Links
1. Chicago wants to modernise procurement. 2. Vigo Council migrates to Linux. 3. Public procurement: making the world a better place - one order at a time. 4. Lessons learned from attempting to fix tech procurement. 5. Cladding for Grenfell Tower was the cheaper, more flammable option.
Links
1. There is a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) starting soon on PPPs [French only]. 2. Italian Army switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice and saves money. I regularly use LibreOffice 5 and the conversion between both office suites works quite well these days. 3. Open contracting at the UK
Public Procurement
1. Crown Commercial Service Update for June 2015. Not many highlights but I will point out two policy updates. One already mentioned here about the new "obligation" of compliance with the Mystery Shopper service, the other about the statistical returns for 2013 and 2014 public contracts (which should