Ivalua Launches Public Sector Procurement Suite for Better Speed to Value
Jun 13, 2019
Enterprise spend management company Ivalua announced this week it is launching a suite of spend management solutions designed for the public sector, even as criticism over its contract with NYC for a procurement tech overhaul continues (see our take above on that). The offering enables governments,...
Opportunity to Boost Public Procurement Power
Jun 13, 2019
ICLEI has a couple of opportunities to help buyers engage with suppliers and other public authorities across Europe to discover and shape new innovative solutions for their procurement needs. It helps link up procurement plans and requirements with funded projects that can bring buyers and...
Advice for Bidders on Procurement Legislation
Jun 13, 2019
The European Court of Justice recently clarified in an Italian case how a contracting authority should proceed when tenderers (contract bidding and award procedures) lack information required under national procurement law. The CJEU ruling concerned the interaction between what is stipulated in the...
Smart Cities Public Private Partnership Model Barriers Explained
Jun 13, 2019
“The rise of smart cities is providing unprecedented opportunities for mutually beneficial public-private partnerships to provide new business opportunities, cost efficiencies, and greater access to specialist skills and expertise,” writes Raconteur. But, “deflecting initial costs from the...
A Forward-Thinking Approach to Public Sector Purchasing – YPO
Jun 7, 2019
“Amazon Business has finalised a £400m contract with a procurement body made up of 13 councils which will see the online marketplace act as a one-stop-shop for public sector customers buying things like care equipment,” writes amp. The deal was announced last year with the Yorkshire...
Norway Makes e-Invoices Mandatory for the Public Sector
Jun 7, 2019
The Norwegian government has made e-invoicing mandatory for all parts of the public sector, both state and local government. Suppliers will demand e-invoices from their suppliers, and suppliers that want to compete for government contracs will have to comply. “The use of e-invoices saved the...
New Report: Circular Procurement in Public-Sector Construction
Jun 7, 2019
“The new Circular Cities report was published today on the occasion of the World Circular Economy Forum taking place in Helsinki, a city that has pledged to integrate sustainability in 100% of its procurement processes by 2020. The White Paper recognises the important role that public authorities...
London NHS Trusts £3bn Mega-Framework for IT and Services
Jun 6, 2019
The NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP) has published a contract notice alerting suppliers to bid for a place on a four-year, £3bn framework covering the supply of a comprehensive range of technology and services. It is split into lots and sub-lots and almost 50 NHS organisations across...
How to Use Drones in the Public Sector and Procure Their Services
Jun 6, 2019
Public Spend Forum features on Spend Matters this week exploring the increasing use of drones, in agriculture, construction, and emergency response, and how to procure those services. Between 2016 and 2017, drone bids and RFPs saw a growth of 194% – so it might be worth knowing a bit more about...
Apply for Free of Charge Assistance To Implement Your Innovation Procurement
Jun 6, 2019
The European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative (eafip) is offering free-of-charge assistance to European public procurers in the preparation and implementation of their next innovation procurement. Eafip can help public sector organisations modernise public services (for example in...
The Valencian Innovation Agency PPI Guidelines for Public Authorities
Jun 6, 2019
The Valencian Innovation Agency (Agència Valenciana de la Innovació) has produced a guide to promote public procurement of innovation (PPI) among local authorities from the Valencia region, writes the PPI website’s Procurement Forum. “The practical guide of the process of public procurement...
Join the Learn Tech Accelerator Buyers Network in Europe
Jun 6, 2019
The Learning Technology Accelerator (LEA) aims to accelerate the market entry of innovative learning technology solutions using innovation procurement. LEA Followers consist of procurers, suppliers, learn tech experts and schools, who are all invited to join the project as observers, following the...
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Perspectives and Insights
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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 …
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