Open Procurement

Open Data Comes to Market

Open Computing Alliance — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:55:00 +0000

This report by Kieron O’Hara sumarises the discussion at the seminar 'Open Data Comes to Market: the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Apps', which brought together developers, small businesses, government and other public sector officials to try to develop an understanding of what the ideal open data market would look like in the crime and criminal justice sector, in terms of the balances between public and private, small developers and large systems, and different ways of presenting data as accessible information.

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Cloud Computing and Data protection reform

Open Computing Alliance — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Blog post by Vice-President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes

...After 12 months of intensive discussions and consultations, I am currently preparing the first in a series of concrete announcements related to the European Cloud Computing Strategy. I want Europe to be not only cloud-friendly but cloud-active: the right common rules could enhance cloud development, but the wrong choices on data protection would cut off lots of potential uses and business offerings before they’ve even started. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, I will announce a concrete project aimed at making it easier for buyers – particularly public sector buyers – to cooperate on requirement definitions and possibly pool their resources when procuring Cloud Computing services.

Click here to read Neelie Kroes' complete blog entry.

The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015: Harnessing ICT to promote smart, sustainable & innovative Government

Open Computing Alliance — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:36:33 +0000

The Commission is proposing a second eGovernment Action Plan which aims to realise the ambitious vision contained in the Declaration made at the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference (the ‘Malmö Declaration’). According to this ambitious vision, by 2015 European public administrations will be "recognised for being open, flexible and collaborative in their relations with citizens and businesses. They use eGovernment to increase their efficiency and effectiveness and to constantly improve public services in a way that caters for user's different needs and maximises public value, thus supporting the transition of Europe to a leading knowledge based economy." The Malmö Declaration sets out 4 political priorities for all European public administrations over the next 5 years.

Click here to read the Action Plan.

UK government business plan for improvement to procurement of ICT

Open Computing Alliance — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:11:00 +0000

The UK government business plan outlines the plan for improving procurement, creating a major projects office and a series of initiatives aimed at sharing services and saving costs on a cross governmental basis.

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"Big Society" and new Technology

Open Computing Alliance — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:47:00 +0000

There is a debate going on about the extent to which the "Big Society", through which private enterprise is being encouraged to get involved in the provision of public services, and increased localisation, will require new technology. The idea is that more should be done at a local and community level but existing technology is purchased on a departmental basis in central government, and insufficiently flexible for multiple users and users from many locations.

Indian group fuels UK public waste row

Open Computing Alliance — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:01:00 +0000

In an interview with the Financial Times, Vineet Nayar, chief executive of HCL Technologies, hit out at the “stranglehold of a few companies” in Britain’s £17bn market for public sector technology.

Click here to read the Financial Times interview.

OGC Publishes New Negotiating Guide

Open Computing Alliance — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:44:00 +0000

A new Negotiating Guide for the OGC ICT Services Model Agreement has been published. The guide has been written jointly by OGC, Partnerships UK and Intellect (the UK trade association for the IT, telecoms and electronics industries). It focuses on four provisions which regularly consume disproportionately large amounts of negotiation time: *Due diligence; *Supply chain rights; *Termination for convenience;*Limits of liability and indemnities.

The guide will be regularly updated to reflect changes in drafting or to add new topics. Since each version of the guide is based on the contemporary contract drafting, this initial edition is primarily intended for use with Version 2.3 of the Model Agreement.

The guide can be accessed from the welcome page of the guidance website here.

Office of Governemnt Commerce (OGC) Response to 2010 Budget

Open Computing Alliance — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:24:00 +0000

In this short paper the OGC sets out its response to the 2010 Budget and its plan build on Access for All. This includes an increase in the proportion of central government procurement spend going to SMEs by 15%; the development of a single portal; building on the success of prompt payment; the implementation of the OGC;s 10 procurement for growth principles and the development of a Supplier Charter.

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Office of Government Commerce (OGC) 10 Procurement for Growth Principles

Open Computing Alliance — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Transformation of public procurement will be key to securing economic growth and recovery in a tighter fiscal environment. To that end, OGC has published a set of 10 Procurement for Growth principles for Departments to use in their non-collaborative procurement activities.

Click here to read the principles.

Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Implementing e-Tendering Guide

Open Computing Alliance — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:36:00 +0000

OGC has published a guide entitled Implementing e-Tendering. This document sets out some of the benefits which can be achieved for both contracting authorities and suppliers from the effective use of electronic tendering (e-tendering) in public procurement. It also offers guidance on implementing e-tendering solutions.

Click here to read the guide.