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Public Sector Smarter Working Awards Nominees Announced
Feb 21, 2019
Nominees for the 2019 Smarter Working Awards organised by the UK Government Property Agency have been revealed. 12 government organisations are recognised for their achievements in driving smart working transformation across the civil service and wider public sector. The awards recognise best...
Survey Finds Widespread Adoption of Digital Technology in Italy and European Public eProcurement
Feb 21, 2019
Independent spend management company, Jaggaer, and Promo PA Foundation, have released the results of a survey of public procurement across Italy. Based on 250 interviews with Italian public procurement organisations, it was designed to measure how digital purchasing has changed public procurement...
Outsourcing Playbook Published on Outsourcing Decisions and Contracting
Feb 21, 2019
UK central Government has published an ‘Outsourcing Playbook’ to help improve government procurement, how government works with industry and deliver better public services. New measures include: “… changes to how government allocates risk between itself and its suppliers, to ensure...
The Court of Justice of the European Union: Three Interesting Judgements
Feb 21, 2019
The EU Court of Justice’s public procurement year of 2018 is remembered in an article by Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys, which outlines interesting judgements from the court. It summaries three judgements that it believes “are of great interest for future procurements. With all certainty, they...
Turnover Thresholds Too High for Small Practices to Bid for Public Work
Feb 21, 2019
Architect’s Journal says the vast majority of architects can’t bid for public work and that something has to change. It states the UK’s public procurement system effectively excludes small practices and call on government to fix the problem. “Turnover thresholds and professional indemnity...
OECD Report Highlights Ethical Risks Around Use Of Algorithms
Feb 21, 2019
A new report – Government Global Trends 2019 – released by the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), highlights a number of countries where data scores are being used to classify citizens and make decisions based on these groupings. Governments around the world are experimenting with...
Inspiring Women and Procurement Leaders to Improve Government Contracting
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 14 of the Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Marcheta Gillespie
Not everyone knows they want a career in public procurement, but we commonly hear how much people love it after they arrive. The same is true for Marcheta Gillespie, whose procurement journey started after an...
The 4 Value Levers of Public Procurement
Feb 18, 2019
The Keys to Value and Success in the Public Sector
Working within the public sector has its challenges. All too often, the entire public sector market—buyers and suppliers alike—is subjected to arbitrary policies drafted by groups that have little understanding of how to generate value or...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Feb 15, 2019
Federal IT spending is projected to exceed $93B next year, TMF Board awarded funding for GSA’s cloud-based payroll system, and DoD is considering the recommendations of the Section 809 Commission. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for February 15, 2019.
Report: Federal...
NHS Supply Chain Tells Trusts It Must Stop Using Fax Machines
Feb 14, 2019
Last week Virtualstock and Pagero announced a partnership to support a digitally connected NHS – this week the NHS announces it will stop using fax machines to modernise and improve data security and encourage more investment in technology. NHS Supply Chain, which manages the sourcing, delivery...
Construction firms invited to bid for £30bn Crown Commercial Service framework
Feb 14, 2019
The deadline for the £30bn Construction Works and Associated Services framework in the UK is approaching. Construction firms of all sizes are invited to bid for public sector work for the next 7 years. Developed by Crown Commercial Service, an innovative new commercial agreement will assist...
Garden Bridge Aborted Project Final Public Spend Revealed
Feb 14, 2019
Taxpayer loses out – Architect’s Journal announces the failed Garden Bridge’s project total cost has been revealed – and taxpayers will pay for most of the £53 million wasted on the aborted project. Public money will pay for £43 million, split between £24 million from TfL and £19...
