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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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Whitehall governance problem at heart of procurement inadequacies?

Construction Law

As has been the case for the past 15 years or so however, there seems to be little of a central government plan to deal with the issues or sign of willingness to fund the work that common sense would suggest needs to be done as a priority. Public procurement in the UK is a mess.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

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Report highlights need for procurement overview

Construction Law

When the company’s financial failure looked like being a strong possibility from summer 2017 the Cabinet Office started to coordinate contingency planning across central government, which involved a lot of spending departments. As it turned out there were 65 contingency plans that had been drawn up by no fewer than 26 public bodies.

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Multi-challenges forcing pace on procurement reform

Construction Law

The unpredictable outcome of the UK negotiations to secure trade deals after the current EU deals expire at the end of the year would have been enough on its own to cause consternation in boardrooms across all industries, resulting in investment plans being at best postponed. Nick Barrett.

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Early estimates only part of the procurement problem

Construction Law

The UK’s poor procurement practices are highlighted yet again by the news that the £19bn Crossrail project can’t be completed with the money available to the project. Another chapter in the long history of analysing why the UK’s procurement practices are so poor has just been produced by the National Audit Office (see News).

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Trade Show Marketing Checklist for Construction

Construction Marketing

Event calendar submission to local/regional newsprint, media outlets, city news outlets (if applicable) Website banner, landing page, calendar listing, registration link, blog, etc. Email lists Existing list identification (applications, verticals, roles, geos) New email lists (develop, procure incl.