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What centralised public procurement would look like

April 2, 2013

It is eight years ago since I posed the question “If Tesco managed its procurement like the UK public sector, would it still be in business?”

A result of that was Towards Tesco, the report I produced for the Institute of Directors, which argued for: (more…)

Overhauling public sector procurement

November 28, 2011

Renata Towlson is senior buyer (best practice) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustSupply Management recently published three interesting features which caught my attention:  Going Public, Public procurements get 120-day deadline and Government boosts SME consultancies with framework agreement.

Public procurement is getting a lot of press coverage of late; even Lord Sugar had his say in Parliament on the subject.  All a good and long-awaited development, so why am I concerned? (more…)