Crown Commercial Service is busy getting ready to help the public sector navigate incoming procurement rules to drive improvement and meet obligations.
Three public bodies held more than £3.4bn worth of contracts with Fujitsu following a 2019 High Court ruling, with more than a third approved after a judge found that the Post Office Horizon system...
At a time when efficiency and innovation are paramount, strategic partnerships in the public sector stand out as a visionary approach that could revolutionise asset and estates management, writes...
The Treasury Committee has called for answers on procurement deals with the company at the centre of the Post Office scandal following the 2019 High Court ruling that exonerated sub-postmasters.
Carbon reduction commitments already play a role in the assessment of public sector suppliers, but for this to genuinely shift the dial towards net zero, we all need to improve how we understand,...
Post Office scandal lands everywhere, Levelling Up progress revealed, LGA renews social care lobbying, the cities that will escape the doom loop and more.
NHS trusts’ inconsistent use of a central procurement body means the service is not “making the most” of its enormous buying power, the National Audit Office has said.
The lack of quality procurement data has made it difficult for the government to demonstrate that £259bn spent in 2021-22 delivered value for money, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee...
Through the implementation of the Procurement Act, value for money will remain a high priority but public money will also be directed towards tangible social, economic and environmental benefits,...
Poor audit work ahead of outsourcing giant Carillion’s collapse undermined the “credibility and the public trust in audit” and have prompted the Financial Reporting Council to issue KPMG with a...
David Skinner is director of customer experience within Crown Commercial Service (CCS). He and his team focus on engaging and maintaining relationships with CCS’s 20,000...
Concerns over weak financial management and poor procurement have prompted Audit Wales to publish rare public interest reports against two authorities.
Matthew Rees and Iain Forrester of the National Audit Office share some of their findings after looking into the state of UK government procurement, and stress the importance of ensuring competition...
Dr Philip Orumwense is the commercial director and chief procurement officer for technology at Crown Commercial Service (CCS). Philip and his team help to manage over £10bn of technology spend each...