Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was originally published on the ODI Global blog. Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less. How can the Bank leverage this opportunity?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects of a business, including its ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. The key for procurement teams is to stay ahead of inflationary trends so they can anticipate needs and adjust accordingly before problems arise.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In April we published the Annual report on procurement activity in Scotland for 21-22, which highlights how we performed against our Procurement Strategy, how we delivered procurement policy and capability throughout the Scottish public sector. They show that the 16 billion of public procurement spend, we generated 13.8

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We’ll be back in the New Year with lots more interesting and informative content, make sure to subscribe to our blog and keep up to date! Julie: So our councils are facing massive financial gaps in their budgets and I’m really proud that over the last year local council procurement teams are stepping up to help them with that.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

For procurement professionals, this development presents new challenges in cost management, supplier relationships, and regulatory compliance. In this blog post, well explore in detail the impact of US tariffs on UK supply chains and outline actionable steps procurement teams can take to adapt.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

Weve made some minor system updates to Public Contracts Scotland, so to make sure you’re able to familiarise yourself with what’s in there, links to all of the documentation and guidance I mention today will be included in the accompanying blog for this video. You’ll find these on our Scottish procurement blog.

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