PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PRACTICES (Day)

The public sector spends billions of dollars a year on the goods and services needed to deliver public services. To achieve value for money (VFM) for the taxpayer, effectively managed procurements –properly planned and executed – are essential.
This course unit sets out the key concepts and principles of good procurement. Although it focuses primarily on activities in central departments and closely associated bodies, it is also relevant where central government provides commercial governance, advice or support to what is described here as the ‘wider network’ (i.e. all devolved public sector bodies, including those in health, education, local government and the emergency services).