PPP Management

Back in the news is the problem with government procurement and time to contract. http://www.supplymanagement.com/news/2013/labour-mp-hillier-attacks-public-procurement-processes Whilst encouraging small and medium size enterprises there are a number of worrying counter points to the political suggestions (it should be noted that only one other country in the article is in Europe and subject to OJEU regulations): Quicker procurement versus the need for due diligence Breaking down bigger contracts versus reducing the supplier base and reducing costs. With government departments struggling to manage contract delivery increasing the number of contracts presents the very real potential to exacerbate the problem. The article raises a very interesting point regarding the ownership of IP.  The government departments should be taking a much more individual and relevant approach to the ownership of IP and when it applies. What is absolutely spot on is the need to imp...

The very topical issue of supplier performance is perhaps embodied by the current electronic tagging problems that have continued to gain prominence in the press this week. The Telegraph article offers a factual account of the recent admission and mentions contractual interpretation. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/supportservices/10459367/G4S-offers-to-hand-back-24.1m-after-wrongly-billing-for-tagging-contracts.html In this article it is shown that the Supplier, G4S, conducted an independent review on its activities; so it’s not as though they were looking to sweep the issue under the carpet. The following BBC article raises some extremely poignant questions about the capability of the Buyer – The Ministry of Justice and comes very quickly on the back of NAO report criticising government departments on their inability to set robust contracts that they understand. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25001800 When selecting the Supplier the Buyer will cert...