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Category Archives: Public sector
Senior official slams ‘pervasive’ poor procurement in government IT
The civil servant in charge of the government’s cloud computing strategy has strongly criticised the lack of progress and bad buying practices of IT in Whitehall.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Technology
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Consolidate EU procurement directives for simpler, more flexible rules
Combining the four directives governing public procurement would provide greater flexibility and make the rules easier to understand for both buyers and suppliers, an academic has suggested.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Law, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Value for money from PPP projects is ‘yet to be proven’
The benefits gained from PFI projects are “too nebulous to provide any certainty that they outweigh all the known problems about PFI”.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Small suppliers pose no big risk to government
“I challenge anyone to find a correlation between failure to perform and size,” said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Senior purchaser convicted of £2 million fraud
Ross Knowles, the former head of energy procurement for the Laser Energy Buying Group at Kent County Council, has been found guilty of fraud by Maidstone Crown Court.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, Law, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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UAE urged to open access to public procurement market
Eduardo Munoz, chairman of the WTO Trade Policy Review Body, said: “A key challenge for the UAE is to expand foreign participation in investment projects.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Procurement fraud costs public sector £2.3 billion
Fraudsters are swindling the taxpayer through double invoicing, kickbacks and rigged bids.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Johannesburg to go local on bus procurement
City council plans to buy 134 buses as part of a five-year infrastructure development programme using a purchasing process that encourages local companies to bid.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Southern Africa, Sustainability
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WWF finds many UK local authorities without timber procurement policy
Illegal and unsustainable logging impacts on species including the orangutan and gorilla, but many authorities lack a policy to protect against this.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Ed's choice sustainability, International, News, Public sector, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Government’s Oracle deal saves £75 million
“The simplification of the relationship will ultimately drive economic benefits throughout the government estate,” government CPO, John Collington.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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