Tag Archives: Procurement Frameworks

Our Government needs a sustainable procurement strategy

Posted on October 24, 2018 by ianchisnall

A sustainable mobility report for businesses has just been published, outlining five crucial areas of focus for sustainability professionals – from electric vehicles (EVs) and greener fleets, to smarter business travel. The report explains how transport is responsible for a … Continue reading →

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We need competent procurement

Posted on February 6, 2017 by ianchisnall

All too often the procurement processes adopted by public sector agencies gets into trouble when the products and services being purchased are not standard or require multiple layers of innovation. Large scale procurement strategies that work well for paper clips … Continue reading →

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The problem with public procurement

Posted on December 17, 2015 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was a bit of a challenge for at least one small business in Sussex. A major public sector purchasing consortia has just published its criteria for a national framework agreement that we had been waiting for for several years … Continue reading →

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Do we have Hi-Steria?

Posted on July 1, 2014 by ianchisnall

There was a disturbing headline in yesterdays Guardian on the write off of £56M by the Ministry of Justice, on a system to coordinate some of the records of its 90,000 employees that was apparently already late and over budget. The total … Continue reading →

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