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How To Produce Your Best Government Market Research Outcomes By Asking the Right Questions
May 24, 2019
In our last blog, we introduced you to step 1 of our Seven Steps to Better Market Research, which is to understand what you are buying. You’ll need to do some upfront research on the item or service needed by your customer or agency because at some point in the near future you’ll be talking...
Deadline Passed for All Contracting Authorities to Comply with eInvoicing Standard
May 23, 2019
The UK Government has now implemented the EU Directive on electronic invoicing in public procurement through The Public Procurement Regulations 2019. Contracting authorities and other contracting entities (utilities) are now required to receive and process supplier invoices that comply with the...
New Innovation Procurement Platform Launched!
May 23, 2019
The Innovation Procurement Platform has had a face-lift giving it a new, more modern design to help encourage more innovation in the European public sector. It provides public procurers and policy-makers with a go-to place for all the latest news and resources on innovation procurement. Public...
Missed Connections Between Government Buyers and Contractors
May 17, 2019
We live in a world of missed connections – and Government Contracting (GovCon) is no exception to this phenomenon. It is no secret that the Federal Government and the GovCon Industrial Base are consistently speaking a different language, and our fundamental truths are disjointed. Whether it’s...
The Seven Steps to Superior Government Market Research
May 17, 2019
At Public Spend Forum, we think market research, expertise, and analysis is a critical capability for public sector contracting professionals. And we aren’t alone. In a study on workforce competencies commissioned by The Volcker Alliance and supported by our Public Spend Forum research team, we...
Power Your Procurement and Acquisition Workforce with the Right Competencies
May 10, 2019
These seven competency areas will take your procurement organization to the next level
Government procurement requires a good deal of knowledge. From government specific requirements to understanding the purchasing process, there are a lot of procurement competency areas to perfect. Luckily,...
EU Member States Unique Paths Into the Circular Economy
May 9, 2019
The magazine for Europe’s plastic processors, eppm, writes that EU member states are gaining traction towards a waste-free economy. An overview for all EU member states reveals 28 different paths towards the circular economy with inspiring best practices. Their roadmaps include an accompanying...
Government Crackdown on Late Payers Who Breach the Prompt Payment Code
May 2, 2019
The UK Government has taken a firm hand with firms that have consistently broken the Prompt Payment Code and they have been removed or suspended from the late payment scheme for failing to comply. The Prompt Payment Code was established as a voluntary scheme which firms sign up to as part of a...
Public Officials Can Bring Government’s Economic Weight to Bear to Ensure New Technologies Benefit the Workers and Communities Who Are Paying for Them
May 2, 2019
Politico runs an interesting take on how the public are funding the demise of their own jobs – with government subsidies and tax breaks being used to subsidise automation and innovation and start-ups. Public subsidies for potentially job-killing technologies are growing, it states, and “Cities,...
The UK National Health Service Can’t Find a Chief Commercial Officer – Why?
Apr 26, 2019
Peter Smith reflects on the complexity of hiring a CCO for the NHS.
Last Autumn, the biggest procurement (commercial) role in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was advertised. Without going into a lot of arcane detail, two huge governance / best practice / management bodies that oversee much...
Six Startups Demonstrate How AR/VR Can Transform Government and Defense
Apr 26, 2019
Government agencies are increasingly turning to augmented and virtual reality technologies to transform the way government works and delivers services. Whether reviewing the designs of complex equipment for defense programs, practicing coordination of jumps from planes, or therapeutics to help...
Sustainable SRM Is Focus of 10th Annual State of Flux Report on Supplier Relationships
Apr 25, 2019
To continue covering relevant topics for our audience, Public Spend Forum is partnering with Spend Matters, a sister site, to bring coverage of the private sector that public procurement professionals can learn from and apply within their organizations.
Here, they take a look at a report that...
