Unlock Success: Wales’ Game-Changing Procurement Act 2023 Reveals Cutting-Edge Learning & Development Program!
A comprehensive Learning & Development initiative slated to roll out ahead of the new Procurement Act's debut in October 2024.
Why Good Data Matters.
Not all data is the same. It might have come from the same source, but how it gets treated is vital. If a data company doesn't have good data hygiene practices things can get messy very quickly, making it hard to understand the data or undermining your valuable analysis.
These are our rules for ensuring data integrity:
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Why Good Data Matters More Than Ever
Governments spend a lot.
How we spend this money is important for a whole slew of reasons.
We often overlook how effectively procurement functions on a day to day basis. In most countries, our streets are lit, our roads are repaired, our hospitals have drugs and public websites are accessible for all to use. This may feel like ...
Governments Worldwide Reassessing Procurement, Post-Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to governments around the world, especially in the procurement of essential supplies and equipment. As the crisis gradually recedes, governments are taking stock of their procurement strategies and reevaluating their approaches to ensure better preparedness for the future.
Over the last few years we’ve reported on how Covid effected European procurement, ...
Using Government Procurement Data To Propel Growth
In a world of data-driven decision-making, businesses are constantly seeking information to drive growth and competitive advantage. One highly beneficial resource is government procurement data. Accessing and analysing this data can provide companies with invaluable insights, enabling them to identify new opportunities to sell to government, while expanding their customer base, optimising their operations, and ultimately ...
Transforming Public Procurement-Consultation Open
in December 2020, we shared the UK Government's Green Paper consultation on ‘Transforming Public Procurement’ which outlines proposed measures to be included in the Procurement Bill. The Government’s response to the consultation was published in December 2021 including an analysis of 600 responses from government, industry, trade bodies and others. The Procurement Bill was then introduced ...
North Macedonia Joins WTO Government Procurement Act
The Government Procurement Agreement 2012 (GPA), under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), aims to establish fair, open, and transparent competition in government procurement markets worldwide, which collectively exceeds $13 trillion.
The GPA consists of 21 parties representing 48 WTO members, with an additional 35 WTO members participating in the Committee on Government Procurement as observers. Through this ...
Permissions Capability Procurement Shortcomings
It's been a busy week for government procurement audits globally, including the most recent report from the Australian National Audit Office(ANAO), looking at the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs or the department) procurement process for a ‘Global Digital Platform’ (GDP), an IT workflow system to modernise the processing of Australian visa applications.
The procurement process originally ...
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 ...
Get Your Data Sorted.
We collect tens of thousands of documents every day.
We visit more than 700 sources to collect this data.
That's what our customers pay us for: the right data, in the right place at the right time, which means their customers can navigate the complex world of public procurement.
Getting the right data in the right place takes more ...
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 ...