Tough truth about a tender exercise
13 September 2012
Goodwill and government support could not save the OGC’s online contract pilot scheme. Its demise poses many questions, says Robin Parker
There is no denying the ambition behind the government’s plans to make online tendering for Whitehall contracts commonplace in less than two years.
Since its inception in April 2000 on the wave of Tony Blair’s e-revolution, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has had a total shake-up of the government’s procurement practices in its sights.
But despite...