Tenders Direct on Pitfalls to Avoid
Sep 5, 2018
Tenders Direct has published some tips on how to avoid the common pitfalls that even established suppliers make. “Make sure you’re paying attention to developments in public procurement on a local and national level – tendering is not the same game as it was in previous decades,” it says. ...
Benefits of Looking at Supply Chain Management As Part of an SRM Approach
Sep 4, 2018
Although not traditionally regarded as such, supply chain management (SCM) is a key component of an SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) approach. But what exactly is SCM? There are many definitions around and the one that I favour (Christopher 2011*), while a few years old, is perhaps one of...
Public Contracts and Risky Behaviours – Paper
Aug 30, 2018
We missed this over the holiday period: The British Library website, under social welfare, houses a paper by Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service on the potential and unintentional effects of public sector contracting and procurement. It takes a number of recent high-profile examples from the...
Public Contracts Timescales Update
Aug 30, 2018
Tenders Direct has published the revised minimum timescales that apply in each type of procurement procedure. These timescales specify the number of calendar days required between a notice being sent to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for publication and the deadline for...
Top Five Favorite Government Contractors from NCMA World Congress 2018
Aug 14, 2018
A Look at my Five Favorite Procurement Technology Contractors From the NCMA World Congress 2018 Exhibition Floor
Public Spend Forum recently completed an awesome week in Cleveland at the National Contract Management Association’s World Congress 2018. We were there to debut GovShop, a one stop...
Be Discovered by Government Contracting Professionals with GovShop, the One Stop for Market Research!
Jul 9, 2018
Before GovShop, it was undeniably difficult to find the necessary government opportunities for your business. We listened to over 15,000 government contracting professionals and suppliers and came to a single conclusion: public sector market research should not be so complicated. You, as the...
GovShop: Simple Market Research for Government Contractors and Procurement Professionals
Jun 26, 2018
At Public Spend Forum, we know the government marketplace is difficult for everyone to navigate. Government buyers have to jump through many hurdles and hoops to conduct market research and find the best contractors. At the same time, contractors and suppliers find working with government difficult...
Dubai’s Dafza New Platform for B2B Commerce
Jun 14, 2018
A proposal has been accepted for Dubai Airport Freezone Authority to form a joint team from free zones to work with government entities in an integrated and interactive way on B2B commerce. The platform, Dubai Blink, uses artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and virtual business licenses...
UK Government Talks About How It Is Now Managing Its Strategic Supplier Relationships
May 22, 2018
In a recent PSF webinar, Creating Public Sector Value Through Supplier Relationship Management, the UK Cabinet Office and supplier relationship management experts State of Flux have been highlighting some of the issues occurring in the UK public sector and looking at how the UK government is...
The World’s Most Resilient Supply Chains Ranked
May 17, 2018
FM Global’s Supply Chain Resilience Index 2018 is out. This is an annual ranking of 130 countries and territories by the resilience of their business environments. It is an online, interactive resource to give global business leaders, private and public, the intelligence with which to plan where...
IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland Begin Annual Sourcing Mission
May 17, 2018
This week three Government ministers begin a two-day trade and investment mission to Dublin, Limerick and Sligo. They are the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, the Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, and the Minister of...
Germany Mandates PEPPOL for Invoicing to the Public Sector
May 17, 2018
Last month the German National IT Planning Council decided to mandate use of the PEPPOL eDelivery Network as the web service for e-invoices to public authorities in Germany. The timeline for implementation by federal, regional and local authorities will be decided in October. As part of these...
