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World Bank Public Procurement Benchmarking Report 2017
Apr 13, 2017
At the April 2017 PSF Global Leaders Exchange meeting, Tania Ghossein, Program Coordinator, presented and facilitated the discussion on the World Bank’s Benchmarking Public Procurement (BPP) 2017 report.
The BPP report presents global data and analysis on legal and regulatory environments that...
IoT, AI, and Automation are Coming: What is the Future of Public Procurement
Apr 4, 2017
Last Wednesday we attended Procurement Week at London Docklands’ The Crystal – amazing views of the Emirates Cable Cars across the Thames. This conference is one of a kind in that it spans three days, is truly international, attracting delegates from all over the world, and focuses on all...
Procurement of Professional Services – Three Reasons Why the Public Sector Uses Consultants
Apr 3, 2017
We threatened recently to run a series on buying professional services in the context of public sector organisations and buyers. That came about in part through a report that identified spend by central government in the UK on consultants was rising again after some years of decline.
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The Four Value Levers of Public Procurement: The Keys to Value and Success
Mar 29, 2017
The Keys to Value and Success in the Public Sector
Working within the public sector has its challenges. All too often, the entire public sector market—buyers and suppliers alike—is subjected to arbitrary policies drafted by groups that have little understanding of how to generate value or...
Finding a New Job: Four Factors Procurement Professionals Should Consider
Mar 20, 2017
During my twenty something years in procurement line-management roles, I moved organisations five times and considered many more moves – and indeed failed to get numerous roles that I did apply for! I felt that there were four key factors to consider when I was thinking about whether it was a...
Five Alternative Approaches to Lots and Lotting for Contracts
Mar 15, 2017
We have some other written articles around the issues of lots and lotting (splitting up their contract requirements into smaller contracts), and the confusion in the UK around how far contracting authorities need to go in terms of lotting, or at least showing that they have considered lotting. We...
Latest World Bank Benchmarking Public Procurement Report Highlights Global Challenges
Mar 13, 2017
According to the 2017 Benchmarking Public Procurement (BPP) report from the World Bank, governments all over the world are still struggling with transparency and efficiency in their public procurement. Each year, the World Bank compiles data from 123 countries to assess the state of government...
Defining the Outcomes and Roles of Public Procurement
Feb 27, 2017
Over the course of our study of public procurement skills, we talked with nearly 50 leaders in the public sector about what they thought the desired outcomes for public procurement—and the role of the procurement function within the larger organization—should be.
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Public and Private Sector Procurement – What’s the Difference?
Feb 22, 2017
Everything You Need to Successfully Navigate the Procurement Industry
No matter what your sector or industry, procurement is procurement, right? Well, not quite. There are definitely some aspects of procurement that remain the same whether you’re involved in public procurement or private...
Podcast: Jennifer Pahlka Talks Innovation, Agile, and California
Jan 5, 2017
For years California’s Child Welfare System—the electronic records system that helped keep track of cases for neglected, abused and vulnerable kids—was woefully out of date. And when California decided to go out to bid for a new one, the request for proposal was typically “monolithic,”...
Challenges and Prizes Toolkit: GSA’s Guide to Getting It Right
Dec 22, 2016
We’ve written a lot recently about the effectiveness of challenges and prizes in public procurement, particularly in bringing in potential suppliers who exist far outside the orbit of the standard marketplace. The U.S. Agency for International Development, for instance, has used challenges to...
Ebook: Market Insights For Purchasing IT Hardware
Dec 20, 2016
Understanding markets and supplier capabilities is critical to engaging a market, developing a purchasing strategy and meeting your organizational needs. Given how time intensive and time-consuming market intelligence can be, we have tried to make the job a little easier. Public Spend Forum teamed...
