New EU Procurement Instrument Now Law.
About a year ago, we wrote an article on the new procurement instrument approved by the European Union. In recent weeks this long awaited change has become law.
This International Procurement Instrument (IPI) outlines new regulations limiting non-EU companies’ access to the open EU public procurement market if their governments do not offer similar access to public tenders to ...
Blacklisting Gets Tested.
Back in June we wrote about blacklisting of suppliers and the Government’s intention to prevent poorly performing suppliers from bidding for government contracts. We mentioned the subject of Bain and Company and made it clear that Ministers would need to be ready to defend their decisions when debarring companies.
“It won’t be hard for lawyers to draft ...
UK Risks Its Place On Anti-Corruption Body
The UK has been placed ‘under review’ by the 77-country-strong Open Government Partnership (OGP) due to its failure to meet mandatory criteria for the two previous National Action Plans. These plans set out how the government will progress transparency and accountability initiatives.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) includes 77 countries and 106 local governments – representing more ...
Thurrock Exposes Transparency Blind Spot
An investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) into investments by Thurrock Borough Council has led to the resignation of the Council Leader and the Government has now stepped in and Essex County Council will run their finance team.
TBIJ’s investigation has taken three years and focuses on large investments from multiple councils in firms run ...
New Zealand Government Reviewing Procurement System.
It’s always encouraging when we see governments around the world looking to improve their procurement transparency and efficiency. The New Zealand Government has recently released a Cabinet report, outlining plans to reform the government procurement system. The New Zealand Government currently spends approximately NZ$51.5bn (US$35.8bn) annually on goods and services.
Their procurement overhaul is based on three key pillars, ...
Collecting Data For Sustainable Procurement In Construction
Over the last few weeks we have been looking at setting a sustainable procurement framework in the construction industry, and what kind of data is needed to assist with this process. In this article we will look at how to best collect data. Specifically, we introduce some of the methods that can be used to collect ...
Selecting Data For Sustainable Procurement In Construction
It is estimated that around 40-50% of natural resources are transformed into construction material, and that as much as 30% of all building materials delivered to a construction site end up in waste. To minimise this, it is important to ensure that the procurement process allows for careful and detailed planning of resource use during the ...
Setting A Sustainable Procurement Framework For Construction
When procuring construction projects, it can be useful to underpin sustainability criteria on existing policy and regulation. When assessing the enabling framework, it can be useful to identify, or consider establishing, the following compliance sources:
National Planning Policies
Many countries have national, and local, planning policies which include Master Plans, long-term planning documents that guide the future development ...
Big Net Zero Contract Win For Small Cornish Business
A small Cornish company has purportedly won a £70bn contract to help deliver the country's transition to Net Zero. The Penzance based company called The Place Group has won a framework contract to "control, manage and deliver" the public sector transition to Everything Net Zero, run by The East of England Broadband Network (E2BN), the contracting ...
Supporting Sustainable Procurement In ICT
One of the key challenges of sustainably procuring ICT lies in the lack of transparency in supply chains. To overcome this challenge, an open dialogue has to be established with suppliers, forging a relationship to encourage and promote sharing and monitoring of supply-chain activities.
In relation to the environmental challenges of the ICT sector, procurement approaches ...
Why Is Sustainable Procurement Important For The ICT Sector?
The extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, use, and disposal of ICT products is associated with a number of environmental, social, and economic externalities.
The extraction and disposal of minerals used in the ICT sector are associated with material toxicity and resource depletion. It is estimated that, although e-waste generated in the ICT sector accounts for only ...
Shifts Towards Sustainable Sourcing
A while ago, we shared an article on findings by the Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum that showed procurement is responsible for 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions, globally. Their study reported that governments spend $11trillion(USD) annually-or 15% of global GDP, on procurement every year. Our own prior study, tracked the value of global procurement at ...
Supporting Sustainable Procurement In The Construction Industry
Construction projects are usually long and complex, involving the participation of different stakeholders throughout the different project stages. There are certain factors that are key to determine the sustainability of a project, and the monitoring of these factors necessarily entails the collection of relevant data variables throughout the procurement process.
Here, we introduce certain procurement approaches and ...
Why Is Open SPP Important In The Construction Sector?
The construction industry is estimated to account for 6% of global GDP, with Africa's construction market valued at around USD 5.4 billion in 2020 and LAC’s at USD 829.3 billion in 2018. This translates into more than 100 million jobs worldwide. However, this sector also accounted for the largest share of both global final energy use ...
US Advances Equity And Economic Opportunity Through Procurement.
With the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Biden-Harris Administration set an objective to ensure federal investments built wealth and opportunity for underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners.
One year from implementation, new data shows how the Biden-Harris Administration is tracking on meeting those objectives. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard ...