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End of Huge Government Outsourcing Deals in Sight
Nov 15, 2018
UK Government contract data source, Tussell, has analysed thousands of contracts and found that over the three years leading up to the end of June, “the value of contracts remained at around £5bn a year, but the number of contracts increased from 3,333 to 4,521 per year as the value of deals...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Nov 9, 2018
IBM’s acquisition could reshape the federal cloud landscape, a new toolkit is giving small cities a big chance for procurement innovation, and Amazon HQ2 could pose an issue for defense firms. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for November 9, 2018.
IBM’s Planned Red Hat...
Global Public Procurement Conference Part 3 – The Human Touch
Nov 8, 2018
Craig Brewin continues his three-part report from the Global Public Procurement Conference. Part 1 is here and Part 2 here.
This is the final part of my coverage of the Global Public Procurement Conference held in Washington DC in September. As the conference progresed we heard less from the more...
UK Cabinet Office Plans for Tracking Supplier Finances and Performance
Nov 8, 2018
The UK Cabinet Office has announced wide-ranging plans to better analyse supplier finances and performance. They will require suppliers to reveal more information about their financial health as part of government changes following the Carillion collapse. A government database will track up to five...
Marine Industry e-Procurement Survey and Report
Nov 8, 2018
ShipServ, procurement platform for the maritime industry, have an interesting report out called “e-Procurement in maritime: a roadmap to 2021 and beyond.” It is aimed at C-level executives, senior managers and procurement managers in the maritime industry. It lays out the state of...
UK CCS New Agreement To Increase Use of Public Sector Renewable Energy
Nov 8, 2018
“The government has announced it’s making it easier for public bodies to reduce their carbon footprint, by launching a new agreement which makes renewable energy easier to source” – says Facilities Management Journal. Category Lead for Utilities and Fuels at Crown Commercial Service...
Tips for Buying Cybersecurity Products and Services
Nov 8, 2018
Last month Frank McNally of Public Spend Forum hosted Neil Chaudhuri, President of Vidya, and me for a webinar on Cyber Acquisitions. I got some great questions afterward about federal procurement generally and buying cybersecurity products and services specifically. Here’s a summary.
Is there...
GSA Develops Pilot Program, Offers Range of Advantages to Start-ups
Nov 7, 2018
The GSA Procurement Innovation Resource Center (PIRC) is an internal resource center that provides guidance and tools to assist the GSA acquisition teams with incorporating innovation into procurements. PIRC was created to implement the new commercial solutions opening procedure detailed below as...
IBM’s Planned Red Hat Purchase Could Reshape Federal Cloud Market
Nov 6, 2018
IBM’s planned $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat could have an impact on the federal cloud market and agencies’ information technology modernization plans, Bloomberg Government (BGOV) reported. IBM agreed to pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat in a move to establish a global provider of...
AWS’ Dave Levy Submits Comments to OMB on Draft ‘Cloud Smart’ Policy
Nov 6, 2018
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered formal comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding their draft of an updated federal cloud computing strategy. Dave Levy, vice president of AWS’ federal business, told Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent in a written response to the...
Driving Sustainability in European Public Procurement – Event Coming Soon!
Nov 5, 2018
We are proud to be supporting a conference later this month in Brussels – an event we thought you would be interested to hear about. Driving Sustainability in European Public Procurement is taking place in Brussels on November 27th and it’s free to attend for public procurement leaders,...
Global Public Procurement Conference Part 2 – Transformers
Nov 5, 2018
Craig Brewin continues his three-part report from the Global Public Procurement Conference. Part 1 is here.
This is the second article on the Global Public Procurement Conference held in Washington in September, and looks at some of the issues of implementation. The conference looks like it is...
