More top suppliers reach agreement with UK Government
It’s getting hard to keep up with them; another bunch of providers have agreed MOUs with Government as part of the “negotiating immediate cost savings with major suppliers” initiative. BT holds onto...
View ArticleOGC and Cabinet Office – the plot thickens (again…)
The Cabinet Office has published organagrams for UK Government Departments including salaries, number of positions at different levels and so on. All very interesting, if somewhat opaque in places. The...
View ArticleProcurement News – all UK Public Sector stuff today
Less Re:source for the NHS The East Midlands NHS Procurement Hub is to be abolished, Procurement Leaders reports (an ‘exclusive’ for them – haven’t seen this elsewhere). They report: “Following a...
View ArticleSpending Review today – and CPO Agenda article on public procurement
A lot of what we have heard about the Spending Review has been around things that aren’t being cut – schools, defence not as much as expected, Crossrail, Social care etc. So far, the numbers don’t...
View ArticleSpending Review – live blog
Live comments – with a procurement angle – from the Spending Review. My commentary in italics Savings from central Government ‘Whitehall Admin’ to be greater than thought. Admin in all Departments...
View ArticleWhite Paper on the challenge for public procurement; and Amex seminar
I have written a White Paper, sponsored by American Express, looking at the challenges for public procurement given the current economic situation (and of course the Spending Review). It looks at what...
View ArticleWhat the Spending Review may mean for suppliers to Government
In truth, there weren’t many big surprises in the Review, although you might consider squeezing another £7 billion out of a range of seemingly obscure welfare measures either impressive or harsh. But...
View ArticleAircraft Carrier contracts and submarine ahoy…
The Times from behind their paywall reports that the reason the second UK aircraft carrier is going ahead is that the contract was ‘unbreakable’ – it guaranteed the shipyards 15 years work. Therefore...
View ArticleCameron mentions public procurement (but only just); and how to help SMEs
UK Prime Minister David Cameron made his pro-growth speech this morning. Alongside a lot of good stuff around large-scale investment projects, I thought there might be some mention of how public...
View ArticleComments round-up: pearls of wisdom from our readers
We get some great comments on our posts but I think they get somewhat lost, sitting at the end of posts that have fallen down the page. So here are some recent examples. Steve Mullins – a legend of...
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