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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...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: February 19-23, 2018
Feb 23, 2018
After a long week that included two ice storms here in the Midwest, I hope you’re ready for a relaxing weekend. But first, it’s Friday, which means that it’s time for the SmallGovCon Week In Review.
In today’s edition, a Utah man pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering for...
Interior Department’s Drone Army Fights Fires and Monitors Wildlife
Feb 23, 2018
Federal agencies have been rushing to adopt drones for various uses like border surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security, weather monitoring by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and inspections of decommissioned radiation sites by the Department of Energy. Interior...
The Prison Education Framework: Labour Market Insight for Winning Bids
Feb 22, 2018
Labour Market Insight specialists, Emsi explains how good local knowledge may prove crucial to a successful bidder in the prison education framework Invitation to Tender now live in the UK. “One of the areas that is likely to mark out a successful bid from an unsuccessful one, is the ability of a...
Slovakia Opens Tender for Rail Track Purchase
Feb 22, 2018
The Slovakian state railway operator plans to purchase rails and has announced a tender with an estimated price of just under €19 million, excluding VAT. A further public tender has been launched for welding works and connected activities over a period of two years, worth an estimated €12...
Drones Go-Ahead from Italian Treasury
Feb 22, 2018
Italy’s Economy Ministry has sent Parliament a draft ministerial decree for the “approval of a multi-year programme for the acquisition of Medium Altitude Long Endurance remotely piloted aircrafts,” writes The MediTelegraph. The Air Force is likely to buy the drones from Piaggio Aerospace and...
Oxygen Finance Parent Company IPO Sets It For Growth
Feb 22, 2018
Oxygen Finance is poised for growth following the successful completion of parent company’s (TruFin) IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Oxygen Finance works principally with public sector businesses to improve the operational effectiveness of their purchase-to-pay systems and...
Renewable Energy Direct to Customers Via PPAs
Feb 22, 2018
Power purchase agreements (PPAs), contracts that sell energy directly to large corporate and industrial customers through multi-year supply contracts rather than to the wholesale market, are gaining traction in the European wind power sector. With increasing decentralisation “The wind market is...
Unilever First in Complete Supply Chain Transparency Move
Feb 22, 2018
Palm oil supply chains are complex as the fruit changes hands many times from farmers to agents before it reaches a mill. It is then transported via traders to refineries for further processing, when it enters a company’s supply chain – explains Jakarta Globe here. This week giant consumer...
Start-Up Solution Helps Suppliers Find and Win Public Contracts
Feb 22, 2018
Newly announced, Tenderlake is a UK start-up of 2016 with a SaaS solution that leverages Artificial Intelligence to help organisations find and win more public tenders. It scours websites and marketing materials, then finds customers with open opportunities to supply the products and services and...
The Five Factors That Shape How We Buy
Feb 22, 2018
Effective buying requires skill, one that enables us to determine exactly how we should buy in any given situation. As part of this we must consider where we might buy from, our needs and wants, and the most effective way to satisfy these. We must also consider the relationship with our...
Why Outsource? Here Are Some LESS Good Reasons (Part 2)
Feb 21, 2018
The collapse of one of the largest suppliers to the UK public sector, services and construction firm Carillion, is leading to some soul-searching about the whole nature of the relationship between private sector service providers and their government clients.
At the extreme, we have some...
