Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement. GovShop is its free-to-use government market research tool for finding and connecting with suppliers. Here's the latest from PSF:
Participate in the survey: Barriers to Entry in Government Markets
Public Spend Forum is conducting a global study into Barriers to Entry in Government Markets for suppliers.
Learn more about participating in the survey and listen to an honest discussion from suppliers about their experiences in the market here.
Global Leaders Exchange for Public Procurement
Public Spend Forum is excited to re-introduce the Global Leaders Exchange for Public Procurement meetings with a few new tools and frameworks they believe you can deploy right away within your organisations. Learn more about what's on the agenda and learn about the next Global Leaders Exchange virtual meetings – read more here.
What are the procurement lessons from the coronavirus pandemic?
Many of the issues which hampered the NHS’s ability to procure what it needed during the pandemic existed long before COVID-19. This article discusses issues that need to be addressed as a priority and makes a few suggestions about how we can do that, including appointing a “Minister of Government Efficiency.” Read about how we have been compounding age-old procurement problems.
Public Procurement Leaders Exchange
A meeting of different public sector leaders both in the US and Europe takes place regularly and is hosted by Public Spend Forum. At the most recent Jack Pellegrino, Director, Department of Purchasing & Contracting for the County of San Diego, and Danny Mays, Director of the Procurement Bureau for Maryland's Office of State Procurement, joined the discussion to share their experiences and learnings since the beginning of Covid to the transition towards setting up a path through the crisis. Listen here.
7MI Series – Essentials for Public Procurement
Public Spend Forum is running a series of articles on the 7 Economics and Market Intelligence Essentials for Public Procurement. Each one in the series will contain useful information via podcasts, written resources, templates and other materials. The series is a result of 20 years of work and research across the public and private sectors, and will be:
- Focused on the fundamentals of how markets work and basics of economics
- Fact-based and analytical as opposed to “hunches”
- Collaborative and two way with an emphasis on early supplier engagement
Learn more here
And read number 2 in the series: 7MI Essentials – Organize Research Questions & Keywords
And in other news ...
South Africa is to earmark 40% of public procurement projects for women-owned businesses
New Delhi - artillery guns, assault rifles, AFVs —a list of 101 items MoD won’t import in the future
Buying artificial intelligence – a guide from the WEF
Outcry over £150m of worthless facemasks prompts spending inquiry by UK National Audit Office
Workshop on results of Europe-wide benchmarking of national innovation procurement investments
Procurement delay for £80M Manchester transport framework
Procurement begins on £1bn Trans-Pennine Project
UK Selects 20 Language Service Providers for USD 100m Contract
Thousands of UK public sector jobs to be created in recruitment drive
Procurement specialist launches UK-wide £500m solution to help education institutions
Ask Public Spend Forum
Contact support@publicspendforum.net if you’d like to understand more about public procurement, the effect of the pandemic, where to find suppliers for a specific category, or any other burning issue you have.
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