Understanding the impact of the Teckal Test on procurement and competition...
By David Bicknell I recently wrote about the impact on procurement for mutual and social enterprises of the Teckal Test, which tests whether contracts and the contractor are under the public...
View ArticleA webinar on legal, procurement and contractual issues around public sector...
By David Bicknell This Thursday, 20th October, Local Government Law.tv is hosting a webinar on procurement and contracts issues arising out of the government’s encouragement of the formation of staff...
View ArticleWhy hospital IT needs airline safety culture
By Tony Collins Earlier this month the pilots of a Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” carrying 249 passengers aborted a landing at Okayama airport in Japan when the wheels failed to deploy automatically. The...
View ArticleCSC criticised again in The Times
By Tony Collins The Times has followed up its three pages of coverage of the NPfIT yesterday with an article in which the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, criticises...
View ArticleSomerset County Council settles IBM dispute – who wins?
By Tony Collins Somerset County Council has settled a High Court legal dispute with IBM-led Southwest One. It will bring some services back in-house. The Conservative leader of Somerset council John...
View ArticleBT gets termination notice on £300m outsourcing contract
By Tony Collins Sandwell Council has issued BT with a 30-day termination notice on a 15-year £300m outsourcing contract that has yet to reach its half-way point. The metropolitan borough council says...
View ArticleHigh Court sheriffs confront Fujitsu Services
By Tony Collins BBC One’s “The Sheriffs Are Coming” shows what happens when people and companies take a civil action over money they say are owed, win their case, and don’t get payment. Last week’s...
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