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MoD India has introduced a new procurement category – Buy (Global — Manufacture in India). This stipulates indigenisation of at least 50 percent of the contract value of a foreign purchase bought with the intention of subsequently building it in India with technology transfer. Under its...

‘Public’ is an organisation that helps start-ups to transform the public sector in any area, from healthcare, to transport, to cyber security. It brings together experience from the public sector, technology and finance to help start-ups solve public problems. Public has just launched GovStart,...

Supply Management has highlighted a report that says there were “fundamental flaws” in the UK government’s procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE), according to MPs. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a report on the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak that...

The rapid construction of seven covid-19 specialist ‘Nightingale’ hospitals in the UK, including at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham built in just two weeks, has lessons about how a crisis-triggered event and the mindset behind the construction should apply to all projects, in good...

PRONTO is a 40-month EU-funded project under the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (COSME) programme which officially launched in January 2020 to help inspire, inform and support public buyers in designing, implementing and monitoring PPI procedures, namely purchase...

Social enterprise Tunga is creating more opportunities for African software developers. The Dutch company has launched a new e-learning platform that is freely accessible to all tech talent in Africa. The Tunga Academy offers free online courses for African tech talent and is part of the...

Some communications about tenders for UK supplies of PPE, including gloves, overalls, goggles and masks, which went out in February and March this year, were sent to outdated and defunct email addresses. The UK Foreign Secretary said in a letter to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that the UK...

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) and ITN Productions are co-creating a unique news-style content series ‘Supply, Support and Sustain,’ exploring the challenges, opportunities and innovations taking place in the changing landscape of the global procurement and supply...

Thousands of expert professional and business services advisers have signed up to offer free online advice to help small businesses bounce back from coronavirus (COVID-19). The Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the government and hosted on the Enterprise Nation website, will give...

It may become tempting for protocol and attentiveness to detail to take a backseat in the face of crises; however, this puts government agencies at more of a risk from procedural error and fraudulent infiltration. To combat this, the Department of Defense released a report on best practices and...

Working with, not against, UK Government frameworks to better support digital transformation is the topic of this discussion. The UK Government framework for procuring cloud computing services, G-Cloud, has evolved significantly since its first release in 2012, but it is still an onerous task for...

A government report has stressed the importance of best practice in reducing fraud, particularly at a time of heightened council activity and less stringent controls in operation. The UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has just published a report on the risks of...