Cabinet Office has announced a partnership with the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford to create a new centre of excellence for Social Impact Bonds and innovative government commissioning, called the Government Outcomes Lab. The 5-year partnership will develop world-leading research in this field and provide practical, on the ground support to local commissioners. […]
According to Prime Minister David Cameron, almost 600,000 jobs in the UK alcohol industry will be safer in a reformed European Union. Britain’s wine and spirits industry made £1.8 billion in EU exports for the UK economy last year. The country’s booming alcohol industry also makes hundreds of millions a year from 35 free trade […]
Delta eSourcing, the EU-compliant, robust, secure e-procurement service for public sector organisations is delighted to announce important changes to its service regarding the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). In order to bring the Delta service fully into line with the EU Public Procurement Directives 2015, all of the new OJEU regulatory notices have […]
The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) has published new guidance on how companies and the Ministry of Defence should calculate the profit allowed on single source contracts. This follows the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defence last week that, for qualifying contracts signed from 1 April 2016, the baseline profit rate will be […]
Delta eSourcing, the EU-compliant, robust, secure e-procurement service for public sector organisations, is delighted to announce important changes to its service regarding the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). In order to bring the Delta service fully into line
HS2 Ltd has announced significant progress on the design and development of HS2 including the shortlisting of companies in the race to win a package of work which will contribute to the creation of up to 14,600 jobs and apprenticeships across the UK. Through these major contracts, and the National College for High Speed Rail […]
BiP event Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2016 took place on 16 March at Cardiff’s Motorpoint. The event showcased innovative solutions and defence procurement advice. In this video MOD Defence Contracts Bulletin Editor Paul Elliott hears from DPRTE
A plan that brings together all of the government’s infrastructure priorities over the next five years has been published. For the first time, this new National Infrastructure Delivery Plan brings together the government’s plans for this Parliament to support large-scale housing and regeneration, as well as investment in new local schools, hospitals and prisons. These […]
Local leaders wanting to boost skills, support business and build more homes will be offered the chance to apply for the latest round of Growth Deals worth billions of pounds, Greg Clark said. The Communities Secretary said the deals would boost the chances of areas securing significant inward investment from overseas – he will today […]
A contract to improve defence infrastructure on the Falkland Islands has been signed. The £19m contract to upgrade Mare Harbour was agreed between VolkerStevin, based in Preston, and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The announcement comes after Defence Secretary Michael Fallon visited to the Falkland Islands in February, and forms part of his commitment of […]
