The local authorities in London are banding together to procure collectively. This should achieve the twin aims of reducing costs, and making it easier for smes to bid for business (though not necessarily to win business). The site went live on 9th September 2011 - see here.
Why do I say good news/bad news? Well partly the point I made about about whether this will help smes.
But secondly, it will be another portal. Opportunities are already supposed to being shared through ContractFinder, and many London opportunities (not just Olympic opportunities) are going through Competefor. The original intention was to have Competefor as a legacy of the Olympic Games. That probably died with Glasgow 2014 decided not to use it, but it seems a shame not to use it for this opportunity. There may be issues I do not understand but it seems from here like a duplication of effort - and cost.
One step forward, one step back...
Friday 7 October 2011
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