EU Defence Joint Procurement
Sep 12, 2019
The European Commission president has said that the EU should do more foreign policy by majority rather than unanimity, and that the EU’s defence union project will have its own offices and staff in Brussels. A new directorate general [DG] for defence industry and space will speed up work on...
Some Councils Withholding Public Right to Access How Their Money Is Being Spent
Sep 12, 2019
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has reported that local authorities are refusing to let the public access key information on how their money is being spent. The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (LAAA) gives citizens and journalists the right to inspect the accounts and related...
Key to Understanding the Public Procurement Process and Compete for Projects
Sep 5, 2019
Market intelligence solutions provider SpendEdge has recently published an article for any firm wanting to better understand the public procurement process when competing for work. It highlights six key steps to follow including: requirement identification, scope of the procurement, determining the...
How UK CCS Is Supporting the Development of Smart Cities
Sep 5, 2019
UK Crown Commercial Service category lead for technology solutions, explains how the CCS can support the development of smart cities and help modernise public sector procurement practices on Public Sector Executive. “By working together, suppliers, customers and CCS can create the more efficient...
New UK Framework for Simplified Purchase of Cloud Services
Sep 5, 2019
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has set up a new procurement framework to provide the entire public sector with a simple, quicker and OJEU-compliant means of purchasing cloud solutions. 24 suppliers have been selected on value for money for the framework which is intended to make the...
How EU Public Contract Winners Are Selected
Aug 29, 2019
Dr Pedro Telles of Swansea University and expert in public procurement law has recently reviewed a study conducted by DataLab looking into how public contract winners in the EU are chosen. The study uses data from 2016 onwards. He discovers that a high proportion (66.5%) is awarded to the...
EU Public Procurement Policy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Pushing and Pulling as One?
Aug 29, 2019
Professor of Economic Law at the University of Bristol Law School and a Member of the European Procurement Law Group, Prof Albert Sanchez-Graells, has written a paper to submit to the Annual EU Law and Policy Conference titled ‘EU Law in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.’ In it he...
Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Public Procurement Report
Aug 29, 2019
A Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) report has been released. The initiative was set up to create a worldwide network of leading cities that share and develop their capabilities to implement sustainable and innovation procurement, driving a transition to sustainable...
Public Sector Urged to Invest In Solar Power Now
Aug 29, 2019
Central and local government in the UK has made some significant environmental commitments in the past 12 months. Swindon Borough Council-owned Public Power Solutions says falling costs and rising demand for solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) ‘makes large-scale solar investment a good bet...
British Steel Finds A Buyer
Aug 22, 2019
News that British Steel has a buyer hit the headlines in the UK this week. A Turkish pension fund firm subsidiary has emerged as the frontrunner in the preferred buyer selection process of the British Government – Oyak already owns 49.3% of Turkey’s largest steelmaker, Erdemir, as well as a...
32 Suppliers Fast-Tracked for Government Business
Aug 22, 2019
The UK government has put 32 suppliers on a fast track to win £400m of business building and running data centres for government offices and public bodies. YPO, a public procurement body, set up a framework agreement under European law that gives named suppliers the right to do quick deals with...
DOD To Invest in Electro-Optics and Infrared (EOIR)
Aug 22, 2019
Electro-Optics and Infrared (EOIR) sensors are a key military capability used for surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition, threat warning, target detection and more. The ever evolving nature of military operations means that the UK government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is...
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