All posts tagged "Contracts"

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  UK to score ‘social value’ in awarding contracts

  The UK government has announced new measures to deliver social value through public procurement. The model, announced by the Cabinet Office last month, will require government departments to assess and

  • Posted October 9, 2020
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  Trump clamps down on diversity training

  President Trump has issued an executive order banning government contractors from providing employees with certain forms of diversity training. The order forbids what it calls “divisive concepts”, such as training

  • Posted October 5, 2020
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  South African president condemns COVID procurements corruption

  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency,

  • Posted August 28, 2020
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  A third of UK government funds spent with outsourcers, report finds

  The UK government is spending nearly a third of its total expenditure on outsourcing, a new report by think tank the Institute for Government (IfG) has revealed. The report, ‘Government

  • Posted December 16, 2018
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  Beyond the contract: getting value from incumbent suppliers, part 1

  Nowadays, many public commercial teams know that contract management is just as important as procurement. But there’s a third strand to good commercial operations: negotiating and managing additional work placed

  • Posted April 9, 2018
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  US agencies exhibit poor IT oversight, auditors find

  Twenty-one of 22 US federal agencies studied breached official guidance by failing to identify $4.5bn (€3.6bn) worth of information technology contracts – almost a quarter of their total IT obligations

  • Posted February 5, 2018
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  Canadian unions warn of security risks from outsourced warship contracts

  Unions in Canada have warned the country’s prime minister Justin Trudeau that a “worrisome” trend of private sector outsourcing at the Department of National Defence (DND) could compromise national security.

  • Posted June 29, 2017
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  UK government rehires redundant officials in ‘busy periods’

  The UK government plans to recruit former civil servants to help its remaining staff cope with high workloads, a leaked Cabinet Office document shows. Retired and redundant civil servants are being re-recruited

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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