Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement and the public sector market. It […]
Public Spend Forum Europe is dedicated to European public sector procurement, and aims to be a global community and knowledge network for public procurement and the public […]
We are covering the public procurement issues connected with Brexit more fully on our Public Spend Forum Europe site, so if you are into all […]
It's the morning after the night before for many British people. That feeling of waking up and thinking - did I really tell that joke […]
So today is the most significant day for the UK for many years. When we wake up tomorrow, we will know if the country has […]
Attention all metals buyers! Last week, EU MEPs, ministers and the EU Commission reached agreement on mandatory measures to address issues around "conflict metals". As […]
A summary of our stories from around Europe on Public Spend Matters this week. There’s a new article every day so the volume of diverse […]
How do we feel overall about the new EU Directives on public procurement? We’ve recently given some fairly detailed comments on them and got some well informed views back from readers too. The line from government is that these are changes that will allow procurement staff to exercise more initiative and commercial skills. However, that relies on two factors -- read them here.
Back to the new EU Directives today. And there are a range of changes designed to help smaller firms and mutuals. (And many thanks to […]
It has been revealed that City Hall employees in Nairobi, Kenya have been colluding with suppliers to inflate the prices of various items, and then […]
Procurement Strategy for Pipers As you know, we are one of the UK’s largest buyers of Pipers Piping. We have sourced our Pipers for many […]
There was an outburst recently from the UK body that represents councils – the Local Government Association (LGA) - about the way EU procurement rules […]
