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The Importance of Efficient Public Sector Procurement Efficient procurement in the public sector is an important factor when it comes to driving cost savings and streamlining processes.  Public sector organisations and those that work with them rely on efficient procurement to obtain goods, services and…

Implications and Opportunities The Procurement Act 2023 brings about a huge transformation for the public procurement regulatory landscape.  While the act will have obvious implications regarding compliance, it also offers a large spectrum of business opportunities for those engaged in public sector procurement.   This is…

Driving an Environment of Public Procurement Efficiency In the everchanging landscape of Public Procurement there is currently a drive to create a more efficient procurement environment that is focused on fairness, transparency, and compliance.  This is largely due to the new Public Procurement Act. These…

Updating Stockholm’s Metro to meet the needs of a changing city Stockholm is a city undergoing big changes. As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, it has seen its population swell to over two million in the last ten years. Every year, there…

This 2-part article aims to provide utilities and their suppliers with a roadmap to navigate the complexities of the Procurement Act 2023.

Some of the earliest records of international trade stem from purchasing partnerships between Ancient Greece and China more than 3,000 years ago, which provide us with the earliest examples of procurement and supply chain strategies. Read on to learn how procurement has evolved over the…

Date: 05 May 2020  |  Time to read: 5 mins The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the astonishing upheaval created in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum have created uncertainty and challenges for procurement, the purchasing process and how to manage goods and…

Procurement is not just about purchasing goods and services. At its heart, the role of a procurement professional is about making sure operations continue as smoothly as possible all year round. This means establishing requirements, researching the market and evaluating vendors, as well as negotiating…

As part of the Achilles response to the global disruption COVID-19 has caused, we conducted a COVID-19 business continuity survey where we asked customers how their businesses are confronting the disruption in different business units including: health and safety, environment and sustainability, cyber risk, and…

Legislation is rapidly being introduced by countries and trading blocs to improve human rights and help address the environmental issues facing the planet. Organisations across the world are slowly being scooped up by a metaphorical regulatory net which requires them to assess the potential for…

The construction sector is witnessing a notable shift in procurement practices for all contracting authorities. This is particularly noticeable as this article on PPN 03/24 follows closely on the coattails of our previous article surrounding PPN 03/23.  

Oh no! This event has already happened. Don’t miss out again by checking out all our upcoming events In 2019 the Government announced its intention for a radical overhaul of public procurement law after Brexit and a Green Paper has recently been published on this topic. In…