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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...

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...

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,...

NHS Price Comparison Tool Saves £288 million

Nov 1, 2018
UK NHS Improvement has announced that “Trusts across England saved £288 million in the last financial year by securing the best deals for commonly bought items, such as syringes, disposable gloves, loo roll and shoe covers.” A price comparison tool allows Trusts to view the most expensive and...

New Principles To Help Tackle Modern Slavery Announced at UN General Assembly

Nov 1, 2018
A new collaborative set of four principles to help nations tackle modern slavery issues in global supply chains has been developed by the UK, in partnership with the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The UN General Assembly last month announced the new principles which focus on ‘mobilising...

UK SMEs Still Awarded Just 19% of Public Sector Technology Contracts

Nov 1, 2018
Latest research from the Federation of Small Businesses finds that although the UK Government has introduced many improvements to its technology procurement processes to make them more open to all organisations, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are still awarded just 19 percent of public...