Staff at Liverpool City Council will target improvements to contract management and governance, after an independent report criticised a “fragmented, overly complex and poorly understood”...
Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew an electricity contract promptly could have cost the authority £7.5m more than if it had extended earlier, an independent report has found.
A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
An English council is set to terminate a property management joint venture after an independent review found the business offered “limited value” to the authority.
The government is set to amend legislation so that local authorities can exit contracts with Russian companies, ensuring public funds do not contribute to the nation’s “barbaric war machine”.
Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
Essex County Council is set to invest £1m to help improve its cyber security, after experts warned of heightened risks of Russian interference in public bodies.
External auditors have criticised North Norfolk District Council' weak internal control measures and failing to comply with its financial regulations over the commissioning of an independent review.
Guidance released today advises public bodies to exit contracts with Russian suppliers, but PF has learnt that local authorities might have to wait until after Easter until they get legal powers to...
Local government legislation restricting the role of politics in procurement decision-making provide a tough hurdle for councils hoping to ending contracts with Russian energy giant...
At least 12 UK public bodies – including eight local authorities – have major active energy supply contracts with Russian energy company Gazprom as the sole supplier, PF research...
The procurement challenges ushered in by Covid-19 will not go away even if lower infection rates allow society to get back to some degree of normality, says Mohamed Hans.
The University of Stirling is launching a major new research project examining how local authorities procured goods, works and services during Covid-19.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has relaunched a £75m procurement project after the original project was cancelled after the council highlighted “structural flaws”.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has cancelled a £75m fire procurement project after an internal review identified a number of “structural flaws”.
