In September’s incredible new-look edition of Housing Technology, social value cropped up several times. We read about ‘greening your IT procurement’ from Anthony Collins Solicitors which included a reminder that social value also needs consideration in our sector’s procurement processes. We read how Civica will be planting trees and helping with park restoration following winning…
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CIC Procurement
IT finance & procurement 2020 – More progress needed
I was delighted to support the Housing Technology research team in advising on its recent ‘IT Finance and Procurement in Housing 2020’ market intelligence report, sponsored by Aareon (see housing-technology.com/research). I’ve read the report with keen interest and wonder whether it tells the story of a decade of progress or not. I joined the housing…
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Uncertainty and opportunity
I’m sure I don’t need to set out the political and economic issues we currently operate within. I certainly have no intention of commenting on them, except to highlight that uncertainty seems to be everywhere. In an uncertain world, certainty is exceptionally valuable and there are opportunities here. One of those opportunities is to review…
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Technology procurement – Cheaper isn’t always better
Housing Technology asked a panel of finance and procurement experts from Aareon, Ark Consultancy, CJC Procurement and Itica for their views around the idea that ‘cheaper isn’t always best’ when it comes to IT procurement and the subtleties of balancing quality versus price. The risks of low cost Commenting on the key risk factors associated…
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Housing procurement and Brexit
At the time of writing (early March 2019), Britain will exit the EU at 23:00 on Friday 29 March. You might also be aware that the Public Procurement Regulations 2015, which are the UK’s transposition of European procurement rules into domestic law, apply to the social housing sector. A no-deal Brexit is currently still a…
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Relationships really matter
The world around us is changing and you can’t turn anywhere these days without hearing the phrase ‘digital transformation’. Everyone seems to be writing about technology and the race to automate and use augmented intelligence in business. While IBM’s ‘Watson’ is now in daily use by IBM’s procurement teams around the world and some early…
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