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...

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...

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...

GSA plans to consolidate 24 multiple award schedules into one, IBM adds to its JEDI cloud contract protest, and are agencies making the grade on cyber hygiene? DHS looks to find out with AWARE algorithm. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for November 30, 2018.   CDM...

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...

Much in the UK news this week – as it marks the first anniversary of Carillion’s collapse – on The Public Sector Supply Chains (Project Bank Accounts) Bill, which has its second reading in March. Head of public affairs & public policy at the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians says...

In a week when late payments has hit the UK spotlight again, CITY A.M. reports that “The number of businesses receiving late payments from the Cabinet Office (CO) has nearly tripled in the last two years, despite the department imposing tough new rules on its own contractors who pay suppliers...

Since reporting on ‘a five-fold increase in the value of the original tender,’ in relation to Malta’s St Vincent de Paul Residence, we read this week in the Times of Malta that “The government has again insisted on refusing a request to publish a multi-million public contract (involving...

The Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Procurement Excellence Programme is a globally recognised award demonstrating how well organisations are performing with their procurement and supply chain activities. The Ministry of Justice (one of the UK’s largest government...

PYMNTS writes this week that “In the case of a no-deal Brexit, opportunities for suppliers to land contracts with the U.K. government may not be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union, where such EU deals are listed. The U.K. plans to launch a separate electronic service...

Following the award of the Seaborne Freight ferry contract in the event of a no-deal Brexit, read more here, Supply Management reported recently that ‘Scottish MEP Alyn Smith (SNP) has written to the EC requesting an investigation into the procurement process that led the UK government to...

A new EcoVadis study, “The Fight Against Corruption: Insights Into Ethical Performance in Global Supply Chains,” considers issues around corruption, such as abuse of power, bribery, conflict of interest, fraud and money laundering, and how prepared companies are to address it. The report...

As part of the National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP) insights series the organisation talks to its Executive Director, with many years of experience in public procurement and in multiple roles, about her experience with the NCPP, changes in the procurement landscape and how to handle...

The UK published its National Health Service Long-Term Plan this week which has sparked both welcome remarks and feelings of apprehension. “Cutting waste across the NHS – We will continue to make sure we are using taxpayers’ money efficiently, including through introducing new digital...

Computer World UK is running an interesting post on IT analysts’ public sector technology predictions for 2019. “The government will need to ensure that its IT systems can cope with any outcome of Brexit,” it says. “Brexit will lead to the increase in the number of UK central government...