Last week Win that Bid published a blog quoting a director from G4S as he proclaimed the rise of police privatisation. I wasn’t entirely positive about the prospect… and even as it went live on the site G4S became embroiled in a massive contract scandal reported across the world, destroying their share price. There has … Read more
There have been some recent changes in the way that public bodies can take social considerations into account when procuring public contracts. The new Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 aims to clarify the issue a bit. The Act (applied to public service contracts) creates a statutory requirement for public authorities to have regard to … Read more
David Taylor-Smith of the security company G4S recently grabbed headlines by stating that private companies will be running large parts of the UK’s police service within five years. His statements were supported by news that at least 10 police forces are considering outsourcing parts of their service to the private sector in response to funding … Read more
A new IT procurement framework worth £1bn pounds has been announced by the Government Procurement Service. Recently, the government has had some problems with IT public sector tenders, reflecting badly on both its IT procurement methods but also on the obsolete legacy systems being used across the public sector. It is hoped that this framework … Read more