More guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (as of 25/11/24).
On the plus side, it starts to look likely that the go-live date of 24th February 2025 will be met.
On the negative side, everyone will have to re-register.
The new guidance is on SMEs, the CDP (Central Digital Platform) and (not very detailed) information for suppliers.
Full details are here.
Well, I don't have any more open courses in 2024 (but am pretty full up with in-house courses) so here is some information about my first open skills course of 2025.
I shall be running Procurement Fundamentals online on 13th January 2025. A one day course, giving you (guess what?) the fundamentals of procurement (for both public and private sectors, services and manufacturing).
Hope you will join us.
full details here.
A little bit more information from the government about the new Central Digital Platform coming in with the Procurement Act 2023 from 24th February 2025.
It confirms that the CDP will be built on the existing Find a Tender Service (FTS) platform. We were expecting (hoping?) that this would mean that existing registrations would just be ported over into the new system.
Sadly, the new information clarifies (see below) that this is not going to be the case and that Buyers and Sellers will need to re-register. Buyers should be able to register from end of January, and Sellers after that (sellers don't actually need to be registered until there are tenders to bid for - so after 24th Feb - but I am sure many people will want to get ahead of the game).
My friends at Delta e-sourcing (part of BIP Solutions) have shown that their systems are ready for the go-live and to fit into the new system.
I am presenting at The Procurement Act Live on 27th Feb 2025 at the NEC, so that will be a great opportunity for people to see what is going on and ask questions (to the Cabinet Office rather than just me!)
Here is the relevant text:
Yes, you will need to re-register and enter your organisation information. We will provide comprehensive guidance to help you do this closer to 24 February 2025.
Full details are here.
The Procurement Act has been delayed from October 2024 to 24th February 2025 - and just 3 days later we shall be running a live event at the NEC discussing the PA2023 and how well it is going.
Well, maybe how well it is going to go...
I shall be running a handful of short sessions, and be around on the day. I will also be hoping to learn from the panolpy of other presenters.
Did I mention that it is free if you are public sector or VCSE?
Hope to see you there.
Full details (which are still developing) are here.
After a short break due to the Covid19 pandemic (5 years?) we are returning to running this course face to fact in Rugby for a full 2 days.
Will be a great opportunity to network and of course to interrogate me about what I meant.
Hope to see you there.
Full details here
Sad to hear of the death of Kyle Jaggers from London Management Centre after a short illness.
He was my introduction to LMC about 15 years ago, and was a bundle of energy, expertise and warmth.
He will be missed.
Anyway as we get to the end I finally have a minute to promote one of our regular open courses for IChemE.
This is online, from 10am to 1pm uk time for 3 days 25/26/27 November 2024.
We shall also be running it in person in Rugby in 2025 (gosh, 2025 - sounds like a date from science fiction).
Full details of the course are here.
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