SME Action Plan to Boost Government Procurement
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced an SME Action Plan to create a more level playing field for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in government procurement. As a sales or bid manager targeting public sector contracts, it’s essential to understand how this plan can open up opportunities for your business.
Key Objectives and Measures in the ...
Harnessing Public Procurement Data to Power Policy Decisions
Public procurement constitutes the purchasing activities of governmental entities. Combined, the $13 trillion worth of annual government contracting these represent an enormous yet often overlooked trove of operational intelligence. If you are unfamiliar with the government's global transparency in procurement approach, our background article, "Transparency in Global Public Procurement", provides an orientation.
Procurement data provides policymakers invaluable ...
Transparency in Global Public Procurement
Transparency is a cornerstone of accountable and responsible governance, particularly in public procurement. Ensuring procurement transparency is a matter of ethical governance and a catalyst for efficiency, fair competition, and economic growth.
But the role of transparency in public procurement extends beyond ethical governance; it contributes to the creation of equitable and competitive markets. Here are five ...
Transparency in Public Procurement & How To Get it.
Ensuring transparency in government procurement is not only a matter of ethical governance but also a catalyst for efficiency, fair competition, and economic growth.
But how? What exactly does transparency do to ensure these things? Here's a quick overview of how it works, and what governments can do to make it a part of their processes.
By Preventing ...
Demystifying Government Procurement Data: The Path to Transparency
Government procurement, represents a significant portion of public spending, in fact, globally, the total government procurement spend sits at $13 trillion (USD). Transparency, efficiency, and equitable allocation of resources are key focus areas for government spending, and the shift to governments embracing procurement data to improve transparency and make better informed decisions, continues.
In this article, we ...
Using Data Analytics To Enhance Transparency in Government Procurement
Transparency and accountability are the cornerstones of effective governance. In the realm of public procurement, these are critical to ensure fair competition, prevent corruption, and optimise resource allocation. In recent years, the integration of data analytics has emerged as a key way for governments to analyse their procurement processes.
The Promise of Data Analytics
Data analytics, the process ...
Transforming Public Procurement-Part 2 Consultation Open
In June 2023, the UK Government opened the first part of its public consultation on the legislation required to implement the new public procurement regime established by the new draft Procurement Bill.
Split into two parts, the second part of the consultation has opened this week, a technical consultation on the draft secondary legislation relating predominantly to ...
Policy Proposal: Analysts In Place
Data is critical to the functioning of government. Policies and services live or die on the quality of data. Successes and failures can often be shaped by the decisions teams make at the outset of a project, especially regarding data.
Data integrity, good data design and proper policies to govern data are too vital to ignore. That’s ...
Global Analysis: Less Is Less
Analysing 7.5 million tender documents published by governments around the world has revealed a worrying trend of publishers providing less data for potential bidders. On average, the number of tender notices that have descriptions with fewer than 250 characters has increased from 31% in 2019 to 45% in 2022.
This trend of using shorter descriptions in tender ...
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, ...
National Capital Authority Under Procurement Scrutiny
The National Capital Authority (NCA) was established in 1989 under the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 (PALM Act) following the introduction of self-government to the Australian Capital Territory.
The authority’s mission is ‘to shape Canberra as a capital that all Australians can be proud of by ensuring it is well planned, managed and promoted, consistent ...
UK Left Waiting On Transparency
The UK’s latest procurement bill promises much, but many of the technical details remain to be defined. The drafting of the procurement bill matches many of the trailed promises featured in the consultation, but some of those promises, notably those around transparency remain undefined.
That’s not to say that they won’t be there, rather that they’re not ...
The Key To A $13trn Market Is Just A Login Away
Developers are a precious resource. You want them deployed on the most critical projects and for their time to be best used.
But what if you had the data on a server ready to go? If your only barrier to millions of tenders, contracts and spend records is a login and password ? What if this data ...