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    Government 'lacks capability' to address longstanding digital procurement issues
    06 Jun Commercial

    Government 'lacks capability' to address longstanding digital procurement issues

    Public Accounts Committee warns of “an insufficient level of digital commercial skills across departments”
    by Tevye Markson
    Industrial strategy: Civil service reforms aim to build 'enduring partnership' with business
    23 Jun Commercial
    Industrial strategy: Civil service reforms aim to build 'enduring partnership' with business
    Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
    12 Jun Commercial
    Outsourced staff accept 'groundbreaking' pay and benefits offer
    DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
    09 Jun Commercial
    DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
    Treasury launches hunt for private infrastructure investment models – but rules out PFI replacement
    13 Mar 2019 Commercial
    Treasury launches hunt for private infrastructure investment models – but rules out PFI replacement

    Consultation seeks views on whether the UK should develop its own infrastructure finance institution after Brexit


    Department for Transport pays £33m to Eurotunnel over Brexit ferry fiasco
    04 Mar 2019 Commercial
    Department for Transport pays £33m to Eurotunnel over Brexit ferry fiasco

    Ex-government lawyer says government would have to have cleared “a very high bar in court” to defend no-deal Brexit ferry procurement


    DIT exporting podcast hosted by Apprentice star ‘cost over £12 per listener’
    04 Mar 2019 Commercial
    DIT exporting podcast hosted by Apprentice star ‘cost over £12 per listener’

    Nick Hewer hosted show “an excellent way to engage with current and potential exporters”, insists department


    New government rulebook ramps up scrutiny of outsourcing risks following Carillion collapse
    21 Feb 2019 Commercial
    New government rulebook ramps up scrutiny of outsourcing risks following Carillion collapse

    Formal reform plan published as Serco chief says outsourcer has recovered from “dark night of the soul”


    Working Links, outsourcer with £1bn of public contracts, collapses
    19 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Working Links, outsourcer with £1bn of public contracts, collapses

    Announcement comes as damning report finds probation service at one of collapsed company's subsidiaries "inadequate"


    CMA gets £17m advance to keep Canary Wharf office move on track
    18 Feb 2019 Commercial
    CMA gets £17m advance to keep Canary Wharf office move on track

    Watchdog is set to become latest government body to make east London move after funding advance


    Capita reveals improvement plan for troubled Army recruitment contract with MoD
    15 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Capita reveals improvement plan for troubled Army recruitment contract with MoD

    Outsourcing firm’s chief executive writes to Public Accounts Committee to outline measures taken to improve performance


    Host of government departments and agencies nominated for smart working awards
    13 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Host of government departments and agencies nominated for smart working awards

    Awards will recognise best practice in corporate leadership, workspaces, technology, culture and people, and smarter working together


    DfT was warned of 'significant risks' before signing Seaborne Freight ferry contract
    12 Feb 2019 Commercial
    DfT was warned of 'significant risks' before signing Seaborne Freight ferry contract

    DfT only received three bids for no-deal ferry contracts, NAO review finds


    Government cancels Brexit contract it struck with ferry firm which has no ferries
    11 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Government cancels Brexit contract it struck with ferry firm which has no ferries

    FoI requests before the deal was scrapped reveal external advisers to controversial contract


    Construction framework to open up seven years of government contracts
    06 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Construction framework to open up seven years of government contracts

    CCS scheme aims to take advantage of construction pipeline to match suppliers to projects


    Outsourcing firm Interserve agrees financial rescue plan
    06 Feb 2019 Commercial
    Outsourcing firm Interserve agrees financial rescue plan

    Deal reached to reduce company’s debt burden following talks with lenders and the Cabinet Office


    £80m support and an exports pledge – BEIS’s post-Brexit offer to Nissan revealed
    05 Feb 2019 Commercial
    £80m support and an exports pledge – BEIS’s post-Brexit offer to Nissan revealed

    Details of planned support package published by business secretary Greg Clark after firm reverses pledge to manufacture new model at Sunderland plant


    Government departments award £94m in Brexit consultancy contracts
    31 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Government departments award £94m in Brexit consultancy contracts

    The Cabinet Office alone awarded contracts worth a total of £56m, the figures show


    DfT's no-deal ferry contracts were lawful, insists Grayling
    30 Jan 2019 Commercial
    DfT's no-deal ferry contracts were lawful, insists Grayling

    The Transport Select Committee was told there was “no lawful basis” to use emergency powers to award contracts worth millions without an open tender.


    HMRC to reveal impact of Concentrix contract collapse on tackling fraud and error
    29 Jan 2019 Commercial
    HMRC to reveal impact of Concentrix contract collapse on tackling fraud and error

    Government accepts request by MPs as part of a number of recommendations to improve customer service


    Outsourcers should be subject to FOI, says information commissioner
    29 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Outsourcers should be subject to FOI, says information commissioner

    Change is needed to ensure the public are not "left in the dark about the operation of public services," the report said.


    Innovation strategy on track for spring launch, says Dowden
    24 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Innovation strategy on track for spring launch, says Dowden

    Cabinet Office minister unpacks vision for driving government use of emerging technologies


    Outsourced support staff at MoJ and BEIS to strike over pay
    16 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Outsourced support staff at MoJ and BEIS to strike over pay

    Cleaners, receptionists and security guards are demanding £11-an-hour London living wage


    MoD and Army 'made mistakes and errors' in awarding Capita recruitment contract
    15 Jan 2019 Commercial
    MoD and Army 'made mistakes and errors' in awarding Capita recruitment contract

    MoD permanent secretary admits the contract has not been "anywhere near as successful as we’d like".


    Carillion one year on: how has the government changed outsourcing?
    15 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Carillion one year on: how has the government changed outsourcing?

    Twelve months on from the collapse of one of the government’s biggest contractors, Richard Johnstone looks at how the Cabinet Office has responded and reformed its approach to outsourcing


    G4S loses out as Home Office announces 10-year asylum housing contracts
    14 Jan 2019 Commercial
    G4S loses out as Home Office announces 10-year asylum housing contracts

    Major government contractor G4S fails to win any bids in the latest contracts round.


    Grayling defends DfT's 'accelerated competitive process' for Brexit no-deal ferry contracts
    08 Jan 2019 Commercial
    Grayling defends DfT's 'accelerated competitive process' for Brexit no-deal ferry contracts

    The transport secretary defended the department's decision to award a £13.8m contract to a company that owns no ferries.


    HMRC expects to be ‘very close’ to 90% target for staff moves to new hub offices
    03 Jan 2019 Commercial
    HMRC expects to be ‘very close’ to 90% target for staff moves to new hub offices

    Update on tax and benefit authority’s transformation plan says it is learning the lessons from the early stages of its moves to regional centres


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