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Category Archives: Public sector
Embed sustainability principles, government told
‘One way to do this would be to embed consideration of sustainable procurement into government guidance on buying standards,’ says report from Commission for a Sustainable London 2012.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Culture change needed in local government procurement
“I think we had a period of growth in the public sector where some of the incentives were perverse,” Hampshire County Council CEO.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Has UK public sector gone ”framework crazy”?
“Everybody seems to want to create frameworks for everything under the sun,” Eddie Regan, senior procurement consultant, BIP Solutions.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, SRM
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Collaborative hub to save west London councils £15.7 million by 2015
Local authorities in the capital aim to make efficiencies through the joint purchasing of services such as parking enforcement, grounds maintenance and waste collection.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Contract renegotiation to save taxpayer £200 million
The UK government has reduced the amount it will pay a major IT provider over the next five years.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, SRM
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Contract renegotiation to save taxpayer £200 million
The UK government has reduced the amount it will pay a major IT provider over the next five years.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Purchasing, SRM
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Government to spend £6 billion with SMEs by March
Money spent directly with small businesses will more than double by the end of the financial year, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has announced.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Government to spend £6 billion with SMEs by March
Money spent directly with small businesses will more than double by the end of the financial year, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has announced.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Economist tells Scottish MPs of procurement failings
Margaret Cuthbert criticised the purchasing process for the Forth Replacement Crossing arguing that smaller Scottish businesses were shut out.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, SRM
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Scheme to save £159 million cost UK government £255 million
“Departments lost sight of their overall objective to save money,” Margaret Hodge MP.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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