Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Jan 25, 2019
DHS procurement chief says business is ‘limited’ during the ongoing shutdown while officials look at how the impact could go beyond shuttered agencies. All this and more in Public Spend Forum’s Weekly Roundup for January 25, 2019.
Acquisition Frozen at DHS Due to Shutdown
The Department of...
EMCOR – First in Sector to Achieve Sustainable Procurement Standard
Jan 24, 2019
Facilities management provider, EMCOR UK, announced this week that it had achieved conformity to the new international standard ISO 20400 for sustainable procurement – the first facilities management provider to do so. We wrote about the ISO 20400 standard here when we talked to London...
NHS Backed By Court in Hepatitis C Procurement Row
Jan 24, 2019
The High Court has backed NHS England in a case where US pharma giant AbbVie had alleged that its procurement process for hepatitis C drugs was unfair. The court dismissed all aspects of the case, claiming that the initiative had been delayed by six months because of the litigation.
This prompted...
Public-Sector Procurement After A No-Deal Brexit – Government Guidance Update
Jan 24, 2019
The UK Cabinet Office has this week updated its information for public authorities, businesses and other organisations on the outcome for public procurement policy in a no-deal Brexit scenario. The guidance covers: public procurement’s current framework, what will happen after a no-deal Brexit,...
Latvia Halts $206m Armoured Vehicle Contract
Jan 24, 2019
The public procurement watchdog for Latvia, IUB, has halted a defence ministry contract worth about €181 million ($206 million) to buy four-wheel-drive armoured vehicles from Finland’s Sisu Auto after two bidders, AM General from the United States and South Africa’s Paramount Group, filed...
The Procurement Economy in 2019: UK and EU
Jan 24, 2019
As relevant for public sector as for private, Jaggaer, a specialist in the public sector procurement technology market, has produced a briefing paper on the 2019 economic outlook both in the US and the European Union, and examines how procurement organisations can best prepare. It discusses Brexit...
Public Spend Forum’s Public Procurement Weekly Roundup
Jan 18, 2019
Industry experts share insights on federal tech trends for the new year, a group of senators are working to ensure that contractors will be paid back when funding is passed, and California governor promotes a new procurement tool that allows for solution development and collaboration. All this and...
Late Payments Shake Up In Spotlight Again
Jan 17, 2019
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...
Cabinet Office Late Payments Almost Triple Since 2016
Jan 17, 2019
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...
Malta – Government Refuses To Publish €274m Contract
Jan 17, 2019
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...
Procurement Excellence Award for Ministry of Justice
Jan 17, 2019
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...
Changes for Government Suppliers Post Brexit
Jan 17, 2019
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...
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