Search Page | Page 5159

The Indian defence ministry has been accused of exploiting the deaths of soldiers in Kashmir two years ago by taking commission on the purchase of their coffins. The Indian comptroller and auditor-general said it overpaid for the 500 aluminium coffins and 3,000 body bags with no contract acceptance test or evaluation.

SAS upgrades software_2

Business intelligence firm SAS has released version 2.2 of its Solution for Supplier Relationship Management. Additions include tools to rate and rank suppliers by performance, scorecarding and enhanced spend analysis. www.sas.com/uk

New MarketSite client_2

BT MarketSite, the indirect e-procurement marketplace, has signed up computer peripherals company MicroWarehouse, bringing its total number of clients to nearly 200. MicroWarehouse joins other companies on MarketSite’s roster including Boots, Powergen and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Water quality warning_2

Market liberalisation in the water industry will not work through common carriage, according to Tony Ballance, former chief economist at regulator Ofwat.

Howe takes secondment_2

John Howe, deputy chief executive of the Defence Procurement Agency, will join the UK subsidiary of French electronics group Thomson-CSF on a two-year secondment. The firm is Britain’s second largest defence electronics contractor, after BAe Systems.

Yorkshire Electricity_2

Consultants' Advisory_2

MoD hit over contract_2

European procurement rules have forced the Ministry of Defence to offer a £1 billion deal to upgrade the armed forces’ singles accommodation blocks to just one bidder. Defence Estates was prevented from offering the contract to three companies as it could not define the value and workload of the second tranche of work on the project.

11 September fall-out_2

One in 10 e-business projects has been cancelled since 11 September, AMR Research’s biannual survey has revealed. Another 10 per cent of planned projects have been put on hold, although nearly half of these are likely to go ahead by the third quarter of next year.

Markettrans goes live_2

The Markettrans collaborative transportation marketplace is fully operational after trials with six corporate shippers. Markettrans has also formed a joint marketing alliance with logistics firm NTE to co-ordinate transportation procurement in Europe and North America. www.markettrans.com