There is a moment every public sector procurement leader knows. An auditor’s letter arrives, a freedom of information request is filed, or a parliamentary committee schedules a hearing. And the question that follows is always the same: can you show us why you...
By the time procurement is formally involved, the important decisions may have already been made. A business unit has identified its preferred supplier. A budget holder has committed to a solution in principle. A deadline has been set that makes competitive tendering...
When a public sector tender closes and only one supplier has responded, the instinct is to look outward. The market is thin. The category is specialist. There are not enough qualified suppliers. These explanations are understandable, and in a small number of cases,...
The Strategic Challenge How do we turn data into better decisions? This question sits at the heart of the growing interest in Artificial Intelligence in public procurement. Procurement leaders must balance economic growth objectives, resilience requirements, supplier...
The Strategic Challenge Economic growth, innovation, and public service delivery all depend on one critical foundation: resilient supply chains. Over the past decade, governments around the world have experienced a series of disruptions that have fundamentally changed...
