UK Procurement Bill Amendments For National Security
We've been following the the UK Government's proposed new Procurement Bill as it has made its way through the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Yesterday, the Government announced new amendments tabled, with the objective of strengthening national security.
The amendments include the creation of a specialist unit, the National Security Unit For Procurement, to ...
Net Zero Needs Further Action, Says NAO
A new National Audit Office (NAO) report highlights that further action is needed by the UK Government to strengthen governance and delivery mechanisms, if it is to secure value for money for its £4.2bn of innovation spending in pursuit of net zero.
The NAO’s latest study investigates whether the government is set up to deliver value for ...
Critical Audit on Australia’s Frigate Procurement
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has recently released its findings into a review of the Department of Defence (Defence) 2018 procurement of Hunter class frigates. The acquisition of nine frigates was a key part of the Australian Government’s planned expenditure on naval shipbuilding and maritime capability.
The ANAO review builds on previous Auditor-General work on Department ...
Space To Innovate- New UK Gov Opportunity
The UK Government's, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Space Systems Programme has announced it is seeking proposals to aid UK Defence and Security in developing future space science and technologies.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Space to Innovate Campaign was established in 2019 as a space themed DASA competition.The Space to Innovate Campaign was set ...
EU Commission Move To Electronic Procurement
The European Commissions Directorate Generate for Informatics (DIGIT), has launched a new dynamic purchasing system for software licences and associated services (SIDE III DPS).
This new system is part of the Commission's efforts to modernise IT and procurement and streamline procedures, reduce administrative burden and open opportunities for smaller businesses. SIDE III DPS will enable the Commission ...
Biosecure Procurement Trial
The UK Government yesterday announced new measures for domestic tree seed production and biosecurity procurement requirements.
The next round of the Domestic Seed Sourcing Grant is set to be allocated, with £747,000 awarded to boost domestic tree seed production, create green jobs, help meet the increased demand for trees and achieve our ambitious net zero targets.
Back in ...
New Industry Body White Paper Review of Covid Procurement
Since early on in the pandemic, there has been significant focus on the procurement of Covid related PPE, due to unprecedented nature of the procurement needs, and the processes and results that followed. To assist with transparency, here at Spend Network, we created a table that shows all the publicly available PPE contracts, which we still ...
EU Council Joint Procurement Under European Peace Facility
The European Union Council has adopted an assistance measure worth €1 billion under the European Peace Facility (EPF) that will further contribute to strengthening the capabilities of Ukraine to defend its independence against Russian military aggression.
The EPF was created in 2021 to support partners around the world in the areas of military and defence, with the ...
Measuring Sustainable Public Procurement
One of the projects we are most proud of is working with The Open Contracting Partnership to create a Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) toolkit. The toolkit provides practical insights for the day-to-day needs of procurement professionals on adopting and measuring sustainable procurement.In this article we look at measuring sustainable public procurement.
What is 'sustainable public procurement' uptake?
Sustainable ...
From Hero to Zero – UK Digital Marketplace Shuttered
Within living memory, the UK’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) had planned to reshape a large swathe of public procurement in the image of the Digital Marketplace, the website that effectively ran the G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes frameworks. The future, we were assured, was a dynamic marketplace where purchasing was easy and competition was high. Recently, CCS ...
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New Tech Disrupts Traditional Government Procurement
A Silicon Valley startup, GLASS, has created a revolutionary new tech, Glass Commerce, an e-commerce marketplace enabling compliant transactions between government buyers and verified vendors, including small businesses, without bids or paperwork.
Glass Commerce is designed to power local Business to Government (B2G) relationships resulting in the purchase of goods, services, software and rentals under $25,000 (USD).
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Green Public Procurement: New Report
At Spend Network, we are always on the look out for governments, think tanks, research bodies, and other organisations who are working with public procurement to increase transparency, and improve outcomes of for communities through public spend.
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have presented their latest research on Green Public Procurement (GPP) in the EU. Researchers reviewed ...
EU Agrees on Anti-Coercion Instrument
The European Commission and European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade have agreed on an anti-coercion instrument (ACI) which will enable public procurement measures, import tariffs and trade restrictions to be placed against third countries who apply economic pressure or bidding coercion on member states.
The legislation was first proposed in December 2021 by the European Commission after ...
£256 Million Contract for Cyprus Awarded by UK Government
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £256 million contract, for work, repairs, servicing, and facilities management for the UK defence site in Cyprus
Mitie Defence Limited has won the contract,covering RAF Akrotiri, Episkopi, Dhekelia, Ayios Nikolias, Troodos, Bloodhound Camp and Radio Sonde. The contract will come into force in the autumn 2023 and will include ...