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More Reciprocity Called For in European Public Sector Contracts
Mar 21, 2019
New rules that would make it harder for Chinese companies to win public sector contracts in Europe are being called for by European heads of government. Draft conclusions, seen by POLITICO, calls on the EU to kickstart internal negotiations on a new law that would enforce “reciprocity” in...
Procurement Reforms Failed To Increase Contracts Going to Smaller Companies
Mar 21, 2019
Despite procurement reforms, Scotland’s small companies have seen little impact on the number of public sector contracts they receive, a new report reveals. The report said: “While most parts of the public sector say supporting SMEs is a priority, there’s an absence of specific objectives,...
HSJ Partnership Award Winners Announced
Mar 21, 2019
The 2019 HSJ Partnership Award recognises organisations for the outstanding work they are doing in partnership with the NHS. The winners have been announced and include PwC and North Bristol Trust, and Zilico Ltd and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The awards are designed to...
Green Public Procurement Training Programme in 11 European Countries
Mar 21, 2019
ICLEI Europe, on behalf of the European Commission, is coordinating training on Green Public Procurement (GPP) across eleven European countries, including Cyprus, Latvia, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Estonia, and Lithuania. The objective of this programme is to support a...
Interview With Ingrid De Doncker, Founder of Procure 2 Innovate (Ireland)
Mar 21, 2019
Procure 2 Innovate Project (P2I) connects competence centres for innovation procurement across Europe. Newly created Procurement Transformation Institute (PTI) has interviewed Ingrid de Doncker, founder of PTI (Ireland), on the Irish context of Innovation procurement, the role of the newly...
Relative Pricing of Commercial Items: GSA Advantage Pricing vs. State, Local and Educational Institutions
Mar 19, 2019
By Daria Mathew, VP of XSB
Federal, State, Local, and Educational (SLED) institutions buy tens of billions of catalog-type items (e.g., office supplies, MRO, IT, janitorial and sanitation supplies, electrical parts, medical supplies, emergency supplies, etc.) every year. Public sector buyers...
5 Tips for Better Communication Between Buyers and Suppliers
Mar 19, 2019
A guide to better industry communication to get the most out of your contracting outcomes
It’s a well-known problem in the government contracting industry that the lines of communication between the government agencies and the suppliers bidding for their business don’t always flow freely....
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Mar 15, 2019
GSA is closing in on a plan for e-commerce portal, federal IT leaders discuss progress in speeding up modernizing IT acquisition, and what Trump’s 2020 budget proposal means for civilian agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for March 15, 2019.
GSA Closes in on...
£500m NHS Cloud Procurement Framework
Mar 15, 2019
NHS Shared Business Services is looking for suppliers for its four-year cloud procurement framework, which is designed to streamline how public sector organisations source cloud services. It is due to go live in early June 2019 and will be accessible to NHS organisations and the wider public sector...
Procurement Lessons From Across The Pond
Mar 15, 2019
Episode 15 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Peter Smith
Imagine waking up one morning to find your name on the front page of the Sunday edition of the Financial Times. That’s when the difference between public and private procurement really hit home for Peter Smith, our...
New Social Value Proposals for UK Gov Contracts
Mar 14, 2019
Under new proposals outlined by the UK government, the social benefits that can be derived from contracts must be considered by departments when they set award criteria. The draft social value delivery model sets out policy outcomes which include supply chains that are accessible to SMEs and...
Businesses Must Prove Social Value to Bid
Mar 14, 2019
On the flip side of the coin, businesses have to show they can improve society and tackle the social value outcomes to win government contracts. The announcement is the latest in a host of policy announcements from Cabinet Office minister David Lidington following the collapse of Carillion. It is...
