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Supply Management, Mar 29, 2007

* SCOTLAND URGED TO BETTER PUBLIC SPEND

The author of the Scottish public sector procurement review has urged the country's buying professionals to overhaul spending.

John McClelland, author of last year's Review of Public Procurement in Scotland, told an Edinburgh conference of procurement officers that the public sector response to his report was positive and constructive but more improvements were necessary.

* PFI TENDERING PROCESS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

The cost and speed of PFI tenders need to be improved, according to a report from the National Audit Office.

Improving the PFI tendering process found that even when budgets were set, spending was often 75 per cent more than anticipated. The average extra cost was just under £1 million.

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* OGC COLLABORATIONS

The OGC is today expected to announce five new collaborative deals for the public sector.

These include an electricity contract worth more than £1 billion over the next four years, a print services framework with 60 suppliers and a contract for temporary staff.

* BRADFORD COUNCIL TOLD TO SCRAP PROJECT

A local authority should scrap a £1.2 billion project because of controversy surrounding the procurement process, according to the council's chief executive.

Tony Reeves, head of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, told councillors to abandon its asset management project. The property project was halted in June 2005 after an anonymous tip-off to the Audit Commission (News, 13 April 2006).

* EAST RIDING WINS PROCUREMENT AWARD

East Riding of Yorkshire council has won this year's procurement award at the National Awards for Local Government 2007.

The council was praised for developing its existing procurement practices and introducing an e-procurement system to help cut costs.

The council has saved around £2.9 million by automating its purchase-to-pay systems.

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