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NHS Supply Chain Tells Trusts It Must Stop Using Fax Machines
Feb 14, 2019
Last week Virtualstock and Pagero announced a partnership to support a digitally connected NHS – this week the NHS announces it will stop using fax machines to modernise and improve data security and encourage more investment in technology. NHS Supply Chain, which manages the sourcing, delivery...
Garden Bridge Aborted Project Final Public Spend Revealed
Feb 14, 2019
Taxpayer loses out – Architect’s Journal announces the failed Garden Bridge’s project total cost has been revealed – and taxpayers will pay for most of the £53 million wasted on the aborted project. Public money will pay for £43 million, split between £24 million from TfL and £19...
Poland – New Public Procurement Law
Feb 14, 2019
The Polish Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology has initiated a public consultation process concerning a new draft Public Procurement Law and regulations that will implement the new legislation, writes Lexology. Starting from 1 January 2020, the new law is to fully replace the existing...
Public Sector Bodies Recognised For Counter-Fraud Efforts
Feb 14, 2019
A number of public sector organisations have been recognised for their efforts in tackling fraud, which is estimated to cost the UK government between £31bn and £49bn every year. Winner of the ‘excellence in fraud prevention’ category was the HMRC for its ‘tackling alcohol at source’...
Council Tax Employee Siphons Off £80,000 in Public Money
Feb 7, 2019
A Rochdale (England) council worker has been jailed for diverting £80,000 of public money to himself and his friends. He was eventually caught after an internal investigation found he had altered banking and addresses of businesses to make fraudulent transfers, but had used his work email address...
Government Procurement Contracts Should Crackdown On Non-Compliance With Ethical Codes
Feb 7, 2019
Researchers in the UK have warned that the public sector’s ethical procurement practices are “significantly less advanced” than in the private sector, raising questions about the integrity of public sector supply chains – writes Government News. Dr Kanchana Ruwanpura from the University of...
A New Day, A New Way: The Vested Model and Vancouver Island Health Authority
Jan 31, 2019
How to co-create a win-win contract for both sides
Sometimes it is extremely difficult for two sides to agree on a contract. That is exactly where Vancouver Island Health Authority hospitalists and administrators found themselves when their contract expired on June 30, 2014. Island Health serves...
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report Released
Jan 31, 2019
The World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks Report 2019. For the third year in a row, climate change and climate change-related risks dominate the list, accounting for five of the top 10 risks by both likelihood and impact. The report provides an opportunity to place the global risk...
56m Euros of EU Funding Available For Innovation Procurements
Jan 31, 2019
Proposals are called for the Horizon 2020 project which supports two types of innovation procurement: Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) addresses the development and testing of innovative solutions, Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) focuses on the deployment of innovative...
CIPS Qualifications Restructured for ‘More Agile and Creative Thinkers’
Jan 31, 2019
A review of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) qualifications has been launched. The institute has reviewed and restructured its qualifications to develop more agile and creative thinkers, focused on strategy and relationship building, it says. “Following a review of the CIPS...
New e-Learning Course on Green Public Procurement
Jan 31, 2019
Green Public Procurement for Furniture is an open, free-to-use e-training course that addresses the main aspects of public procurement. The course provides the basic knowledge necessary to submit bids in public tenders for the furniture sector. It also introduces the student to green public...
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...
