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Why Outsource? Here Are Some LESS Good Reasons (Part 2)
Feb 21, 2018
The collapse of one of the largest suppliers to the UK public sector, services and construction firm Carillion, is leading to some soul-searching about the whole nature of the relationship between private sector service providers and their government clients.
At the extreme, we have some...
SmallGovCon Week In Review: February 12-16, 2018
Feb 16, 2018
Love was in the air this week with Valentine’s Day falling on Wednesday. If all the chocolate and flowers distracted you from the latest and greatest in government contracting news, you’re in luck. It’s time for our weekly roundup, the SmallGovCon Week in Review.
In today’s edition, a...
Starting the Procurement Journey to BI Solutions – Recorded Webinar
Feb 14, 2018
Public sector organizations may experience great benefit from business intelligence (BI) solutions, but not without diligence in the planning process to understand why they need it and which business challenges are to be solved.This was one of several themes discussed during Public Spend Forum’s...
Is the FAR getting in the way of Early Supplier Involvement in defense projects?
Feb 8, 2018
Product development within the U.S. defense industry tends to follow a waterfall-phased lifecycle development approach beginning at the concept level and concluding at the subsystem/component level. The concept level design phase is typically summarized in a system concept document. This phase is...
Dutch Ministry Publishes Guidance on Innovation Procurement Process
Feb 8, 2018
The Dutch ministry of justice and safety has published a guidance document on innovation-oriented procurement, which it believes will be of use to other governments and public bodies. It is essentially a toolbox and step-by-step guide covering the process from when the demand for goods or services...
Buy Smart to Avoid the Business Intelligence Failure Trap
Feb 5, 2018
If you’re planning to buy a business intelligence solution, how will you make sure your project isn’t one out of every two that will fail? There are common reasons for this high failure rate, and some relatively easy steps that you as a buyer can take to avoid this outcome for you or your...
Public Procurement and How To Get The Best Out Of The Private Sector
Feb 2, 2018
James Johns, Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King’s College London, advisor to the World Economic Forum’s National Digital Policy Network, and with experience in advising strategy for public sector business within the private sector, has written an article sharing his...
Public-Sector Tech: Ongoing Issues and Opportunities
Jan 31, 2018
As agencies attempt to connect government to technology, there are enduring themes and disruptive topics that keep showing up. GovTech provides a rundown of technology trends that both elected leaders and government officials keep talking about. The article provides an overview of the issues and...
Insights on Buying Strategies for the Public Sector
Jan 31, 2018
Public procurement veteran Steve Gordon talks best practices, future of cooperative purchasing, and much more. In interviews he’s conducted with officials at large public procurement agencies, Gordon has found that procurement teams tend to focus their research on price and cost-savings and not...
NAO on Commercial & Contract Management (Final Insight)
Jan 24, 2018
Around a year ago, the UK’s National Audit Office issued a very useful document titled “Commercial and contract management: insights and emerging best practice”. We did provide an initial overview of it here, and now we are into a more detailed review of its content and findings. For each of...
Small Business GAO Bid Protests Are Less Successful
Jan 23, 2018
GAO bid protests filed by small businesses are (statistically speaking) less likely to succeed than protests filed by large contractors, according to the RAND Corporation’s recent bid protest study.
The disparity isn’t the result of discrimination against small businesses, but rather a product...
Council Of Europe’s Anti-Corruption Monitoring Body Report
Jan 18, 2018
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body Groups of States Against Corruption (GRECO) assesses evaluations of countries’ levels of compliance with corruption prevention. These reports contain recommendations to the evaluated countries in order to improve their compliance. It has...
