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EU Defence Joint Procurement
Sep 12, 2019
The European Commission president has said that the EU should do more foreign policy by majority rather than unanimity, and that the EU’s defence union project will have its own offices and staff in Brussels. A new directorate general [DG] for defence industry and space will speed up work on...
Some Councils Withholding Public Right to Access How Their Money Is Being Spent
Sep 12, 2019
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has reported that local authorities are refusing to let the public access key information on how their money is being spent. The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (LAAA) gives citizens and journalists the right to inspect the accounts and related...
Continued Discussion on Barriers to Entry: 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.
The purpose of the webinar was to kickoff Public Spend Forum’s global study on...
Key to Understanding the Public Procurement Process and Compete for Projects
Sep 5, 2019
Market intelligence solutions provider SpendEdge has recently published an article for any firm wanting to better understand the public procurement process when competing for work. It highlights six key steps to follow including: requirement identification, scope of the procurement, determining the...
How UK CCS Is Supporting the Development of Smart Cities
Sep 5, 2019
UK Crown Commercial Service category lead for technology solutions, explains how the CCS can support the development of smart cities and help modernise public sector procurement practices on Public Sector Executive. “By working together, suppliers, customers and CCS can create the more efficient...
Cybersecurity In Europe – State of the Market and Lack of Expert Skills
Sep 5, 2019
In the Juniper 2017 report, The Future of Cybercrime & Security: Enterprise Threats & Mitigation 2017-2022, it forecasts that the number of personal data records stolen by cybercriminals will reach 5 billion in 2020. Criminal data breaches are expected to cost businesses about $8 trillion over the...
AI in Cybersecurity Market Overview Highlights Rapid Growth and Showcases Major Providers
Sep 5, 2019
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Cyber Security market report provides a source of insightful data. The report covers major AI in Cybersecurity market players that influence the market as well as growth factors of the market.
This report focuses on global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber...
New UK Framework for Simplified Purchase of Cloud Services
Sep 5, 2019
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has set up a new procurement framework to provide the entire public sector with a simple, quicker and OJEU-compliant means of purchasing cloud solutions. 24 suppliers have been selected on value for money for the framework which is intended to make the...
The Problem for Small and Local Suppliers – Barriers to Public Markets
Aug 29, 2019
In a post this week, procurement advisory firm Odesma talked about what they believe to be some of the main challenges in public sector procurement that are preventing them from implementing innovation and efficiencies. One of them is ‘engaging local suppliers.’
“With Brexit a couple of...
How EU Public Contract Winners Are Selected
Aug 29, 2019
Dr Pedro Telles of Swansea University and expert in public procurement law has recently reviewed a study conducted by DataLab looking into how public contract winners in the EU are chosen. The study uses data from 2016 onwards. He discovers that a high proportion (66.5%) is awarded to the...
EU Public Procurement Policy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Pushing and Pulling as One?
Aug 29, 2019
Professor of Economic Law at the University of Bristol Law School and a Member of the European Procurement Law Group, Prof Albert Sanchez-Graells, has written a paper to submit to the Annual EU Law and Policy Conference titled ‘EU Law in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.’ In it he...
Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Public Procurement Report
Aug 29, 2019
A Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) report has been released. The initiative was set up to create a worldwide network of leading cities that share and develop their capabilities to implement sustainable and innovation procurement, driving a transition to sustainable...
