What Boris Johnson Is Missing When He Talks About Procurement
11 Jul 2019
Boris Johnson – the UK PM front runner – said of Procurement that: “… he wanted to change public procurement rules which could see UK companies favoured when bidding for billions of pounds worth of Government work.” The very knowledgeable Pedro Telles, Senior Lecturer in Law at Swansea...
Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
11 Jul 2019
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN on SP), is a group of 14 cities that have come together to accelerate the implementation of sustainable procurement worldwide through: setting ambitious, quantified targets on sustainable procurement, reporting on their achievements, and...
Green Public Procurement Latest News – Child Labour, Biodegradable Plastics and More
11 Jul 2019
The European Commission has this week published its latest newsletter containing news on green public procurement (GPP). It includes items on the Big Buyers Initiative: public authorities joining forces for strategic procurement; a new tool to calculate the full Life-Cycle Costs (LCC) of Computers...
Farmers Call for Food Trading System Complete Treasury Review
11 Jul 2019
At a UK Future Farmers seminar recently, the NFU president said: “There has got to be a complete review of the competition framework. It has to be done by the Treasury, it has to be serious and it has to be done in 12 months.” Britain’s food trading system is “unique” and...
Public Service Delivery Favoured Over Private Sector
11 Jul 2019
A study by E3M, an initiative developed and managed by Social Business International, surveyed, via Pollster YouGov, 2,062 UK adults from among the general public about their attitudes towards public service delivery. 84% of respondents were aware that public bodies such as local councils and the...
Italy’s Defense Spending Rises In 2019, But Procurement Drops
11 Jul 2019
Italy has cut its procurement spending by 15% in 2019 with maintenance and operations funds boosted by nearly one-fifth. Total procurement spending is €4.32 billion combining €1.87 billion from the Defence Ministry and €2.45 billion from Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development. That...
Scottish Government Creates IoT Marketplace for Public Sector
11 Jul 2019
The Scottish Government is seeking suppliers for a dynamic purchasing system for internet of things technologies. It has issued a contract notice alerting the market to the imminent launch of the DPS, which will run on an initial two-year term until 18 August 2021. The notice said that “due...
Germany Missile Purchase Approved by US State Dept through NATO Support and Procurement Agency
4 Jul 2019
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency reports this week that the US State Department has approved the sale to Germany of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Germany is buying up to 91 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)...
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Perspectives and Insights
We have some other written articles around the issues of lots and lotting (splitting up their contract requirements into smaller contracts), and …
One major trend over the past twenty years in public procurement has been the greater centralization of procurement activity. Conceptually and practically, collaborative procurement is …
Think you know all about public sector owned professional buying organisations (PBOs) and what they do? Here are ten interesting facts that might just surprise …
Policies and Regulations
A few months back, we published several articles about the very interesting – and somewhat shocking – court case around the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning …
The Procurement of Innovation Platform aims to make public procurement of innovation a widespread reality in Europe. The Platform has been developed to help public …
Why Evaluation in Public Procurement is Important If the phrase “bid evaluation” makes you cringe, don’t worry: you’re not alone. If …