OGC Procurement Policy Note- Response to Budget April 2010

The OGC have released a procurement policy note in response to April's Budget that contains a number of key points on market development.

A ten point "Procurement for Growth" list is outlined: points include encouraging greater opportunities for SMEs when bidding for government and public sector contracts, engagement with the market at an early stage in procurement exercises, prompt payment using Purchase to Pay systems and the development of a new free to use e-procurement portal to give SMEs greater access to public sector contracts.

It also encourages market innovation by way of Forward Commitment Procurement.

The SWSPN are holding free regional training sessions on Supplier Market Development in Gloucester and Bournemouth and sessions on Forward Commitment Procurement in Gloucester and Exeter during 2010.

For more information and to book a place on these sessions, click here to be taken to our regional training pages.