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Monday, 9 February 2015

Procurement blogs: A handy list of past ones

I thought it would be helpful to have a list of my past blogs on procurement and commissioning in one handy place:
  • humorous rant about the excesses of procurement
  • ideas on reducing costs in local government
  • the need for better commercial leadership
  • the importance of evidence based procurement
  • the beginnings of the SME panel
  • why PQQs are never the answer
  • smarter procurement
  • whole system procurement
  • creating SME friendly procurement
  • challenging the assumptions of procurement
  • accessing the SME friendly tool

And there is also my article in the Guardian on commissioning
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