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Case Results in a First in English Procurement Law
Nov 29, 2018
There is an interesting case, from a public procurement and development agreement point of view: “Following the High Court’s ruling in October 2016, Faraday Development Ltd successfully argued at the Court of Appeal that the development agreement between West Berkshire Council and St Modwen...
Ghent Wins European Sustainability Award
Nov 22, 2018
Sustainable Cities Platform has announced the winner of the Transformative Action Award, 2018. The award is for current or concluded Transformative Actions that use the pathways of the Basque Declaration related to three categories: socio-cultural transformation, socio-economic transformation...
Scottish Local Authorities Huge Increase in Locally Sourced Meat for Schools
Nov 22, 2018
Edinburgh City Council has been working to increase the quantity of farm-assured Scottish meat procured for schools since they gained their Food for Life Served Here Bronze award in 2013. Now 80% of their fresh meat and fish is sourced in Scotland. In fact, the council has increased that spending...
More Social Value in UK Public Procurement
Nov 22, 2018
Public Sector Executive has recently published a perspective from Rose Lasko-Skinner, a researcher at Reform. She is working on a paper looking at choice and competition in the public sector and has written on how failure to understand risk makes for poor procurement practices. She discusses the...
New Social Value Contracts To Revolutionise Government Procurement
Nov 22, 2018
Proposed changes have been announced to boost social value in central government procurement. Cabinet minister David Lidington said central government would now use a new model to evaluate the social impact of its contracts to outsource public services and that the changes would remove barriers for...
Contingency Plans for Government Contractors in ‘Living Wills’ Pilot
Nov 22, 2018
The UK Cabinet Office has drawn up contingency plans in the post Carillion collapse in a pilot scheme to protect public services. “Government suppliers including Capita and Serco have agreed to draw up “living wills” to ensure the continued delivery of public services in case of their...
Promoting Economic Development Through Improved Global Public Procurement
Nov 20, 2018
Episode 12 of the Procurement Leaders Podcast with Guest Tania Ghossein
At Public Spend Forum, we’re on a mission to improve public procurement across the world. But that’s a big mission, so thankfully we aren’t alone. We’re joined in this mission by procurement leaders like Tania...
State of Flux SRM Report Published – and UK Government Recognises SRM Value
Nov 19, 2018
State of Flux has launched the latest edition of their SRM (supplier relationship management) report. This has become a regular and valuable report over the past ten years, coming from the consulting firm that has really made the SRM space pretty much their own (in the way that Future Purchasing...
Situational Awareness and Public Procurement – EC Event
Nov 16, 2018
The European Commission is holding its second SAYSO (standardisation of situational awareness systems to strengthen operations in civil protection) public workshops on December 4th in Brussels. This is part of Horizon 2020 and will present the results and lessons learned so far and focus on project...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundp
Nov 16, 2018
GAO shuts down Oracle’s JEDI protest, DHS plans to make a decision on EAGLE II by the end of the year, and Northrop owes $30 million for fraudulent costs. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for November 16, 2018.
Oracle’s JEDI Protest Denied
The Government...
National Health Service Workforce Shortage Announcement
Nov 15, 2018
HSJ has published an article warning that Workforce shortages are a greater challenge to the NHS than funding. “New analysis from the Health Foundation, King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust finds that if current trends continue, the gap could reach almost 250,000 by 2030. If the pattern of people...
How To Win Government Contracts – And Live To Tell The Tale
Nov 15, 2018
Management Today runs regular leadership lessons billed as ‘One-Minute Briefings’ – a quick and easy way to top up on advice on business challenges. The latest is from Rod Aldridge, founder and former CEO of Capita, giving his key takeaways on the rules for working with the public sector....
