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Public procurement isn’t working

Construction Law

While that view might be overstating the case a bit, public procurement certainly isn’t working as it should, as Reform’s report An efficiency mindset: prioritising efficiency in Whitehall’s everyday work, convincingly argues. A report from think tank Reform says the public have a feeling that the State simply isn’t working.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

But that’s not all, the DoD doesn’t leverage current system thinking and robust, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery workflows to maximize utilization of resource. However, contracting officers may exceed the 10 percent if justified and approved in accordance with FAR 6.302. d) Distribution.

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Five land £485m Magnox clean-up deal

Construction Enquirer

The winning firms are: Costain Keltbray The Celadon Alliance of Altrad Support Services, KDC Veolia Decommissioning Services annd NSG Environmental Ltd Kaefer UK & Ireland Nuvia Paul Winkle, Magnox chief operating officer said: “This new Decommissioning and Asbestos Removal (DAR) framework contract builds on the success of the previous one.

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Biodiversity uncertainty for project highlighted in NAO report

Construction Law

Lack of resources available to local authorities may hinder implementation of the UK’s Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) plans, says a report from government’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Operations: Field and Office Silos

Carol Hagen

This is particularly noticeable between preconstruction to operations and finance, and from field to office. So the way to break down the business silos would seem straightforward – combine the technologies and link the processes that are used in the office and field silos.” Enterprise Resource Planning.

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Job Order Contract Training and Certification

Job Order Contracting

I got everything out of the session that I was looking for, and more! – Procurement, State Government Agency . Chief Operations Officer, Mevacon LLC. Presenters were very knowledgeable and showed patience by answering questions during the class and during the breaks. – Facilities Management, State Government Agency .