National Procurement Policy Statement and Procurement Policy Note 06/21
Cabinet Office published PPN 06/21 in June 2021 which indicated legislative requirements would be introduced in April 2022 to require all contracting authorities to have regard to the statement, publish pipelines and benchmark their organisations. This legislation will not now come into force this year, however will likely form a part of the Procurement Bill. … Continued
Read more about National Procurement Policy Statement and Procurement Policy Note 06/21HSE safety bulletin – ear loop respirators/masks do not provide protection as tight fitting RPE
Safety Notice from the Health and Safety Executive.
Read more about HSE safety bulletin – ear loop respirators/masks do not provide protection as tight fitting RPEUpcoming opportunities for aggregated competition for Hardware, mobile voice & data services and Microsoft licencing
Commodity Hardware Aggregation You have the opportunity to purchase any hardware items within scope of the Technology Products and Associated Services agreement, including laptops, mobiles, tablets and servers for example. This will be a 12 month call off contract, with goods being delivered between July 2022 and July 2023. Please find below link to further details … Continued
Read more about Upcoming opportunities for aggregated competition for Hardware, mobile voice & data services and Microsoft licencingUpdate: Safe & Well Equipment, OSB and Defibrillators
Framework Agreement for Emergency Response Equipment (ERE) and Associated Services With costs continuing to increase on transport, fuel, energy, parts, and materials it has been agreed with the suppliers on the ERE Framework that it would now be prudent to review the current maximum prices offered on the ERE Framework Catalogue. The reasoning for this … Continued
Read more about Update: Safe & Well Equipment, OSB and DefibrillatorsSanctions on Russia – Discretionary wording for procurement and contracts
Following publication of Policy Note 01/22, the National Procurement Hub has worked with our legal advisers DLA Piper to develop the following optional wording to enable Authorities to align to the Policy Note and associated Government sanctions introduced to cut ties with Russian organisations. The following is therefore available to use at your discretion: Procurement: … Continued
Read more about Sanctions on Russia – Discretionary wording for procurement and contractsNational Procurement Hub – Fleet Supply Chain Update
The update below has been provided by Luke Malton, NFCC National Procurement Hub (Fleet Category Lead), Peter Warner, NFCC TOG Chair and Stuart Errington, CFO Durham & Darlington and NFCC National Procurement Hub (Fleet Category Sponsor). Emergency Response Vehicles Further to the previous update issued at the end of September 2021, the impacts of Brexit … Continued
Read more about National Procurement Hub – Fleet Supply Chain UpdateCall for Interest – Proposal for Joint Fire/Police e-procurement portal
At the recent NFCC Council Meeting in February 2022, Tina Butler Programme Lead for the National Procurement Hub shared that improved data is a key deliverable for the NPH and is a common area of focus for the Home Office. With this in mind the National Procurement Hub are constantly looking for ways to improve the data we hold centrally & when specifically looking at procurement activity across our Sector, we believe we can do more to centralise our procurement and contracts data.
Read more about Call for Interest – Proposal for Joint Fire/Police e-procurement portalPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) – Salix Finance Update March 2022
Salix have found one of the key factors for a successful application is ensuring that a thoroughly devised application is submitted very shortly (days) within the opening of the application portal. For the previous phase and upcoming ones, they now give a month’s notice of the application requirements before the application portal opens. There will … Continued
Read more about Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) – Salix Finance Update March 2022Impact of Tensions between Russia & Ukraine
Dear Colleagues Just to confirm that the National Procurement Hub, working with colleagues at Blue Light Commercial, is currently undertaking analysis of the impact of the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on supply of our critical goods and services. Currently, in terms of impacts on the products we buy, we are aware that the … Continued
Read more about Impact of Tensions between Russia & UkraineUrgent Laser Announcement – Gas Supply Information
You may have already received the following notification, if not please read the Laser announcement below. In addition, Elli Nikolaou is leading on discussions with the Crown Commercial Service and Home Office regarding regulation of energy prices as a result of the impact from the conflict in Ukraine. Blue Light Commercial will be joining Elli to … Continued
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