Procurement’s tricky balancing act
13 September 2012
The impact of the Freedom of Information Act on public procurement is clear in only one respect – it will be big. David Arminas identifies the likely battlegrounds
It’s been five years in coming, but the Freedom of Information Act 2000 finally came into force on 1 January. Public-sector purchasers will be wrestling with its contradictions in terms of what they can and cannot make public. But whatever they do, there are consequences for them, their suppliers, their employers and the profession.
The act means that all public...