Country Profile: South Africa
South Africa is seeing an increased interest in public procurement owing to corruption and the role it plays in economic development. The question is: where can the most impact be made?
As we can see from this graph, over the last three years, contracting has been increasing steadily with a dip in 2019. Buying tends to increase ...
How closed is Malaysia? Country Profile: Malaysia
In the wake of the 1MBD scandal and the arrival of a new government, has any meaningful change occurred in Malaysia procurement?
The answer is complicated. Tenders have opened up in Malaysia to an extent, especially in there period FY18/19 when Spend Network found 654 tenders compared to almost nothing before. But this 654 tenders compares to ...
The French Connection: public sector demand in France
In this article we’ll be looking at France’s public sector demand over the past 5 years to see what the largest categories are. From our data, the top 21 types of tenders coming from France over the past 5 years were as follows:
Construction work, as with many other European countries, features prominently. Other recurring tender types ...
Building Europe, a Region Profile: Construction in Europe 2016 to mid 2019
For all its recent troubles, Europe is seeing growth in one sector: construction in the public sector. In this article, we explore the trends in the European public works sector.
An overview of Europe's public sector construction market
As we can see from the chart for the period from the beginning of 2016 to present the amount of ...
Procurement jargon explained
Do you need a quick way to explain procurement terms? Here’s a run down of some common terms used in procurement, including acronyms to watch out for:
Alcatel ('standstill') period
A ten calendar day standstill period between the announcement of a contract award on OJEU and the signing of a contract, designed so unsuccessful bidders have time ...
6 golden rules for selling to Government
Globally, public sector contract spending is $13 trillion a year. This is a great opportunity for all kinds of businesses from consultancies to caterers. There is no shortage of advice available so we reviewed dozens of these advice articles and stripped them down to these golden rules:
1. Know the rules
Before getting started, you must understand the ...
Why do Government IT projects fail?
Why do Government IT projects consistently fail? Below are eight reasons why we keep getting this wrong.
1. We've bought into a tech utopia
Believe that technology is a solution to difficult problems, and we start to think about the edge case of possibilities and how it can be used to deliver a utopian future - blockchain anyone? ...