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As part of the UK government ‘Technology Innovation Strategy,’ the government has also launched Spark, a marketplace for technology innovation which sets out a new unified approach to digitisation in the public sector. It is a dynamic purchasing system that will allow the public sector to find...

Market intelligence solutions provider SpendEdge has recently published an article for any firm wanting to better understand the public procurement process when competing for work. It highlights six key steps to follow including: requirement identification, scope of the procurement, determining the...

In a post this week, procurement advisory firm Odesma talked about what they believe to be some of the main challenges in public sector procurement that are preventing them from implementing innovation and efficiencies. One of them is ‘engaging local suppliers.’ “With Brexit a couple of...

TheyBuyForYou.eu is a three-year initiative with researchers, innovators and public administrations from five European countries. With funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, it aims to deliver tools, alongside enabling technologies and data, to make...

The Innovation Procurement Brokers (InnoBrokers) project, funded by the EU, helps public procurers to procure innovative goods and services by linking public buyers with innovative suppliers. Once introduced to SMEs and start-ups that are able to develop innovative solutions responding to their...

Just out today – the UK Department of Health and Social Care has issued a letter to all suppliers about the continuity of supply of medicines and medical products from 31st October in the case of a no-deal EU exit. It also sets out how suppliers of those products to the UK can best prepare,...

ICLEI has a couple of opportunities to help buyers engage with suppliers and other public authorities across Europe to discover and shape new innovative solutions for their procurement needs. It helps link up procurement plans and requirements with funded projects that can bring buyers and...

Forbes has run an article on how SME Adzuna won the contract to replace the UK government’s job search platform. It highlights how this is the exception not the rule according to Public’s recent report on how the government allocates public spending, showing that less than £1 in every £10...

This IBM report is good reference material for category management best practice for government. Category Management was adopted as a purchasing strategy in the 1980s by the private sector, particularly retail and manufacturing. Essentially it was putting similar types of spend into...

“Tell your company’s story and how you will help make things better,” was the simple yet powerful advice provided by Kate Lucey of H.S. Dracones to other women-led startups and tech companies at yesterday’s Breakthrough for Startups and Small Business session.   H.S. Dracones, like other...

After trying for two decades, the federal government has finally met its goal of awarding five percent, or $17.8 billion, of all contracts to women-owned small businesses. This means five percent is no longer the ceiling but the foundation to build up from moving forward. The Small Business...

Understanding the government contracting landscape and current trends and legislation can be very helpful in planning and adjusting your focus to take advantage of emerging services and focus in the industry. The Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT) of 2017 Will Influence IT Procurement...