Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. Further, the Cabinet Office and National Audit Office also reported that this spend increased to 27% in 2014/2015, surpassing the government target of 25%.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 138

VWV

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A long road to implementation The journey to the Acts implementation started over 5 years ago with the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement in December 2020. The Procurement Bill was introduced in the House of Lords in May 2022, receiving Royal Assent on 26 October 2023.

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Procurement Framework Agreement Electronics Public Procurement 52

VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Transitional provisions With this delay, any procurements of new contracts, including frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems (DPS), that begin before February 24, 2025, will continue to be governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For DPS, there is a long stop date of 24 February 2029.

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VWV

MAY 19, 2021

Critical and urgent procurements, together with other procurements which may not have started as urgent, have become priorities, due to the volume of additional work created by the pandemic. This is likely to be harder for non-NHS contracting authorities to demonstrate unless the nature of the contract is for public health.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Public Procurement Glossary Public procurement can feel like a maze of unfamiliar terms and endless abbreviations. Thats exactly why this Public procurement glossary existsto make things simple. What Is Public Procurement? Youre not alone! It is like shopping but on a bigger scale.

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