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Recap & Recording: Starting the Procurement Journey to BI Solutions
Feb 16, 2018
Public sector organizations may experience great benefit from business intelligence (BI) solutions, but not without diligence in the planning process to understand why they need it and which business challenges are to be solved.
This was one of several themes discussed during Public Spend...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Dec 21, 2018
Amazon formally joins the latest legal battle over the right to build the Pentagon’s $10 billion war cloud, DHS prefers existing IT services contracts to EAGLE recompete, and federal government acquisition could look a lot like the consumer experience of shopping online by the end of 2019. All...
France – Public Procurement Code Update
Dec 20, 2018
France has published a new Public Procurement Code which integrates procurement and concession contract rules into a single code. It was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on December 5, 2018, and aims to modernise French regulations and finalise the transposition of the...
Waste and Resources Strategy Pushes Sustainable Procurement Up Policy Agenda
Dec 20, 2018
UK “Government departments will be asked to consider the environmental implications of major procurements, as part of an increased focus on providing greater social value through procurement processes,” writes Civil Service World this week. “A long-awaited resources and waste...
More News on Cartel Agreements and Public Procurements
Dec 20, 2018
The Baltic News Network reports that companies have been fined 33,268 euros ‘for distorting competition in public procurements.’ Latvia’s Competition Council has launched an investigation into possible illegally coordinated activities between several market participants in procurements of...
UK Government Proactively Collaborating with Vendors to Address Supply Chain Risk
Dec 20, 2018
Very recently we heard that SAP Ariba had been asked to meet with the UK Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion, John Penrose MP also Minister of State for Northern Ireland. A team consisting of Justin Sadler-Smith (Head of SAP Ariba UK & Ireland), Chris Francis (Director Government Relations,...
Enter the Sustainable, Circular and Innovative Public Procurement Awards
Dec 19, 2018
For a few years now we have been helping to promote the EcoProcura conference series, which started in 1998 as a forum to exchange dialogue on the latest strategies and practical solutions for sustainable, circular and innovative public procurement. It now brings together more than 400 procurers,...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Dec 14, 2018
GSA extends EIS transition deadline and plans to pilot an e-commerce platform next year while the GAO recently dismissed IBM’s JEDI protest. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for December 14, 2018.
GSA’s Move to Extend EIS Telecom Contract Transition Could be...
Social Value Act Misused by Some UK Councils
Dec 13, 2018
We’ve written previously about how the UK government is strengthening the Social Value Act to require commissioners to explicitly evaluate social value when they tender a contract. Consideration of the wider social value must be added by each bidder. But CivilSociety reports from the annual...
EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement Endorsed
Dec 13, 2018
European Parliament News announces that Parliament has endorsed a ‘landmark’ EU-Japan free trade agreement to allow free trade and remove most duties on EU goods exported to Japan. Wine, cheese, beef, pork, pasta, chocolate and biscuits will enter duty-free either immediately or after a...
Why Move from Private to Public Sector? There Are Many Good Reasons
Dec 11, 2018
As we enter the end of the year, we’ve been reflecting on the subjects that have filled our pages. We hope you’ll agree that there’s been some pretty good content, from regular short, sharp, current news stories, to articles and perspectives. We’ve covered topical and current affairs issues...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Dec 7, 2018
USAF’s new initiative aims to speed acquisition for tech products and services, DHS releases list research areas it plans to pursue in partnership with innovative small businesses, and GSA plans to rollout schedules reform through 2020. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup...
