Procurement and outsourcing
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26 Nov 21Nottingham City Council’s internal audit department has criticised the authority’s procurement processes, after financial regulations were waived on more than 20 occasions. -
1 Sep 21The Financial Reporting Council has filed a formal complaint against accountancy firm KPMG, in relation to allegations of false and misleading information on a Carillion audit prior to the firm's... -
5 Jun 21New procurement rules will require all bidders for central government contracts to have signed plans to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. -
18 Nov 20The government failed to meet standards of transparency on its emergency Covid-19 procurement, according to an investigation by the National Audit Office. -
16 Oct 20John Penrose, the government’s anti-corruption champion, on how the government is tackling scammers looking to exploit the coronavirus pandemic. -
15 Sep 20Peterborough City Council is to review the running of cultural and leisure services in the city, following the termination of its outsourcing agreement and transfer of responsibilities for running...
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18 Aug 20The NHS is set to spend up to £10bn on outsourcing outpatients care and treatments, in a bid to reduce waiting times impacted by Covid-19. -
6 Mar 20Public sector contractor and outsourcer Capita has revealed problems with its restructuring, reporting a £62m loss during 2019 and a 4% reduction in revenue. -
28 Oct 19A new body to regulate outsourcing deals of public services is much needed to ramp up quality of provision and keep costs under control, says Joshua Pritchard, senior researcher at Reform -
22 Jul 19Labour’s proposals for an overhaul to public service outsourcing are “redundant”, PF has been told.
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18 Jul 19Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments. -
18 Mar 19Handing public contracts to Interserve despite profit warnings was the “height of irresponsibility”, a union has said. -
22 Feb 19Government outsourcing guidelines have been released aimed at making the public sector a “more attractive client” to private suppliers. -
17 May 18A range of primary care services fell below acceptable standards because NHS England and Capita failed to understand the risks of outsourcing key back-office support services, the National Audit... -
16 May 18The collapse of Carillion at the start of this year was “almost inevitable” given the model of outsourced service delivery pursued by successive governments, MPs said today. -
28 Mar 18A diverse group of public service experts attended a CIPFA round table discussion to consider how outsourcing can be made to work better. Vivienne Russell reports. -
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