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    LISTEN: Government commercial chief Gareth Rhys Williams on the procurement challenges of Covid
    14 Oct 2020 Commercial

    LISTEN: Government commercial chief Gareth Rhys Williams on the procurement challenges of Covid

    The government’s top commercial official speaks to CSW about the pressures, and lessons, from the government’s response to coronavirus
    by Civil Service World
    MPs demand answers over £4bn takeover bid for contracting giant G4S
    02 Mar Commercial
    MPs demand answers over £4bn takeover bid for contracting giant G4S
    Less ‘just in time’, more ‘just in case’: How government can be a better customer when the next crisis hits
    16 Dec 2020 Commercial
    Less ‘just in time’, more ‘just in case’: How government can be a better customer when the next crisis hits
    DfE expands supplier base for laptops scheme
    01 Dec 2020 Commercial
    DfE expands supplier base for laptops scheme
    DE&S GoCo competition on its last legs as bidder withdraws
    29 Nov 2013 Commercial
    DE&S GoCo competition on its last legs as bidder withdraws

    One of the two remaining consortia bidding to run the Ministry of Defence agency Defence Equipment & Support has pulled out of the competition, leaving chief of defence materiel Bernard Gray’s plans for a ‘Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated’ organisation in disarray.


    Alexander: EU needs more Brits
    29 Nov 2013 Commercial
    Alexander: EU needs more Brits

    The government should send more civil servants to the European Commission (EC) as part of their regular career paths, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.


    Heywood speaks up for Devereux
    27 Nov 2013 Commercial
    Heywood speaks up for Devereux

    Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has intervened in a bid to end the political briefings against work and pensions permanent secretary Robert Devereux.


    Open book clauses not used
    27 Nov 2013 Commercial
    Open book clauses not used

    The civil service must “significantly” improve its ability to understand company accounts if it is to make effective use of open-book contracts, according to government chief operating officer Stephen Kelly and chief procurement officer Bill Crothers.


    Whiteman: delivery skills gap
    21 Aug 2013 Commercial
    Whiteman: delivery skills gap

    The civil service suffers from a shortage of delivery skills and a culture that venerates policymaking over organisational improvement, outgoing Home Office director-general Rob Whiteman has said in an interview with CSW.


    Design and staffing problems hit security, morale and rehabilitation at new, G4S-run private prison
    16 Aug 2013 Commercial
    Design and staffing problems hit security, morale and rehabilitation at new, G4S-run private prison

    Errors by the Ministry of Justice and by security firm G4S have resulted in a new prison suffering serious problems in its opening year, a report from the prison’s independent monitoring board (IMB) has revealed.


    MPs round on DCLG over empty fire control centres
    23 Jul 2013 Commercial
    MPs round on DCLG over empty fire control centres

    The communities department’s approach to coordinating firefighters has been criticised by MPs for leaving too much planning in the hands of local teams.


    Public service mutuals must become less reliant on grants
    22 Jul 2013 Commercial
    Public service mutuals must become less reliant on grants

    Public service mutuals have been given too much “soft finance” – non-repayable grants – as they spin out of local and central government, which has “lowered the bar” and allowed “some mutuals to spin out without developing the right capabilities and plans,” according to a report published by the Cabinet Office today.



     


    Government is expanding public service market too fast, says IfG
    18 Jul 2013 Commercial
    Government is expanding public service market too fast, says IfG

    The civil service isn't able to build its contract management skills quickly enough to keep up with the pace of outsourcing, a report published today warns.


    Consultancy spending controls didn’t cause West Coast Mainline failure - Crothers
    15 Jul 2013 Commercial
    Consultancy spending controls didn’t cause West Coast Mainline failure - Crothers

    The Cabinet Office approved Department for Transport requests to hire external advisers for its West Coast Mainline franchise project, the government’s chief procurement officer Bill Crothers said earlier this month, so the spending controls didn’t contribute to the scheme’s collapse.


    NAO reports to compare similar projects run by different departments
    15 Jul 2013 Commercial
    NAO reports to compare similar projects run by different departments

    The National Audit Office (NAO) will “start doing comparative reports of similar activities in departments” from next year, comptroller and auditor general Amyas Morse has said.


