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Procurement Excellence Awards – CIPS honours more public sector bodies
Sep 18, 2020
CIPS – as many will know – is the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, a global professional body working for purchasing and supply professions. It represents a global community of over 200,000 professionally recognised and qualified members, with other leading business people,...
Inflated PPE prices costing local councils millions
Sep 18, 2020
A local UK news outlet, ECHO, has reported that its investigation revealed huge hikes in the price of PPE across councils costing them millions as they scrambled for equipment to protect people from coronavirus. Suppliers raised prices well above pre-pandemic levels, it said, adding to council’s...
Lift Procurement Barriers for SMEs
Sep 18, 2020
A new paper from the Federation of Small Businesses for Wales called “A Fresh Start for Public Procurement” has made a number of recommendations for a proactive SME procurement policy.
Business News Wales reports: “SMEs make a huge difference to our Welsh economy, and so does making the...
Tech Showcase: Rensair’s Air Purifier Changing the Game with Patented Tech
Sep 18, 2020
Rensair is a hospital-grade portable air purifier that removes airborne pollutants and pathogens, including the coronavirus, from indoor spaces. Their patented technology uses advanced purification technology including HEPA13 filters and UVC light. With effectiveness of >99.97% that has been proven...
An Engineer’s Guide to Human Performance
Sep 16, 2020
Episode 19 of the Public Sector Heroes Podcast feat. Neel Doshi
Written by Frank McNally
Our Public Sector Heroes podcast loves to identify people driving change and making an impact in the marketplace. Most times we focus on public sector procurement, but every so often we find a guest who’s...
Gov UK – New service to open overseas markets for UK businesses
Sep 11, 2020
The UK government has launched a new online service to make it easier for British businesses to trade globally. Barriers encountered include unnecessary, legal, regulatory or administrative requirements which includes labelling restrictions, out-of-date regulations and licensing requirements. This...
London councils to share technology procurement platform
Sep 11, 2020
Currently, 90% of London’s public sector IT contracts are held by just 15 suppliers. A new technology procurement platform will help all 33 local councils in London diversify their IT supplier portfolios. Technology providers now have access to a platform which puts all IT contracts across...
AI4Cities Bootcamp – Still time to participate
Sep 10, 2020
Tomorrow September 11, just before midnight, is the final deadline for you to register to participate in the ‘Get Ready- AI4Cities Bootcamp’ to take place on September 23 and 24.
AI4Cities (with Industryhack and participating countries) is running a coaching bootcamp for startups, SMEs and...
Ivalua Releases Whitepaper on Value of Public Procurement Modernization
Sep 10, 2020
Ivalua, a supply chain sourcing and procurement software company and valued partner of Public Spend Forum, recently released a report on the need to introduce predictive practices into procurement. The whitepaper considers the impacts of technological advancement on public procurement, supplier...
Permissible Exercises of Authority (PEAS): Innovating Within the FAR
Sep 8, 2020
Frank McNally, Director of Learning & Content Development with Public Spend Forum writes this month for NCMA (National Contract Management Association): “As a federal acquisition professional, you are vested with the unique authority to obligate the government and spend our hard-earned tax...
In Conversation: Biggest Challenges Facing Organizations
Sep 8, 2020
In PSF’s continued effort to better understand barriers faced by all companies, large or small, new to government or incumbent, we sat down with several government professionals to discuss their insights on the issues.
We interviewed Ryan Murray, the First Deputy Director with the Mayor’s...
Update: Coronavirus Vaccine Roundup
Sep 4, 2020
This informative article from Science Translational Medicine gives an updated account of the different classes and vaccines of the Coronavirus. There are over nine “viral vectors” to help humans curb the amount of worldwide cases. The article also mentions genetic, recombinant protein,...
