Supplier demand
13 September 2012
The work of the Office of Government Commerce should not only improve processes on the buying side, but also contract tendering and negotiation on the supply side, say Steven Norris and Lia Musto
Two years ago, Peter Gershon, then managing director of Marconi Electronic Systems, undertook a review of central government procurement in the light of its objectives for “efficiency, modernisation and competitiveness in the short and medium term”.
The review, which was released last July, covered the whole procurement process for goods, services and...