Procurement Related Content
Open Access Government January 2024
We wish you a wonderful New Year with our exciting January 2024 digital edition, full of insights from political representatives, thought leaders, industry associations and specialists.
Creating an opportunity for a more transparent and consistent approach to NHS procurement
Andy Smallwood, from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, discusses NHS procurement challenges and solutions that could help.
Driving innovation and efficiency in UK public sector procurement
With digital transformation emerging as a catalyst for driving public sector procurement practices, we examine how technology and software continues to change the world around us.
Driving innovation and efficiency in UK public sector procurement
With digital transformation emerging as a catalyst for driving public sector procurement practices, we examine how technology and software continues to change the world around us.
£35m offered to improve connectivity between NHS enterprise data platforms
NHS England has published a procurement notice for a commercial partner who can deliver new and improved enterprise data platforms protected by advanced privacy and data security.
Recruitment lacks impact without staff management strategy
An increased focus on staff management and relations by HR decision-makers is essential to recruitment, argues Crown Workforce Management’s Managing Director, Mike Hawkesford.
Climate-clever supply chains: How to make sustainable procurement decisions
Why is sustainable procurement so important? And how can organisations use technology to accelerate their efforts?
Are your processes right and do your people follow them?
With a former public sector background, Patrick Parker (Director at CGR Ltd) reflects on the benefits of bringing your process flow out of diagrams & policies into living collaborative systems.
Remanufactured IT: helping the NHS join the circular economy
Steve Haskew, the Group Director of Sustainability at Circular Computing – an organisation that sits at the centre of the circular economy – discusses the possibilities of remanufactured IT in the NHS.
Attracting talent to public sector technology roles
Andrew Medhurst, Head of Consulting at Inspire People discusses the challenging of perceptions and hiring of outstanding Digital, Data and Technology talent for the public sector.
Enabling intelligent councils
Intelligent councils can be the future of local government, incorporating data strategy to fast forward digital transformation in a citizen-centric joined-up service.
G-Cloud 13 and the decade of transformation in public sector technology procurement
With G-Cloud 13 launching later this year, Will Huggins, CEO of Zoocha, takes a look back at the ten years since the first G-Cloud service.
Support for public sector bodies struggling to embed the PPN06/20 Social Value Model
Neil Macdonald, CEO at Thrive, explains how using the Impact Evaluation Standard to report on social value in government contracts can actually lead to far better outcomes for communities and for suppliers.
Boosting commercial capability with the Contract Management Pioneer Programme
The Contract Management Pioneer Programme is boosting commercial capability across the public sector, Crown Commercial Service writes.
What is the New European Bauhaus and how is it inspired by the 1919...
Rudolf Kolbe, co-rapporteur for the EESC opinion on the New European Bauhaus; member, European Economic & Social Committee (EESC); vice-president of the Diversity Europe Group (Group III), shares his thoughts on the New European Bauhaus.
Looking to the future: Can we make supplier diversity a priority post-pandemic?
Mayank Shah, MSDUK, explores how supplier diversity could become a priority in the distant realm of the post-pandemic.
Five things keeping procurement directors up at night
Dave Emsley, head of public sector tail spend services at OT Group, takes a look at how business leaders can develop strategic plans in five key areas to improve procurement processes
Innovation in procurement & procuring innovation
Craig Elder, Partner and Danny O’Brien, Associate from Browne Jacobson LLP, highlight both innovation in procurement and procuring innovation
Solving social value in the public sector
Gavin Rimmington, the Head of Public Sector at YPO, explains how to solve social value in the public sector
Managing Tail Spend effectively in the public sector
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) describes here what we need to know about managing Tail Spend effectively in the public sector.