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, ...
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 ...
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 ...