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Commercial Acquisition Resources: Examples, Roles, and References
Feb 26, 2020
The Commercial Acquisition Resources: Examples, Roles, and References was developed jointly by the DCMA Commercial Item Group and the Defense Acquisition University and fills a gap in the learning assets we use to help educate and set expectations for both our industry partners and Government...
World’s first EU-compliant office suite launched
Feb 21, 2020
Global supplier of IT-infrastructure cloud services, City Network, has launched Compliant Office, an office collaboration and productivity tool with built-in regulatory compliance. It includes e-mail, team chat, calendars and documents, and is based in and operated in Europe and governed solely...
Scotland’s Programme helps more businesses win Government contracts
Feb 13, 2020
Alongside the Scottish Government’s Supplier Development Programme (SDP), Moray Council’s procurement team has been holding training workshops to help local businesses secure more public sector contracts. A diverse set of businesses have attended, who said in a post-event survey that their...
An example of public buying social return on investment (SROI)
Feb 13, 2020
Bloom Procurement Services has become the first organisation of its kind to be awarded level two of the Social Value Certificate, which is accredited by Social Value UK, the national network for social impact and value which is also a member of the global network Social Value International. The...
Public sector buying organisation launches first drone framework
Feb 13, 2020
A public sector drone framework has been launched by YPO, one of the UK’s largest public sector buying and procurement organisations. The new Drones and Associated Products and Services framework has been designed for the emergency service and the wider public sector. YPO was approached by the...
How to Complete Your Market Research Report in Minutes with GovShop
Feb 13, 2020
If you had to distill the entire contracting function into one critical outcome, buying useful items at the best possible value wouldn’t be far off. Every activity a contracting professional does impacts the outcome they achieve, and some are more important than others. If you mail in the price...
Public Procurement Perspectives: Entry I (Rules and Regs and Whatnot)
Feb 9, 2020
For my first official BLOG entry (are they called entries? Oh well, mine are called entries now), I have been overwhelmed with ideas. This specific post has had multiple titles and themes as I chase each shiny object that illuminates my periphery. But at last, I have determined to move past...
Blockchain Government Market 2020 Analysis Focusing on Key Players
Feb 7, 2020
The “Blockchain Government Market” report is a comprehensive addition to Verified Market Research’s archive of market research studies. It offers detailed research and analysis of key aspects of the blockchain government market. The market analysts authoring this report provided in-depth...
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...
Construction sector and advanced technologies scooped highest numbers of Government contracts in 2019
Feb 6, 2020
According to a report by Tussell, in 2019 the UK public sector market grew by 17% – 2,076 public sector buyers awarded 45,216 contracts worth £93 billion to 16,218 suppliers. Despite Central Government being the biggest customer type, it awarded less than half of the total value of contracts....
UK SME spending on the rise – but ‘ambition’ in question
Feb 6, 2020
The UK Cabinet Office has released its annual figures on how much Whitehall departments are spending with SMEs – both directly and indirectly – reports Diginomica. While SME spending is on the rise, now accounting for 25.7% of total procurement spend, previous years saw a decline, bringing into...
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...
