progress into creating Crown Marketplace, destined to change how the public sector buys its common goods and services as the next generation of Digital Marketplace in an effort to bring more spend under...
Ireland’s Police Force Reducing Reliance on Contractors
May 31, 2018
The Garda (An Garda Síochána – the Republic of Ireland’s police force) is training more of its own ICT staff instead of outsourcing to contractors. It is a move following an internal audit of procurement practices in relation to information and communications technology contracts worth...
Let’s Replace SBA Small Business Goaling Grades with Participation Trophies
May 29, 2018
For Fiscal Year 2017, SBA’s small business goaling scorecard awarded 21 agencies grades of “A+” or “A” for their small business contracting and subcontracting. Two agencies received a “B” and a single, lonely agency brought up the rear with a “C.” Not one agency received a...
Recent SBA Direct Final Rule to Impact Recertification, M&A Activity
May 29, 2018
ALERT M|E: On May 25, a small yet impactful “technical correction” to SBA’s regulations took effect. Notably, it could have a profound impact on small businesses with multiple award contracts (MAC), particularly for those involved in M&A.SBA appears to have changed the eligibility of small...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: May 21 – 25, 2018
May 25, 2018
Memorial Day is almost here, which means the unofficial start of summer. I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend while remembering all the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.
In this week’s edition of the SmallGovCon Week in Review, two Topeka men were named in a scheme...
Rotterdam To Further Embed Responsible Procurement
May 25, 2018
Rotterdam is embedding a Socially Responsible Procurement Action Plan to further responsible procurement. The plan describes how the city will put its agreements into action starting with the effective and efficient use of the purchasing function for social policy objectives, such as employment and...
Investment in AI Experts Needed for Future Vision of MOD
May 25, 2018
The UK Ministry of Defence has released a new Joint Concept Note on Human and Machine Teaming which proposes keeping “a register of security-cleared UK nationals” with artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics expertise. The document outlines what the MoD sees as the future of national defence,...
Innovation Procurement – European Commission Publishes New Guidance
May 25, 2018
The EU’s new guidance document on innovation procurement “presents in a concise manner the fundamental aspects of innovation procurement: why it is important, who is interested in it and how it can be carried out. It covers: what the innovation procurement concept means, the policy framework...
Romania Makes It Harder To Challenge Public Tenders
May 25, 2018
The Romanian Government has adopted an emergency ordinance (OUG) on public procurement that changes the public acquisition laws to make it simpler for public authorities to assign contracts and harder for them to be challenged. Bidders who challenge the results of a public tender will have to pay a...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
May 25, 2018
USDS debuts new acquisition training program for digital specialists, recent FITARA scorecard shows most federal agencies backslid in their implementation of the IT acquisition law, and GSA wants to make it easier for agencies to acquire cybersecurity services faster. This is Public Spend Forum’s...
UK MoD Faces £2.9bn Nuclear Funding Gap and Not Enough Skilled Personnel
May 25, 2018
In more defence news this week, Forces Network, explains that the UK Ministry of Defence is facing a £2.9bn gap in its programme to maintain and renew the country’s Trident nuclear deterrent. The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that the MoD is set to spend £50.9bn over the next 10 years...