    NS&I wins deal to provide Home Office with payment services
    14 Jul 2013 Commercial
    NS&I wins deal to provide Home Office with payment services

    The Home Office has outsourced its payments processing to NS&I, the state-owned savings bank, it was announced earlier this month.


    Fast progress on digital agenda
    04 Jul 2013 Commercial
    Fast progress on digital agenda

    Of all the agendas set out last year in the government’s Civil Service Reform Plan, the fastest progress is being made on ‘digital by default’, a CSW survey has found. Over half (53%) of civil servants said their organisation is making rapid or steady progress on this agenda, and 55% said that the reform would 'dramatically' or 'significantly' improve the civil service.


    Companies House chief warns on fraud
    19 Jun 2013 Commercial
    Companies House chief warns on fraud

    The efforts of Companies House (CH) to tackle fraud should be based on “strengthening the current model rather than radically changing company law”, its chief executive has told CSW, to ensure that anti-fraud work doesn’t weaken transparency in business information or create additional burdens on business.


    Government has saved £10bn in last financial year, says Cabinet Office
    03 Jun 2013 Commercial
    Government has saved £10bn in last financial year, says Cabinet Office

    Reforms overseen by the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG) have generated £10bn savings in the last financial year, ministers have today announced.


    Procurement chief calls for departments to loosen commercial confidentiality, boosting cash savings
    28 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Procurement chief calls for departments to loosen commercial confidentiality, boosting cash savings

    Giving evidence at a Public Administration Select Committee hearing on Monday, Bill Crothers complained that departments often refuse to give the Cabinet Office information on contracts signed with suppliers, on the basis that doing so would breach commercial confidentiality.


    27 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Outsourcing market grows

    The British public sector now runs more big outsourcing contracts than the private sector, according to market intelligence services company Information Services Group (ISG). Counting public contracts worth more than £3.4m per year, ISG has calculated that the public outsourcing market expanded by 16 per cent in 2012, bringing it to a total of £3.7bn annually: 55 per cent of the UK’s outsourcing market.


    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'
    20 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'

    The collapse of the West Coast Mainline franchising process won’t deter the Department for Transport (DfT) from taking necessary risks, the department’s permanent secretary has promised in an interview with CSW.


    Civil servants urged to use design techniques to develop services
    13 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Civil servants urged to use design techniques to develop services

    All civil servants should be trained in design principles such as using prototypes and involving users to create solutions, according to a report published today by the Design Commission, an industry-led group that investigates how design could address public policy problems.


    First independently-run shared service centre opens
    05 Mar 2013 Commercial
    First independently-run shared service centre opens

    The government has signed an agreement with private-sector partner arvato to manage an independently-run shared service centre, which will run back-office transactions to government departments. The move is intended to create savings of up to £600m a year over seven years.


    New evidence centres will help to “upgrade” civil service policy making, claims Cavendish
    04 Mar 2013 Commercial
    New evidence centres will help to “upgrade” civil service policy making, claims Cavendish

    A new network of research centres providing independent evidence to inform decision making in key policy areas will help to improve policy making in the civil service, according to Will Cavendish, executive director of the Cabinet Office's implementation unit.


    Work Programme providers failing to help most disadvantaged groups
    20 Feb 2013 Commercial
    Work Programme providers failing to help most disadvantaged groups

    Organisations providing employment support through the Work Programme are failing to support people from the hardest-to-help groups, despite financial incentives set up to encourage contractors to focus on these claimants, according to a Public Account Committee (PAC) report published today.


    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform
    12 Feb 2013 Commercial
    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform

    Reforming the civil service won’t “in itself make a dramatic difference to government effectiveness,” former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell told the Public Administration Select Committee today. Instead, government needs to ensure it is clear about what it wants to achieve, he added.


    Ministry of Defence should consider procurement impacts on UK plc
    06 Feb 2013 Commercial
    Ministry of Defence should consider procurement impacts on UK plc

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) should set out an explicit industrial strategy for defence procurement, the Commons’ Defence Committee said in a report published yesterday. Such a strategy would ensure that procurement decisions take account of their likely impact on British businesses, rather than simply pursuing value for money.


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