Government on course for target
2 April 2012
The government is ahead of schedule for meeting the construction procurement target it set itself for next month, according to a senior public official, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
Half of all central government departments are expected to be using team working and partnering arrangements with their suppliers by the end of March, but 56 per cent will meet the requirement by then, said Mike Burt, chairman of the Government Construction Clients Panel.
Set out in last year’s Achieving Excellence report, the target is the first of three in...